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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7112120 | Feeder assembly for particle blast system A particle blast system includes a feeder assembly having a rotor with a plurality of pockets formed in the peripheral surface. The transport gas flowpath includes the pockets, such that substantially all transport gas flows through the pockets. The seal adjacent th... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6578743 | Dosing device for bulk goods A dosing device including a hopper (1) having an outlet opening which is closed by two spherical cap halves (3, 4), which can be pivoted in opposite directions. The pivoting movement is effected by two arms (5, 6) pivoted about a common pivot pin (8). The... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6523726 | Apparatus and method for controlled feeding of particulate material An apparatus for feeding a particulate material. There is a drum having a peripheral surface and a central axis which is rotatable about its central axis. There is a first particulate material retaining wall which has an inner and outer edge. This wall is... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6439436 | Storage bin for particulate materials A grain storage bin has a circular bin floor structure and a cylindrical bin wall upstanding from the floor. A bin aeration system includes a perforated air discharge tube mounted diametrically across the bin supported on a frame above the floor from one ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6416261 | Rotary plate feeder A rotary plate feeder valve for use in pressurized pneumatic conveying systems. The valve comprises a rotary plate that is fed from a central inlet and has one or more discharge outlets. Material transfer is controlled by rotary plate speed, depth of depo... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6349852 | Cold beverage refill system A cold beverage dispensing system for chilling a beverage such that at least a portion of the beverage includes a frozen component. The system includes a beverage hopper or tank for retaining a quantity of beverage and a chilling assembly communicating wi... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6293438 | Methods and apparatus for metering material Methods and apparatus are provided for dispensing materials, and in particular, granular chemical agricultural material, from a moving device driven over terrain to be treated with the material. The device has a metering system for dispensing the material... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6158625 | Anti-clog pump sprayer An anti-clog pump sprayer has a cover mounted for independent reciprocation on a plunger head, the cover having a cupped spring biased portion covering the discharge orifice on the head to avoid clogging on product drying, and being lifted off the orifice... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6152334 | Scraping element, piston and arrangement for emptying a bag-like envelope containing a pasty liquid An arrangement for emptying a bag like envelope containing a pasty liquid consists substantially of a rigid housing for the envelope and an axially movable piston for compressing the envelope and for discharging the liquid through a discharge opening in t... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6006954 | Metering valve A metering valve for use with a pressurized dispensing container includes a valve stem (1) co-axially slidable within a valve member (2) defining an annular metering chamber (13). The valve stem (1) is provided with a wiper (30) extending radially therefr... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5957338 | Refillable container for highly viscous media The invention relates to a refillable container that implements the first-in/first-out principle for highly viscous media, with an interior chamber delimited by a bottom and side walls and with a removal channel formed in the bottom of the container and w... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5958136 | Device for powdering a product A device for powdering a product arranged on a transport, in particular for powdering new strip-shaped or plate-shaped glass by means of at least one application beam overhanging the transport, the application beam having a storage space supplied with a d... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5927558 | Apparatus for dispensing granular material A granular material dispensing apparatus including an upper hopper to hold a quantity of granular material; the upper hopper having an upper face forming a upper funnel and having an upper hopper outlet to allow granular material to pass therethrough; a l... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5705776 | Food weighing apparatus An apparatus for weighing a softened solid rapidly and precisely, wherein no excessive force is exerted on, and no shock is given to, the load cell. The apparatus has a simplified structure including 1/4 cylindrical weighing containers so that the apparat... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5542582 | Dispensing system for particulate material A dispensing system for particulate matter is disclosed comprising a primary receptacle, a guide member, a sliding tube, and a valve member. The primary receptacle receives particulate material and has an open end, an opposed bottom, and a surrounding wal... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5516011 | Roller dispenser machine A roller dispenser includes a pair of counter-rotating cylindrical grid die rolls disposed adjacent a bottom opening in a hopper containing material to be dispensed. The grid die rolls have openings therein which assist in separating the material within t... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5454524 | Material feeding apparatus A disc feeder for delivering material in controlled amounts to utilization equipment. The disc which carries material to a material discharge opening is disposed at an angle to the horizontal and the shearing baffle which controls the amount of material c... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5450986 | Automatic weighing plant for dyes in powder form A powder dye extraction apparatus has an extraction screw with a hollow shaft which receives a push rod. A dye discharge door in the form of a perforated plate is mounted on the end of the screw and delivers powdered dye as the screw is rotated. A scraper... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5394747 | Apparatus for continuous gravimetric metering of a pourable material As a particularly simple and compact metering apparatus for the continuous gravimetric metering of pourable material it is suggested to form a rotor (5) driven about a vertical rotational axis (4) and supported about a horizontal pivot axis (7) as a disk-... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5386943 | All purpose V-shaped manure spreader An agricultural implement especially designed to distribute liquid, semi-liquid and solid forms of manure to a field. The manure spreader includes a V-shaped tank and two troughs below the tank. Each trough has an auger disposed in it. Wiper bars are prov... