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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7191731 | Tube bird feeder A bird feeder for deterring squirrels and other marauders, the bird feeder having an inner feed container and an outer shroud, the spring mechanism being mounted in a center structure which comprises an outer first member having a hollow interior portion with a seco... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185766 | Skimmer A skimmer device and a method for skimming a liquid, foam, fat or other solid or liquid material or anything else that a user wants to remove or separate from a remaining liquid or solid that is left in a container. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7137729 | Gravimetric dosing and mixing apparatus for a plurality granular products A gravimetric dosing apparatus includes a support frame, a plurality of loading hoppers for a respective granular material to be dosed, carried by the support frame and provided with a respective discharge outlet and an opening-closing device for their respective di... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7111654 | Developer supply container A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, includes a container body for containing a developer; a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the developer from the container body; shutter means for unsealing and sealing the ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7014075 | Flow control closure A plastic closure for a container mouth is provided with a flow regulator for selectively controlling the flow of contents during dispensing. The flow regulator includes at least two parts which can be moved relative to each other. Each part has at least one dispens... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6974090 | Adjustable dispenser tip An adjustable dispenser tip including a nozzle forming a passage along a length of the nozzle. A plurality of independently movable, flexible fingers define an orifice at a dispensing end portion of the nozzle. A coupler is positioned about at least a portion of the... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971421 | Developer supply container A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, includes a container body for containing a developer; a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the developer from the container body; shutter means for unsealing and sealing the ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957868 | Bottom dump farm cart A bottom dump trailer cart which includes a cargo compartment having a floor equipped with downwardly pivoting dumping panels is constructed such that the panels protect the wheels from the dumped cargo. The cart is capable of riding over the dumped cargo because of... | 10/25/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6520221 | Filling nozzle with interception of supply liquids for filling machines A filling nozzle with interception of supply liquids for filling machines, alignable with a container to be filled by liquid, comprising a shutter member (21) and an opening (18) in a hollow body (16), wherein the hollow body (16) is associated on the upp... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6283331 | Contact opening cap for bottles In a bottle of the type for inverted insertion and dispensing into a receiving tank or reservoir, the bottle having a bottle opening, a cap assembly attached to the neck of the bottle overlying and sealing the opening, the cap assembly comprising a first ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6271486 | Weighing machines A hopper for a weighing machine which has a tubular body and a closing valve which is comprised of several plates which are pivotably mounted around the bottom of the hopper for movement in a plane transverse to the axis of the hopper. The plates are simu... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6051070 | Apparatus for applying materials to substrates An apparatus for applying a material to a substrate. A material application station includes a shutter assembly having at least one horizontally extending blade which is rapidly displaceable from a closed configuration in which an outlet path of the shutt... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5992689 | Variable flow rate hopper to reduce feed pulsation to a downstream process Many types of processors of particulate materials operate more efficiently when they receive the particulate material in a steady stream. Most feeders tend to discharge in pulses. A hopper is interposed between the feeder and the processor. Surges in the ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5806725 | Dispensing machine A dispensing machine has a passageway for product with an upper inlet for receiving product and a lower outlet for dispensing product, the outlet is provided with a closing means which serves to retain the product within the passageway. The closing means ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5456387 | Machine for dispensing chilled alcoholic beverage having improved cooling circuit and bottle mounting system A machine dispenses chilled alcoholic beverage and has a housing forming an enclosure and outer surface. A refrigeration unit is contained within the housing and includes a compressor, condenser and evaporator coil. A beverage faucet is mounted on the out... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5409149 | Mixer housing gate assembly A dump gate assembly as for a feed mixer housing including first and second hinged gates swingable between upper closed condition and lower open condition, each gate having a cam track preferably in the form of a configurated gate stiffener cooperable wit... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5390212 | Installation for producing molten metal in an electric furnace Installation for producing steel by melting scrap comprising an electric furnace (2') supplied with individual batches of scrap sequentially charged into the furnace after preheating in a preheating chamber (4) forming a batch container open at both ends ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5379923 | Hopper for a weighing machine A hopper for receiving and discharging product in a weighing machine has a construction comprised by a removable body shell and a supporting chassis. The shell has an opening at the top for receiving product to be weighed and an opening at the bottom for ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5205696 | Dumping system for a kiln floor A dumping system for a kiln floor having a pnematic cylinder to cause a plurality of rows of tray assemblies to move between a closed postion and an open position. A harmonizing bar assembly is connected to the rows of tray assemblies and acts to synchron... | 04/27/1993 |
