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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367076 | Dry powder spreader A carpet cleaning machine for uniformly spreading a dry carpet cleaning powder onto a surface and working the dry carpet cleaning powder into the surface. The cleaning machine includes base having a hopper integrally formed therein, distribution slots on the bottom ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7143907 | Dispenser assembly including a rotating dispensing carousel A dispenser apparatus including a rotating carousel to feed material from an inlet to a discharge outlet. In the illustrated embodiments, the carousel includes a cone shaped portion to facilitate material flow to dispense a metered quantity of material. The apparatu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6993807 | Floor cleaning apparatus including dispenser for dispensing particulate cleaning material A dispenser for dispensing particulate cleaning material onto a floor surface includes a hopper holding the particulate material and a dispensing aperture extending across the hopper through which the material may be dispensed. A separator, which may for example be ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6708854 | Dispenser of substances for agricultural uses A dispenser of substances for agricultural uses, to include a container (10) for holding the substances to be dispensed, a rotator (17) that is rotatably inside the container and provide with a cladding (20) of soft material, and a guiding disc ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6607096 | Volumetric ice dispensing and measuring device This invention relates to an apparatus and method for the volumetric measuring and dispensing of ice from a holding bin. The ice is desirably in a crushed or cubed state and is agitated during storage to prevent its freezing into a solid block. When a vol... | 08/19/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6425500 | Hand held salt dispensing device A portable device for dispensing a particulate salt material upon a ground surface having a body with a substantially hollow interior, a forwardly located and open end and a reclosable end cap engaged with a rearwardly located end for permitting the hollo... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6398046 | Drum roller dispenser for dry particles, particularly polymeric erosion control agents The present invention relates to a device for dispensing dry particles into a body of water using a direct current power source delivering about six volts or less. The present invention further relates to an irrigation process using the device for the del... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6305573 | Dispenser for frangible frozen food articles The present invention provides a method and apparatus for dispensing articles into a container or basket and for controlling the dispensing mechanism to more accurately, efficiently, and intelligently dispense the desired articles with less damages to the... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6250513 | Device for metering a powder The present invention relates to a device for metering a powder, having a device for the delivery of powder, a axially symmetrical metering element arranged underneath the delivery device, and a drive for the axially symmetrical metering element, wherein ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5873533 | Vertical axis metering device for a particulate material dispenser A particulate material dispensing system suitable for metering seed for individual rows of a seed sowing drill. The seed sowing drill having a container which acts as a seed hopper. Positioned beneath the container is a metering device. Below the metering... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5845818 | Removable meter cartridge for metering system A metering system is driven by a transmission for metering product from a product tank. The metering system has a meter housing, within which is mounted a meter cartridge having an inlet releasably coupled to the product tank. A meter roller which has an ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5740746 | Seed material dispensing system for an agricultural planter A particulate matter or seed dispensing system for an agricultural implement having a mobile frame with a plurality of row units mounted to the frame. The seed dispensing system includes an upright storage hopper that is adapted to be carried by the frame... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5454493 | Apparatus for the distribution of particulate material upon a surface An apparatus for the distribution of particulate material including glass beads onto one of freshly applied paint or polymer material applied to a surface, includes a housing having defined therein an upper chamber for the receipt of particulate material ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5427283 | Dispenser for powder or granular material A dispenser for powder or granular material which has a hopper for containing the material to be dispensed. The hopper includes an arcuate bottom member having a plurality of discharge openings. A wiper is positioned along the length of the bottom member ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5421513 | Conveying device for exact metering, wherein at least one projecting body is rotated in an inner, disrupted threaded groove, and a use therefor A conveying device for metering of bulk material includes a sleeve having an interior region having an inner threaded groove. The threaded groove is disrupted by a plurality of cross-wise extending compensating grooves. The conveying device further includ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5407103 | Apparatus for discharging particle material A device for discharging particulate material from a container with a table to support the particulate material includes a feed unit which is movable on the table for discharging the material through a peripheral outlet opening, and a drive for driving th... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5373974 | Droplet dispenser A droplet dispenser for pasty material, for example a puree, comprises a reservoir having a multiplicity of dispenser tubes. A rotor having blades rotates in the pasty material which is kept at a constant level. The tips of the blades do not touch the inl... