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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7690538 | Apparatus and method for moving and placing granulate material A method and system are disclosed for moving and placing in hard to reach locations granular and other particulate material such as sand, gravel, earth and similar materials. The system includes an improved auger for moving the material and an improved rotary airloc... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7421834 | Ice measuring and dispensing apparatus An ice measuring and dispensing apparatus includes a rotating drum rotatable about a horizontal axis. The rotating drum has a plurality of chambers, and an ice supply hopper has a delivery opening for delivering ice into the plurality of chambers. A discharge tube t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7040562 | Rotating feed distributor A rotating feed distributor for use in connection with rock crushers and other devices is disclosed. The feed distributor has a platform for receiving rocks and a chute having an inlet and outlet wherein the rocks pass through. The feed distributor is designed to re... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7017784 | Dispensing system for ice cream machine A dispensing system for a tank for mixing and freezing ice cream includes a valve selectively pivotable between a first position, a second position and a third position. Pivoting the valve between the first position, the second position and the third position valve ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6817487 | Rotary lobe pump metering assembly A dual rotor, ram fed metering pump is especially suited for pumping high viscosity fluids, such as methacrylate resins, used in heavy duty adhesives In addition to pumping viscous materials, this metering pump also pumps a less viscous reactive fluid in proper prop... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6755750 | Talc dispenser for cue stick A talc dispenser for cue sticks in which a housing having a talc storage cavity is formed with a through tubular passageway configured to allow insertion of a cue stick shaft. A metering element is movable to cause talc to pass out of said storage cavity and into th... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6733256 | Device for producing consumables The invention relates to a device for producing consumables, especially filled chocolates that consist of a coated filling. The aim of the invention is to provide a device for feeding substances of the consumables to nozzles in a controlled manner. To this end, the ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6460530 | Automatic ball dispenser for multiple uses A ball feeding device for a for connection to a separate and independent ball propelling machine, such as those used to propel softballs, tennis balls, and baseballs. The preferred embodiment includes a lower chute connected to the feed port of a ball mac... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6431407 | Container filling device An automatic container filler (20) having a frame (22) that supports a hopper (24). A dispensing unit (26) is located at the bottom of the hopper (24) that selectively feeds a fluent material, such as sand, into a plurality of discharge chutes (28). The a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6196154 | Air lock for introducing substrates to and/or removing them from a treatment chamber In an air lock for continuous introduction into and/or removal of workpieces from spaces (1,4) separated atmospherically, the individual substrates (3,13) are transported through a transfer channel (24). At least one lock chamber (7a-7m) serving to accomm... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6145709 | Container filling device An automatic container filler (20) having a frame (22) that supports a hopper (24). A dispensing unit (26) is located at the bottom of the hopper (24) that selectively feeds a fluent material, such as sand, into a plurality of discharge chutes (28). The a... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6102578 | Cellular wheel sluice with supplementary bearing A cellular wheel sluice, comprising a housing with an inlet opening and an outlet opening, side covers, a cellular wheel with a shaft, and the bearing of the shaft with fixed and loose bearing.... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5997220 | Vertical-shaft airlock An enclosed-rotor vertical-shaft rotary valve is used as an airlock to inject abrasive, fine, or sticky solids into pressurized air. The invention eliminates the effect of thermal expansion on the gap between the rotor and casing, thereby making it possib... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5915887 | Refinements in air-quality protection and seal control, in a particulate-material gun usable with silica fume Dust emission is controlled by a preferably short fill at the expulsion end of each chamber, and selective venting of residual pressure through the air-inlet end. This selective venting is accomplished through use of a novel seal or "pad" that has an exte... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5893487 | Fluid dispensing system A fluid dispensing system comprising a tank for the fluid, and means for extracting a quantity of fluid from the tank and for directing the extracted fluid to one or more selected receptacles. The means comprises a fluid collecting device including a vess... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5765728 | Method and apparatus for feeding chopped polyester scrap An improved system (10) conveys comminuted material from a source (12) to a vessel (14), especially for continuously conveying chopped poly(ethyleneterephthalate), or PET, into a methanolysis recovery reactor without entrainment of air into the reactor an... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5655853 | Vertical-shaft airlock A rotary valve including a rotor assembly rotatable by a driver to cause material to be transferred from an inlet side to an outlet side of the rotary valve. The rotor assembly includes a rotor coupled to a shaft which rotates about an axis when driven by... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5573149 | Storetank for powder supply and powder coating equipment with storetank for powder supply A storetank for a powder supply is disclosed which is capable of discharging the powder particles stored therein in a constant amount without the caking and blocking of the powder particles by a method different from the conventional method. The storetank... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5413259 | Device for repeated, automatic metering of doses of a powdered detergent in water-conducting cleaning machines A water-conducting cleaning machine, in particular a household dishwasher or a household washing machine, has a processing vessel. A device for repeated, automatic metering of doses of a powdered detergent includes a detergent holder having an interior an... