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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157485 | Shuttle and component feeding system A shuttle (11) for feeding tubular rivets (12), which are of relatively short axial length compared with their head diameter, along a flexible hose (26) to a movable rivet-installation tool has an aperture (18) running parallel to its axi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7300074 | Elbow fitting with step feature for pneumatic transport system An elbow fitting is used in a pneumatic product conveying system in which the fitting expands from the inlet pipe along the outer side of the elbow fitting to enable a layer of accumulated product particles to be formed so as to move at a lower velocity than the vel... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7182553 | Method for delivering fine particle dispersion, and device for delivering fine particle dispersion Disclosed is a method of delivering a fine particle dispersion in the state of laminar flow from an inlet port to an outlet port of a microflow channel having the inlet port and the outlet port, the fine particle dispersion containing fine particles having a volume ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182552 | Method for delivering a fine particle dispersion, and device for delivering a fine particle dispersion Provided are a method for delivering a fine particle dispersion which makes it possible to flow the fine particle dispersion, as a stable flow, in a microflow-channel without sedimentation, being deposited on the bottom face of the inner surface of the channel or bl... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178212 | Device and method for the blasting treatment of channel inner walls Device for carrying out a blasting treatment of the inner wall of a channel with a stream of balls which, for treating curved channels, has a tube for introducing the stream of balls into a channel, a stream deflection and outlet device at the end of the tube on the... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175068 | Method and apparatus for containing mail articles deposited in a mail drop box A mail box configured to contain and reduce exposure to hazardous particulates, which includes a container having a deposit port at an upper end and a collection chamber at a lower end. There is at least one door at the upper end for mail to be placed into the depos... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7040506 | Fastener stacking and removal system A system is provided for delivering fasteners to a work station. The system includes at least one fastener storage device than has at least one storage tube. The system additionally includes at least one fastener spacer that is adapted to properly orient at least on... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7014392 | Device for pneumatic or hydraulic conveying of dusty, powdery or granular bulk material The present invention is directed to a device for pneumatic or hydraulic conveying of dusty, powdery or granular bulk material. The device includes a conveyor line, an inner pipe in the conveyor line that is parallel to the axis and preferably eccentric. The inner p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6997214 | Intake tubing for engines An intake tubing includes a tubular member having a number of helical protuberances and a number of helical grooves formed in an inner peripheral surface, an inlet end for receiving fluid, and an outlet end for coupling to an engine. The helical protuberances and th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6959835 | Fastener stacking and removal system A system is provided for delivering fasteners to a work station. The system includes at least one fastener storage device than has at least one storage tube. The system additionally includes at least one fastener spacer that is adapted to properly orient at least on... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6951354 | Elbow fitting for pneumatic transport system An elbow fitting for use in a pneumatic product conveying system expands from the inlet pipe along the outer side of the elbow fitting and contracts along the outer side of the fitting toward the outlet pipe for guiding product particles into the outlet pipe. The ex... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6817812 | Method of fastening pneumatic tubing A pneumatic transfer system (10) includes a service provider station (12) and a customer station (14). A carrier is movable through a transfer conduit (26) between the stations responsive to differential pressure. The transfer conduit ( | 11/16/2004 |
| 6749374 | Flow development chamber for creating a vortex flow and a laminar flow A pneumatic conveying system for conveying particulate material through a conduit that creates a strong laminar flow of materials and air surrounded by a boundary layer flow of air, such that long transport distances through dramatic elevation and directional change... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6729808 | Mail delivery system A mail delivery system includes a housing having a bottom wall, an upper wall, and a peripheral wall. An elongate tubular member has a first end attached to an opening in the peripheral wall. The second end extends into a dwelling. The elongate tubular member has a ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6609873 | Bulk material unloading facility A bulk material handling facility includes an unloading tube positionable for connection to several discharge openings of a transport vehicle without requiring repositioning of the vehicle. The unloading tube is pivotally supported so that it can be swung... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609857 | Method and device for mixing a flowing gas and a pulverulent material A method for mixing a pulverulent material in a main gas flow with a view to achieving uniform distribution of the pulverulent material. The turbulence in the main gas flow is increased in a vortex-generating zone. The pulverulent material is introduced i... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6575668 | Device for transporting objects and use of said device The invention relates to a device for transporting objects by an airflow in a channel, which is produced by joining two interlocking bodies, the first body having a convex surface and the second body having a concave surface. The first body has a recess w... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6474912 | Pneumatic mail delivery system A pneumatic mail delivery system includes a carrier having first and second open ends and corresponding hinged covers for selectably covering the open ends. The system includes first and second carrier terminals each having front openings selectively cove... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6398464 | Air stream transfer apparatus An air stream transfer apparatus capable of preventing particles in a transfer passage from adhering to an object to be processed and removing the particles. The apparatus includes that of a transfer face and a transfer passage partition both constituting... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6375841 | System for transporting and separating wet chips and delivering dried chips A system for transporting wet chips to a centrifugal separator where the wet chips are separated into dry chips and fluid with the dry chips being transported to a dry chips site and the fluid recirculated or collected. Preferably, the centrifugal separat... