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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5271568 | Spreader device A hand held granular material spreading device including a housing with holding storage chamber for a flowable dry material where the chamber is located over a horizontally rotating impeller where there is an opening from the chamber to the impeller where... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5064099 | Feeding device for particulate materials A particulate material feeder includes a hopper sectioned into two receptacles for accommodating two different kinds of particulate materials. Each particulate material falling down through a bottom opening of the receptacle is introduced into a feed chan... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4793523 | Metering mechanism A metering mechanism comprises a housing (7) with a material inlet (12) and a rotary metering member (27) that is rotatably mounted between side walls (8,9) of the housing with its periphery exposed to a chamber (48) within the housing so as to meter mate... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4705220 | Granular applicator with interchangeable metering wheels An improved, more versatile applicator (10) for precisely dispensing granular chemicals, fertilizers or seed, includes a hopper (14) with a metering assembly (40) mounted over a material discharge opening (34) in an inclined wall of the closed, convergent... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4666067 | Metering device, especially for foodstuffs The device according to the invention comprises a cylindrical metering chamber (10) of circular section and with an approximately horizontal axis, which, in its upper part, has an aperture (14) opening out into a reservoir (16) filled with product to be m... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4597694 | Device for introducing dosed quantities of pulverized materials into a carrier gas stream and application thereof to a distribution tank for pulverized materials A device for introducing dosed or proportioned quantities of pulverized solid materials into a carrier gas stream is presented. The device comprises a housing which defines a flow chamber in the axial direction for the flow of pressurized fluid or carrier... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4560307 | Insulation blower A hopper cylindrical about a vertical axis has an agitator with blades rotating near the bottom of the hopper, not only to agitate insulation but also to move it through a hopper outlet opening into an airlock having a horizontal shaft and radially spaced... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4492341 | Portable hand-held material broadcasting device A portable hand-held material broadcasting device having a housing with a manually engageable handle and providing a storage chamber for flowable granular material superimposed over a normally horizontally rotating impeller for gravitational flow of mater... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4479591 | Apparatus and method for removing foreign materials from a cement metering wheel Access to a cement metering wheel for purposes of cleaning, without spilling cement from a storage tank disposed above the metering wheel, is provided by pivoting the wheel assembly downward and away from the bottom of the tank. A gate slot in the bottom ... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4282989 | Device with a conically shaped housing and feeling for feeding plastics material to an extruder A device for feeding or pressing plastics material to an extruder includes a conically shaped housing with its apex directed downwardly and with a similarly conically shaped feeding member within the housing. The outer surface of the feeding member is par... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4257334 | Apparatus and method for regulating the distribution of granulate Apparatus and method for the independently regulated distribution of granulate to a plurality of points of consumption. A container (1), at least partially filled with granulate (10) to be distributed, includes a plurality of container apertures (4) each ... | 03/24/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4158427 | Dispenser for particulate material Particles of molasses absorbed in diatomaceous earth, blended with powdered additives, are dispensed smoothly, without agglomeration or classification according to particle size, by a gravity-fed dispenser having a slowly rotating paddle wheel at the lowe... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4156546 | Method and apparatus for feeding powder A method and apparatus for improving the flow of a powder from a source, such as a large hopper, to the intake of a conventional machine wherein such powder is compressed into tablets. Devices are arranged along the route of powder flow so as to restrict,... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4108338 | Rotary tabletting press with powder feed adjustment valve A rotary tabletting press, including a die table rotatable about an axis, has improved apparatus for feeding powder to the table. The improved feed apparatus includes a rotatably sliding valve at a discharge orifice at the bottom of a powder storage hoppe... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4053088 | Rotary dispenser with delivery regulating valve and scraper A regulating dispenser comprises a hopper and a movable surface for withdrawing material from the bottom of the hopper to the outside thereof. The movable surface is constituted by at least one area arranged so that the regulating dispenser does not deliv... | 10/11/1977 |
| 3993225 | Portable spreader for particulate material A unitary assembly has a housing for enclosing a drive, the housing including a handle, a cylindrical distribution chamber with a vertical axis and a slot directed away from the handle. A motor is mounted below the distribution chamber to rotate a rotor w... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3945537 | Discharge device for a bunker A discharge device including a discharge member rotating about a vertical axis, arranged below a conical bunker outlet and above a base plate with a discharge opening, over which member is a fixed cover, said member being a peripherally driven disc having... | 03/23/1976 |