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5314090 | Material feeder An improved powder feeder having a hopper with an opening in its bottom. A resiliently deformable element is positioned in the opening of the hopper. The element has a flexible exterior dimension and is suitably positioned in relation to the opening to pr... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5307952 | Top dresser A top dresser (10) is disclosed in a first preferred form including a discharge gate (56) of a pusher (44) movably mounted in a hopper (30) for forcing material forward towards a rotating, cylindrical, dispensing drum (66) as the top dresser (10) is being... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5297816 | Gyrating machine for an entertainment game A gyrating machine for entertainment game, of a type including a cabinet which contains in its interior the machine proper. The machine is operated by the introduction of an authorized chip, which starts the game. The machine located inside the cabinet in... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5289954 | Device for metered removal of flowable solid material A device for metered removal of flowable solid material comprises at least one delivery opening for the flowable solid material and an essentially horizontal intermediate storage floor for receiving the flowable solid material, arranged below said deliver... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5242667 | Solid pellet feeder for controlled melt replenishment in continuous crystal growing process The present invention is directed toward a feeder system for replenishing the melt in a crystal growing system that utilizes a heated crucible containing a pool of melted charge material from which a seen is withdrawn to grow the crystal. The feed system ... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5181618 | Apparatus for clearing the weigh pan of a particle size analyzer An apparatus for automatically removing particulate matter from a weighing pan of a particle-size analyzer. The apparatus includes a weighing pan having a hinged door to provide a discharge outlet for the particular matter and a wiper blade assembly for c... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5178677 | Coating apparatus for applying a coating composition to substantially flat baked pieces, particularly cookies or the like In a coating apparatus for applying a coating composition to substantially flat baked pieces, particularly cookies or the like, which apparatus includes a supply container (15) and a metering device (14) succeeding that container, it is proposed to provid... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5149551 | Apparatus for and method of dispensing food product such as hard ice cream Apparatus for automatically dispensing food product such as hard food product, having a refrigerated container for holding a supply of food product, a chamber adjacent the container for receiving food product and for delivery therefrom of a serving portio... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5139177 | Utensil to remove contents of narrow necked bottles A bottle dispensing utensil having a long handle having a divided blade at one end thereof disposed in a plane normal to the axis of the handle, the blade being retractable in being disposed through a fairly narrow bottleneck and being sufficiently resili... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5129554 | Catch-in prevention rotary valve A catch-in prevention rotary valve includes a rotor case having an inlet port and an outlet port and a rotor having a plurality of blades. The rotor is supported in the rotor case such that it can be rotatably driven about a horizontal shaft. Each of the ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5125535 | Gravimetric metering apparatus for bulk materials Gravimetric metering apparatus for bulk materials is provided, in which a vertically-compliant horizontal platform is supported above a load cell in an operative relationship therewith for detection of weight on the platform. A thin rotating flexible disk... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5094364 | Protective overcap and wiper for dispenser discharge orifice A removable overcap for a finger actuated pump dispenser surround the plunger head and is frictionally mounted in place on the pump body. An upper portion of the overcap side wall bears against an orifice cup located in the head, the cup containing a disc... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5054658 | Mortar dispenser The mortar dispenser disclosed herein utilizes a rotating auger extending through a feed barrel at the bottom of a supply hopper to force mortar through a nozzle attached to the barrel for use in tuck pointing. Formation of a rotating plug which would obs... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5007564 | Dosing or feeding apparatus for precisely feeding loose bulk material A dosing or metering feeding apparatus for precisely feeding a stream of powdered or fine grained loose bulk material includes a cylindrical container (1) for storing the loose material (3). A rotating turntable (4) essentially closing the bottom of the c... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4986450 | Toner cartridge A toner cartridge comprises a cylindrical cartridge body having a toner discharge port formed in a part of a peripheral surface thereof along its longitudinal direction, a pivot shaft disposed at the axis of the body, and a toner pressure feeding member j... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4899912 | Device for preparing and ejecting a chemically reacting mixture A device for preparing a chemically reacting mixture and for ejecting the mixture into a mold, the mixture comprising at least two components, in particular a mixture of isocyanate and a polyol that reacts completely to form polyurethane, the device havin... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4865092 | Volumetric metering apparatus for granular material A volumetric metering apparatus for dosing constant quantities of granular material includes a generally vertically oriented shaft having a shaft axis, a cylindrical trough having a generally horizontal trough base and being mounted on the shaft for rotat... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4811864 | Cleaning arrangement for a roller metering device A roller metering device comprises a roller, which has continuous elongate grooves longitudinally thereof spaced angularly around the periphery thereof, mounted in a hopper so that it grasps and forwards a volume of the particulate material within the hop... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4805811 | Dosage device A dosage device for dosing with high accuracy a particulate material containing a pharmacologically active substance, including a storage chamber, a rotatable dosing unit adjacent the storage chamber, and an operating unit to cause relative rotation betwe... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4793511 | Seed meter having seed disk aperture cleaning wiper and brush arrangement In a seed meter in which individual seeds from a seed mass within a first chamber on a first side of a seed disk rotatably mounted within a housing are transported by at least one circumferential row of apertures within the seed disk to a separate seed di... | 12/27/1988 |