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5332133 | Powder supplying apparatus and powder spraying apparatus A powder supplying apparatus supplies, for example, a powder spraying apparatus with fine powder particles such as of ceramics having particle sizes of several μm to 10 μm at an extremely small rate of several grams to several tens of grams per hour, in... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5328054 | Automatic portioning and weighing arrangement An automatic portioning and weighing arrangement for loose products (15) comprises at least one store drum (2) whereby the store drum (2) comprises at least one portioning capacity (6) wherein separate portions of the products (15) are formed. The weighin... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5322220 | Toy ink applicator The hand held housing has a depressible trigger effective when actuated to energize a motor. The motor drives a cylindrical brush to rotate within the housing. As the brush rotates, the ends of the radially extending bristles contact and remove ink from t... | 06/21/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5056715 | Apparatus for mixing and spraying a slurry An apparatus for mixing and spraying a slurry. The apparatus comprises a housing including a channel. The channel is in fluid communication with an inlet at its upstream end and curves to an outlet at its downstream end. The outlet is in fluid communicati... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4938650 | Spreading apparatus for attachment to tractors Spreading apparatus for use with a tractor, comprising frame means for attachment to the three-point-linkage of a tractor, a hopper mounted on the frame means, the hopper having means for allowing a substance, contained within the hopper, to be spread ont... | 07/03/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4878603 | Toner replenishing device A toner replenishing device for replenishing toner to a toner storage area, from where the toner is supplied to a developing section, includes a holder for releasably holding a cartridge containing therein a quantity of toner, which may be located at a ca... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4832554 | Apparatus for charging combustible materials An apparatus for charging refuse into an incinerator comprising a housing and a drum disposed in the housing for rotation about a horizontal axis, the housing having an inlet communicable with an elevated mass of refuse for guiding the refuse into the hou... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4784081 | Mixing device for cross-blending of developer mix in developing stations of electrophotographic printer devices In a developing station functioning on the principle of cross-blending in an electrophotographic printing device, two mixing screws running in opposite directions are arranged at a distance from one another. The first mixing screw is situated in a mixing ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4753374 | Metering apparatus A metering apparatus includes a roller charging device having an encircling groove which allows an accurate metering in minimum quantities, using the respective angle of slope of a pourable loose material.... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4744493 | Toner replenishing device A toner replenishing device for replenishing toner to a toner storage area, from where the toner is supplied to a developing section, includes a holder for releasably holding a cartridge containing therein a quantity of toner, which may be located at a ca... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4738608 | Unit for molding concrete mix A unit for moulding concrete mix, asphalt or other flowable material is disclosed which has a plurality of paddles mounted on a rotatable paddle wheel. The paddles compact and extrude the material into and through a mould box.... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4657431 | Non-uniform size particulate spreader A material spreader for handling both rock and powder-like materials incorporates a hopper assembly with a hydraulically motor driven side discharge as compared to the conventional bottom discharge. The hopper assembly in one embodiment is supported direc... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4643365 | Apparatus for adding grinding media to a grinding mill An apparatus for adding grinding media to a grinding mill is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a supporting structure including a face plate adapted to be mounted on a wall of a hopper or pipe containing the grinding media, a resilient rubber wheel mount... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4611730 | Toner replenishing device A toner replenishing device for replenishing toner to a toner storage area, from where the toner is supplied to a developing section, includes a holder for releasably holding a cartridge containing therein a quantity of toner, which may be located at a ca... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4607979 | Hydraulically-powered rock spreader A material spreader for spreading large rock over a wet concrete or other surface utilizes a pair of hoppers which are driven back and forth on a bridge support spanning the surface. A gasoline engine mounts above the hoppers and furnishes power for a rev... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4565451 | Method and apparatus for combining granular components A method and apparatus for combining granular components. The granular material, in finely divided form, is moved from spaced-apart locations into flight paths or trajectories which overlap or cross one another. The mixing of the components first takes pl... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4513918 | Dispensing apparatus An apparatus for uniformly dispensing particulate food materials onto a moving article which comprises a hopper for holding a supply of the particulate and having a horizontally disposed orifice through which the particulate material can exit, a rotatable... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4480948 | Machine for applying pellets and powder A machine for applying pellets and powder, especially micropellets, to the soil, incorporating, first, a reservoir with outlets, second, ridge wheels that are rotated by a drive shaft at varying rates and the distribute uniform volumes of the material flo... | 11/06/1984 |