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5396936 | Measuring flask for use in a filling machine An improved filling machine is used for filling like containers with a like measured amount of divided material. The filling machine includes a housing and a drive connected to the housing. A filling turret is mounted in the housing. The filling turret in... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5359948 | Seed planting device A seed planting device has a planting wheel rotatable about an axis 74 to roll over a land 38. Hollow tines 50 mounted at angular spacings on the wheel 22 extend outwardly. A seed cell 66 in each tine has an inlet 118 for receiving a seed and an outlet 69... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5353739 | Automatic animal food feeding apparatus An automatic animal food feeding apparatus includes a base member having a top recess, a rotary table revolvably supported within the top recess of the base member by steel balls and having a conical center shaft with axial blades, a food container covere... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5320146 | Volumetric feeder with belt gate A feeder wheel has a top surface and a peripheral edge, with volumetric measuring cavities upon at one end to said top surface and at a lower end to said edge. An endless belt is entrained about a portion of the edge, covering cavity outlets open to said ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5255829 | Dispenser for discharging pulverous material A dispenser for discharging finely-divided or liquid material from a tight or substantially tight package (3) includes an apparatus (1) rotatably disposed in relation to the package (3) by means of a knob (10, 10') and provided with dosage compartments (2... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5108012 | Dispenser for elongated foodstuffs, particularly pasta A device for dispensing predetermined quantities of, for example, spaghetti, includes a hopper containing a supply of the pasta. An outlet in the hopper deposits the spaghetti at the upper end of a vibrating slide. The vibration causes the spaghetti to mo... | 04/28/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4932568 | Tip-over drum An apparatus for delivering product into a feed tube including a tip over drum which has a tray supported between two side walls. The tray has a convex hump near the axis of rotation for dividing product fed by a gravitational feed into two portions.... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4903861 | Medicine feeder A feeder or dispenser for feeding tablets, capsules or the like. A rotor is mounted in a container or feeder body. The capsules put into the container are guided into channels formed at outer edge of the rotor at angular spacings and then into pockets for... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4895278 | Stuffing-batching machines for food products A stuffing-batching machine wherein the bottom of the blades pump chamber for stuffing comprises a detachable discoid plate having a recess in the top to pilot and guide the sliding blades eccentrically with respect to the chamber wall, the plate when ass... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4880150 | Filling machine for dispensing particulate material A filling machine for repeatedly dispensing predetermined amounts of particulate material comprises a stationary hopper having two spaced-apart spouts; a motor-driven horizontally rotatable upper plate beneath the spouts and having four groups of receivin... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4828145 | Pressure locked rotary trap chamber The present invention relates to a rotary-type metering device making it possible to dispense granular substances consisting of fine particles which are difficult to handle. The metering device consists of a spherical core rotating around a horizontal axi... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4821929 | Dispenser The dispenser features a container in which a rotary valve operates to dispense quantities of material periodically. The valve rotates on a horizontal axis above the bottom of the dispenser container so that it is at least partly immersed in the material ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4683812 | Tea brewer and dispenser combination A combination tea dispenser and brewer wherein a variety of different teas are provided in individual dispensers which are located in a position to dispense tea into an area where the dispensed tea is contacted by boiling water to brew the same. The brewe... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4635829 | Measured volume dispenser A dispensing apparatus for dispensing discrete measured amounts of fluent material. A dispenser body includes a horizontal tubular chamber having an upper inlet port and a lower outlet port in communication with the tubular chamber. A reservoir communicat... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4629093 | Proportioning dispenser for powdered products Proportioning dispenser for powdered products consisting of a main body delimitating a first, filling chamber and a second, discharge chamber. The body supports a feed hopper, a proportioner operable to move between the two chambers, and a dispenser locat... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4580704 | Dispenser for discharging substances on demand A dispenser for discharging a substance on demand. The dispenser includes a body having an opening for receiving the substance with the body being defined in part by a dispenser plate having an outlet extending therethrough. It also includes a rotatable p... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4576209 | Method and apparatus for delivering a predetermined amount of material to a container A method and apparatus for delivering a predetermined amount of material into a predetermined position on each of a series of moving trays while avoiding spillage of the product onto other portions of the trays. A conveyor lifts the material from a supply... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4567998 | Chemical dispenser for hay baler A chemical dispenser is provided for hay balers and it comprises a hopper for the temporary storage of particulate chemicals. The hopper has a rounded bottom with a plurality of openings therein. The openings are selectively opened by 1/4 increments by a ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4545511 | Peanut seed meter The present invention is directed to an improved peanut seed meter including a peanut hopper bottom having an outer disposed ring for engaging the seed hopper, and an inner disposed dome to define a peanut seed feeding space there-between. The hopper bott... | 10/08/1985 |
