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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431227 | Mounting assembly for removably mounting a hopper spreader to a vehicle A mounting assembly for removably mounting a hopper spreader to a trailer hitch of a vehicle includes an elongated mounting bar adapted to be secured to the hopper spreader and a hitch adapter carried by the mounting bar which is adapted to be received by the traile... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7090441 | Insulation installation system An insulation installation system including: a supply of material having discrete elements and a self-contained applicator. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the insulation installation system further includes a work platform. The self-contained applicat... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6910646 | Aggregate spreader and methods of use An aggregate spreader having a container, a mounting flange, and a spreading assembly is provided. The container has an aggregate receiving cavity. The mounting flange extends from the container to removably connect the container to a stick of a tractor so that the ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6851634 | Granular spreader and product container Methods and apparatus are provided for dispensing chemical material, and in particular, granular, agricultural material, from a moving device driven over terrain to be treated with the material. A metering system for dispersing the material includes on apertured met... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6722590 | Sand/salt spreader An improved spreader assembly adapted to be mounted on a vehicle having a tailgate and a bumper. The improved spreader assembly includes a hopper and a retaining arrangement. The hopper has an upper section and a bottom section. The bottom section has a base surface... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6564834 | Load distribution deflector A deflector assembly located within the interior of a trailer for distributing dry bulk during loading of the dry bulk into the interior of the trailer. The deflector assembly comprises a deflector and an air cylinder. The deflector has a deflecting surfa... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6408900 | Load distribution deflector A deflector assembly located within the interior of a trailer for distributing dry bulk during loading of the dry bulk into the interior of the trailer. The deflector assembly comprises a deflector having a deflecting surface. The deflector has an opened ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6382535 | Maintenance vehicle with snow-ice control integrated with a dump bed tailgate A dump bed highway maintenance vehicle is provided with a removable tailgate which is formed of a tailgate frame having a pivotal connection with the truck dump bed which is spaced rearwardly from a normal pivot connection and contains a brine tank assemb... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5623885 | Single seed container for multi row planter pivotable between raised operating position and lowered filling position A single laterally elongated seed hopper on a multi-row planter which can be pivoted from its elevated or raised operating position on the planter to a lowered position on the ground to the rear of the planter making it easier to re-fill with seed, includ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5248344 | Method for cleaning, distributing and aerating grain An improved apparatus for cleaning, distributing and aereating grain is mounted in a storage structure and includes a frustro-conical screen device secured symetrically to an imperforate funnel-shaped member. A fan assembly is secured to the funnel-shaped... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5125438 | Closed granular chemical handling system A closed granular chemical handling system comprising a dispensing valve and a receiving valve. The dispensing valve and the receiving valve are automatically opened when the valves are coupled together, and are automatically closed when the valves are un... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5123542 | Method and apparatus for cleaning, distributing and aerating grain An improved apparatus for cleaning, distributing and aereating grain is mounted in a storage structure and includes a frustro-conical screen device secured symetrically to an imperforate funnel-shaped member. A fan assembly is secured to the funnel-shaped... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5060701 | Closed granular chemical handling system A closed granular chemical handling system comprising a dispensing valve and a receiving valve. The dispensing valve and the receiving valve are automatically opened when the valves are coupled together, and are automatically closed when the valves are un... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5016822 | Particulate material loaders This invention relates to a particulate material thrower comprising an endless belt running over a pair of rollers which provides a loading end and discharge end on the belt, and a thrower wheel running adjacent to the belt over the roller at the discharg... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4955538 | Applicator and method for the delivery of granular and liquid products to turf areas An applicator for the delivery of dry and liquid materials to turf areas. The applicator (10, 180) comprises frame means (11) supported by ground engaging wheels (14, 15); hopper means (12) carried by the frame for holding the dry materials; sealed reserv... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4902185 | Grain spreader A grain spreader for being mounted within a grain bin directly beneath the inlet opening in the roof structure of the grain bin for causing any grain introduced into the grain bin through the inlet opening to be evenly spread within the grain bin. The spr... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4867846 | Apparatus for feeding wood chips to a treatment bin Apparatus for feeding wood chips and the like into a treatment bin includes a feed tube assembly adapted to lead into the bin at a non-zero angle relative to the horizon. A plate is supported underneath the lower end of the feed tube assembly to collect i... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4718811 | Silage distributor apparatus Silage distributor apparatus has an upper annular stationary member disposed about a flowing silage stream, a silage distributing chute, and a lower annular member rotatably mounted to the upper annular member for disposing the chute in the path of the fl... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4625920 | Rotary distributor Apparatus and method for distributing particulate material substantially evenly over a square receiving area are disclosed, the apparatus comprising a rotatable trough having a discharge slot positioned along its length.... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4473016 | Particulate feeder system An agricultural particulate feeder controls the rate of particulate distribution to a surface being worked. The particlate feeder comprises a hopper with a sliding door over a discharge outlet at a lower end of the hopper. A frame supports the particulate... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4399846 | Mechanism for granulometric distribution of solid particles A mechanism for the granulometric distribution of solid particles being loaded into a vessel of relatively large dimensions, such as a process reactor, blast furnace, silo, incinerator, dryer, etc., from equipment of small dimensions in relation to the ve... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4342428 | Powdered coal delivery system A dry coal fuel supply system for a gas turbine engine includes a continuous loop conveyor pump having a plurality of positive displacement pistons connected by a cable and driven by a variable speed motor with respect to an atmospheric reservoir filled w... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4212574 | Forage unloader door and latch assembly A material unloader for forage or the like includes a closed box-type body having interior unloading mechanism for delivering material to an exterior chute and has at least one, and preferably two, latchable closures for providing access to the body inter... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4175705 | Machine for the spreading of material in granular and powder form A machine for spreading material in granular and powder form which comprises a hopper-shaped supply container and a distributing mechanism receptive of material from the container for spreading same during movement of the machine. The container has inward... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4101078 | Flail type manure spreader with adjustable hood A flail type manure spreader is provided with a hood that is mounted for bodily movement transversely of the spreader container between a first position in which its discharge side is generally contiguous to the discharge side of the container and a secon... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4082198 | Bale handling and shredding apparatus The apparatus of the invention is capable of loading, transporting and shredding a large bale of material. The apparatus is of a vehicle trailer type and is equipped with a box or housing unit type that is open only at the rear side of the vehicle. The ap... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4068804 | Method and machine for tearing apart stacked crop material bales A machine for tearing apart stacked crop material bales has a pivotal load bed with stack clamping mechanisms arranged about the bed for retrieving a stack of crop material bales by placing the load bed in an upright retrieving position, moving the uprigh... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4013224 | Material spreader A liquid manure spreader having a tank for carrying liquid manure. An auger assembly driven by a power takeoff from a tractor delivers the manure to a pump mounted on the back of the tank. The pump discharges the material through a spreading structure. A ... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3997118 | Liquid manure handling machine A liquid manure transport implement is provided with a vertically retractable loader and a spreader which are arranged to fit neatly within the general width and height dimensions of the manure tank on the rear end of the latter. An internally carried con... | 12/14/1976 |