| 4893735 | Apparatus for controlling hydraulic jacks mounted on a rotary hopper The apparatus comprises a hydraulic unit mounted directly on the wall of the bottom of a rotary hopper and supplying hydraulic fluid to each of the jacks mounted on the hopper wall. This hydraulic unit is connected to an energy source on a fixed bracket l... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4889263 | Sealed bin container There is disclosed a sealed barrier container adapted to contain a supply of bulk food product for metered dispensing therefrom, of the type having a chamber to contain food product in a hopper, and a dispensing portion being in operative relation with th... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4844292 | Mechanism for actuating an opening and shut-off valve A valve actuating device for a hopper is comprised of two spherical shaped shutters or registers which pivot about common suspension axles. Each of the registers is carried by two pairs of arms located on either side of the bottom of the hopper and is cap... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4830236 | Divided valve An arrangement havign a closing member for filling mouthpiece of a filling machine for filling material of a pasty up to a chunky or lumpy consistency, whereby during the filling packaging containers are stepwise moved underneath the filling mouthpiece. W... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4703874 | Metering device for powdered material The metering device for powdered material comprises a storage container (10) for the powdered material and a discharge opening in the bottom of the storage container which is opened and closed, respectively, by a closing mechanism (12). The powdered mater... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4660664 | Weighing pan and a combination weighing machine equipped with such pans The weighing pan comprises a pair of opposed sidewalls and at least one pivotable closure flap which is coupled to one sidewall in such a way that the pivoting movement of the closure flap between closed and open position is accompanied by a displacement ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4658992 | Apparatus for controllably discharging powder and/or pellets from a hopper An apparatus for discharging powder and/or pellets from a hopper defining an outlet adjacent the base thereof. The apparatus includes a control member associated with the outlet to control the rate of flow of the powder and/or pellets and a chute located ... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4614283 | Depositioning single pieces of grain A seed planter is provided with a stationary, funnel-shaped bin whose lower-end extension is constructed as a pair of electromagnetically, pneumatically, or mechanically pivoted brackets, defining a duct smaller than the grain when the brackets are closed... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4580502 | Device for unloading a container for bulk materials A device for unloading a container used for bulk materials is such that a container floor is made up at least in part of flaps which can be tilted or swung out away from the interior. To this end at least two flaps are connected via a ridging beam or axle... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4522320 | Kiln floor system A kiln floor system having a plurality of sequentially operated, pivotally mounted trays capable of dumping a load of grain in a minimum of time. Typical field trays of the floor are coupled in pairs to a single air cylinder for economy of operation. The ... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4514129 | Furnace charging installation The delivery of charge material to the hearth of a pressurized blast furnace under the influence of gravity is accomplished without the necessity of changing the direction of material flow at a point exterior of the furnace. The rate of flow of the charge... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4371971 | Sample loading mechanism A sample loading mechanism includes a hopper mounted to a base for positioning the hopper with respect to a furnace for releasably holding a relatively small sample in relation to a crucible used with the furnace. The hopper includes a floor with a movabl... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4338058 | Synchronized hopper gate Synchronized hopper gate mechanisms (17) are provided for the hoppers (18) of a bulk cargo vessel (11). Each gate mechanism includes a pair of horizontal closure panels (31, 32) and control means for simultaneously displacing the panels in opposite direct... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4262825 | Louvered clamshell door assembly for preheater charging bucket A louvered clamshell door assembly for the bottom of a preheating charging bucket includes a pair of doors which open by swinging outwardly and upwardly to discharge scrap metal from the bucket and which cooperably adjoin upon closing to retain scrap meta... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4260081 | Slide-valve output regulating throttle The slide-valve throttle of the invention is intended to continuously regulate the output of high-temperature molten products from metallurgical vessels, notably from the bottom of casting ladles of the type currently used in foundry, and also for occludi... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4043491 | Hopper bin A bin for temporarily storing and subsequently dispensing particulate material has side and end walls with a discharge opening being defined between the lower edges of the walls. Material flow through the opening is controlled by a pair of gates normaly f... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4009906 | Metering gate for metering a fluid material as it is discharged from a hopper An improved metering gate for metering fluid materials discharged from a hopper of the type including a vertically oriented discharge opening. The metering gate is characterized by a pair of closure panels arranged in coplanar relation, a drive mechanism ... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4004700 | Hopper gate for self-unloading ships A belt feeder gate for use in self-unloading ships of the type in which the hold of the ship is provided with a hoppered bottom including a plurality of hoppers overlying an unloading conveyor belt moving lengthwise of the ship. Each open hopper bottom is... | 01/25/1977 |
