Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6417464 | Extended range feeders An attachment for a feeder conveyor with the attachment comprising an angularly positionable gate that is angularly postionable within the trough of a feeder with the postionable gate having a secondary metering outlet so that when the postionable gate is... | 07/09/2002 |
| 5441176 | Volumetric dry measure apparatus A volumetric measuring and dispensing apparatus for the dry measure of particulate matter such as sand, or gravel, which apparatus includes one of either (I.) a rotary table spaced slightly from a body having a stationary interrupted circular wall which d... | 08/15/1995 |
| 4932785 | Aggregate drying system with improved aggregate dryer and mass flow apparatus This invention relates to an improved aggregate drying apparatus and method where the dried aggregate is particularly useful for making hot mix asphalt. In accordance with the system, heat typically lost in exhaust gases and moisture evaporated in a heate... | 06/12/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4779765 | Fertilizer divider for dual air system A dual air system for separately conveying fertilizer and seed in an implement such as an air drill or air seeder which includes an adjustable divider arrangement for providing a small amount of starter fertilizer to be placed with the seed. The total fer... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4316671 | Apparatus for continuous mixing of solids and liquids An apparatus for mixing solid particles and a liquid, especially wood chips and glue. A motor-driven stirrer in a cylinderical trough continuously mixes the materials which enter at one end of the trough and are discharged at the other end. The outlet of ... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4254898 | Particle spacing and metering device A particle spacing and metering device having a supply hopper above a pair of contra-rotating rollers. An aperture in the floor of the hopper is provided with a regulator which controls the flow of particles to the rollers. The regulator has a body fixed ... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4139106 | Device for emptying a silo, and silo consisting of such a device Devices for emptying a cylindrical or prismatic silo of ensilaged granular and/or pulverulent material, said devices embodying (a) a conical or pyramidal deflector, located at the lower part of silo, its axis 4 converging perceptibly with that of the silo... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4108301 | Multiple point feeder A material handling system for distributing granular solids from a single source to a plurality of distribution points in which a plurality of selectively adjustable leveling bars control the thickness of a layer of material on a conveyor, and a plurality... | 08/22/1978 |