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6371711 | Valveless continuous atmospherically isolated container feeding assembly An apparatus for feeding containers of feed material into a process chamber is disclosed. The apparatus is designed to maintain the atmosphere within the process chamber as separate from the atmosphere surrounding the process chamber. The apparatus has a ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6371125 | Apparatus for transferring filter rods containing pulverulent, granular and analogous ingredients Apparatus for transporting rod-shaped tobacco smoke filters which contain and/or carry particles of charcoal and/or other solid particulate tobacco smoke filtering and/or flavoring material. A sender directs a series of successive filters lengthwise into ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6315501 | Air stream particulate collecting transfer apparatus An air stream transfer apparatus capable of preventing particles in a transfer passage from adhering to an object to be processed and removing the particles. The apparatus includes that of a transfer face and a transfer passage partition both constituting... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6290266 | Suction elbow provided with built-in guide blades A suction elbow is divided in a plurality of sub-channels similar to each other by one or more guide vanes made of a curved plate and flat plates connected to the curved plate based on the following formulas. p0 =h/{[f/(f-r)]m -1} 1 a | 09/18/2001 |
| 6227768 | Particulate conveyor device and apparatus A device for use in transporting particulate materials including: a conduit adapted for transporting particulate material from the first end to the second end of the conduit via an interior hollow chamber; a gas impermeable outer wall; a gas permeable inn... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6120216 | Modular feeder system and feeder module for supplying electrical components to a pick up location A modular feeder system (1) for supplying electrical components to a pick-and-place machine (14). The feeder system (1) has a two dimensional array of electrical component feeder modules (3), an electrical component storage hopper (4), a pick up location ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6034342 | Process and apparatus for separating particles by use of triboelectrification A process and apparatus for subjecting a mixture of two types of electrically charged particles to intense physical contact through a pneumatic transfer modified by turbulent flow and path interruptions to produce surface electrical charges on the particl... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6012876 | Swirl chamber in pneumatic forwarding tube systems A swirl or pitch changing chamber (16) is interposed at the convergence of a plurality of divergent pneumatic forwarding tubes (11, 12) and communicates with the tubes (11, 12). In the chamber (16), a transporter capsule (15) is caused to perform a comple... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5951006 | Modular air jet array with coanda exhausting for module decoupling A decoupling mechanism is provided for passively or actively decoupling an exhaust from a modular air transport system by diverting an amount of air exiting a channel in a first module in a direction other than the process direction through use of the Coa... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5947647 | Conveyor coupling An air conveyor apparatus is adapted for conveying bottle containers having a neck ring with an outer diameter dimension. The conveyor apparatus includes a first air conveyor section and a second air conveyor section. The first air conveyor section has a ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5795388 | Device for distributing pulverulent solids onto the surface of a substrate for the purpose of depositing a coating thereon A device for distributing pulverulent solids in suspension in a gas, for the purpose of depositing a coating, notably by pyrolysis, on a moving substrate (1), includes a distribution nozzle (24), the walls of which define a cavity (11) which terminates in... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5727908 | Air lift pump for wet particulates An air lift pump for wet particulates has a plurality of transport tubes and air injectors disposed in a central column for transporting particulate matter from a lower elevation to a higher elevation. The central column has a closed top and an open botto... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5660506 | Pneumatic apparatus and method for conveyance of frozen food items Pneumatic conveying apparatus and method are described to provide for a simple, economical, convenient (and preferably automatic) system for conveying small pieces of frozen food (e.g., chopped vegetables, diced meat, or preferably ice cubes or crushed ic... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5562366 | Method and system for fast cycle transport of materials in dense phase A fast cycle system for transport of particulate material in dense phase has a feeder assembly dispensing material into a pulse pod assembly. The latter is connected to a pressurized pipeline and the pod of material is sent into the pipeline upon receipt ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5556236 | Conveyor system for rod-like articles A pneumatic filter transport system has a gate (18) in a section of conveying duct (2), which gate and is openable in response to signals indicating a filter rod jam in a receiver unit (15) connected to the duct. Once opened, the gate allows remaining fil... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5531484 | Elbow provided with guide vanes An elbow is provided with guide vanes disposed as to make the shapes of the sub-channels defined thereby similar to each other.... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5515795 | Delivery system for a foldable agricultural implement A system for delivering particulate material from a common hopper to row units mounted on each of first and second pivotally interconnected frame sections of an agricultural implement. The delivery system includes a first series of conduits for directing ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5473114 | Clear tube section for pneumatic transport tube system A quadrilateral transparent tube section that is used with a heavy payload captive carrier in a pneumatic transport system. The tube section is constructed of four transparent panels connected at their longitudinal edges with four corner structures which ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5417524 | Tunnel track-pneumatic conduit system A conveyor system for feeding containers along a path includes a pair of plenums located on opposite sides of the path. Each plenum has an inner wall which has apertures along the center thereof, with flanges extending from each wall to define chambers or... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5392722 | Air separation tube for a pneumatic delivery system The present invention is an air separation tube for an agricultural planter. The air separation tube comprises a hollow tube having an inlet and outlet that is mounted to the side wall of a mini-hopper. The tube is provided with a downwardly curving bend ... | 02/28/1995 |
