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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7083069 | Bulk material discharge assembly with feeding apparatus Bulk material discharge assemblies comprise a bulk material hopper, a conduit for delivering an air stream to entrain with bulk material from the bulk material hopper, and a feeding apparatus for introducing additive to the conduit. The feeding apparatus comprises a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 5944233 | Granular material dispensing apparatus This invention relates to a novel granular material metering and dispensing system. More particularly, this invention pertains to a novel adjustable-rate apparatus for metering and dispensing granular chemicals, seeds and fertilizers. A metering dispenser... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5829647 | Metering gearhead dispensing apparatus having selectively positionable gear pumps A fluid dispensing apparatus utilizing a through shaft metering gear pump. The metering gearhead includes an elongated drive shaft which receives multiple, self-contained gear pumps in a sliding manner. The gear pumps of the apparatus are connected to a f... | 11/03/1998 |
| 4913320 | Apparatus for metering bulk materials An apparatus comprises a vertically extending receiving hopper (1) having a guide funnel (2) in the bottom part thereof. A disk (3) having at least one discharge opening (4) is mounted between them. Above the discharge opening (4) is mounted a cut-off mem... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4884724 | Screw auger chemical applicator This screw auger chemical applicator is designed to evenly and non-cloggingly feed chemical or small seed onto a ground surface. Primarily, it consists of a pulley and belt train driven by a wheel in engagement with a trailing wheel of a pair of wheels mo... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4757918 | Spreading apparatus The spreading apparatus has a main hopper and at least one extension hopper, each having a discharge roller for flowable material such as chippings for road surfacing. The extension hopper is mounted adjacent the main hopper and movable longitudinally to ... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4715315 | Dispenser for particulate material Apparatus for intermittently dispensing either fragile particulate material, such as sesame seeds, or flaky material, such as bran, through openings in a tube to spread material over an array of spaced rows and columns of a food product in a pan. The disp... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4651788 | Apparatus for simultaneously filling a plurality of containers with liquid, gaseous or solid substances In order to be able to simultaneously fill with a liquid, gaseous or solid flowable medium, without it being necessary to measure and monitor the filling volume or weight of each container, the filling plant has a pipeline system (10) for conveying the me... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4611555 | Spreader for particulate material Apparatus for intermittently dispensing fragile particulate material, such as sesame seeds through openings in a tube to spread material over an array of horizontally and vertically spaced rows and columns such as upper surfaces of buns in a pan. The disp... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4523616 | Apparatus for controlling the filling of containers In order to simultaneously fill several containers with a liquid, gaseous or solid flowable medium, without it being necessary to measure and monitor the filling volume or weight of each container, the filling apparatus has a pipe system (10) for carrying... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4254897 | Seed and fertilizer metering mechanism for agricultural drilling machines A device for discharging particulate material, such as agricultural seed at a uniform rate comprises a hopper having a rectangular slot in the base, a driven roller having a compressible surface which contacts one side of the slot and a transparent glass ... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4156486 | Apparatus and method for processing food material utilizing out-of-phase feeding to a treating chamber The food material to be processed is alternately transferred from two sources to an elongated treating chamber. The apparatus for carrying out the method includes rotary valve means employing two pocket areas, each pocket area including a plurality of poc... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4152841 | Flow control meters for gravity flow particle dryers An improved metering discharge device for particulate material, particularly grain, is described. The device comprises a plurality of tubes extending downwardly from a lower region of a vessel, particularly in uniformly spaced relationship across the bott... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4101058 | Variable width glass sphere dispenser An apparatus for applying glass spheres or other dry particles at prescribed adjustable widths without wastage of material by gravity feeding such spheres upon a roller assembly comprising a plurality of roller sections selectively engagable for rotation ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 3982672 | Applicators of granular materials A machine, for delivery of metered quantities of granular material, comprising a hopper, a discharge outlet, and a metering device in the lower regions of the hopper for conveying measured quantities of granular material between said hopper and said disch... | 09/28/1976 |
