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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7871231 | Vertical carrying apparatus An elevation conveyor 5 includes a turntable 17 and a roller conveyor 18. The roller conveyor 18 is supported onto the turntable 17. A turntable controller 7 turns the turntable 17 so that the roller conveyor 18 | 01/18/2011 |
| 7267517 | Arcuate guide apparatus and method for conveyor(s) An arcuate guide apparatus and method for collecting and moving material into or away from a selected bin (30a, 30b, 30c) that resides within an array of storage bins. The arcuate guide apparatus comprises three or more trol... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267518 | Guide apparatus and method for conveyor(s) An guide apparatus and method for collecting and moving material into or away from a selected bin (30a, 30b, 30c) that resides within an array of storage bins. The guide apparatus comprises three or more trolleys (90, 91,... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7125215 | Track-and-trolley conveyor guidance system A track-and-trolley conveyor guidance system for collecting and moving material into or away from a selected bin (30a, 30b, 30c) that resides within an array of storage bins. The conveying system comprises three or more trol... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7074001 | Conveying system for filling multiple storage bins A conveying system for distributing material into any bin in a horizontal array of storage bins comprises a circular guide positioned over the array of bins (24), a linear guide (22) that rotates along the circular guide, and a conveyor (30) tha... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6979793 | Mail sorting and distributing transfer system To provide a mail sorting and distributing transfer system, which extends transformable time of mail fed from a mail charging line so that the mail can be timely, reliably transferred to conveyor baskets on a mail sorting line, there is a mail sorting and distributi... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6884016 | Positioning system for an automatic accumulation system A method and apparatus for accumulating articles (28) includes inputting a plurality of individual articles to deliver the articles from an article supply source (26) onto an inclined slide (42) having a guide surface. In particular aspects, the... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6817286 | Mushroom compost compacting assembly A mushroom compost compacting assembly includes a feed hopper unit, a mixer unit, a conveyor unit and a compactor unit all of which are separate and distinct from each other. The units are detachably connected to each other so that the units could be assembled at th... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6238175 | Destacking apparatus Foil sheets are removed from two stacks located one above the other on a stack rack by a swingable transfer assembly having a transfer platform along the sides of which guide rails carry a suction beam which, as the transfer assembly is swung up and down,... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5815085 | Storage and retrieval machine having improved real-time responsiveness and improved noise immunity A communication system for a storage and retrieval machine comprises a conductor bar, base and carriage electrical devices, a sliding brush, first and second transmitters, and first and second receivers. The sliding brush is mounted to the carriage and is... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5688097 | Apparatus for the loading and unloading of a firing table arrangement with product for firing Apparatus for loading and unloading a firing table arrangement with product for firing, wherein the firing table arrangement comprises on at least one horizontal plane a plurality of rollers having ends disposed at a distance from one another for picking ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5364220 | Shelf servicing apparatus A shelf servicing apparatus for a shelf store including a cabin adapted to be vertically movable along the apparatus and including a loading mechanism for placing containers in or removing containers from shelf locations of the shelf store. The cabin incl... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5324158 | Apparatus for filling a silo with tobacco and the like A material handling apparatus for selectively bulk filling or blend filling and concurrently discharging particulate material, such as reticulated tobacco and the like, into an open topped silo, bin, or hopper. The material handling apparatus includes a f... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5000643 | Goods handling method and apparatus thereof There is disclosed a goods handling method for carrying in or carrying out goods with respect to storage facilities having multirow and multistage storing spaces including the steps of carrying the goods into a goods inlet apparatus or carrying out the go... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4717307 | Apparatus for supplying compost to mushroom growing beds Apparatus for distributing compost to the beds of a mushroom house includes a mobile, freestanding, selectively positionable distributor, which receives compost and using a conveyor mounted upon it, distributes the compost to the beds. The distributor is ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4626104 | Method and apparatus for mixing particulate materials A method and apparatus for blending particulate materials in which a plurality of blending chambers receive, by a series of installments, pre-mixed ingredients so as to ensure that each blending chamber contains an average sample. The blending chambers ar... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4619576 | Feed system for tobacco blending/bulking bins A feed system for feeding light-weight materials, such as tobacco, into large blending and/or bulking bins. The present invention resides primarily in a novel, light-weight feed system comprising a trolley and a shuttle conveyor adapted to reciprocatingly... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4512705 | Horizontal plow system method and apparatus for reclaiming and homogenously blending bulk solid particulate matter such as coal A horizontal plow system method and apparatus has been developed for the homogenous blending and reclaiming of bulk solid particulate matter, such as coal, at a utility plant. The horizontal plow system apparatus comprises one or more displacement assembl... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4491216 | Grain handling system An apparatus for handling (loading or unloading) grain or another granular material includes an auger which preferably is of the extendable type, rotatably mounted on the outer end of a boom, which is pivotally connected to a mast. A hydraulic piston/cyli... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4478372 | Bypass feed apparatus A materials handling or processing system which includes at least two processing devices such as shredders, for example, which are subject to unexpected and relatively sudden discontinuance of operation as by clogging or other breakdown condition, and tra... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4371305 | Material handling apparatus Apparatus is provided for depositing material, such as mushroom casing, on a horizontally moving belt from which the material is discharged to a surface beneath said belt. The material may be deposited first in a conveyor box which contains an element cap... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4330232 | Grain bin and truck loading and unloading system A grain handling transfer and storing system including a plurality of bins in two rows in circular arcs about a center pad, each of the bins or receptacles having ground level discharging conveyors and open tops for filling, a pair of screw conveyors radi... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4273495 | Apparatus and method for laying compost in a mushroom bed Apparatus and a method for laying a uniformly thick and, hence, a uniformly dense bed of compost for growing mushrooms and the like are provided. In the shelf system compost is supplied via a conveyer belt from an external supply through the door of a con... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4240772 | Apparatus and method for conveying grain Grain to be conveyed is supplied to an elongated chamber having a ram movable longitudinally through the chamber. A discharge opening at the end of the chamber communicates with a grain delivery tube which extends into a grain storage bin. As the ram is m... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4010856 | Storage apparatus with slide assemblies and a transportation device with pivotal conveyor means A horizontally movable load transportation device is equipped with a vertically movable elevator. The elevator has a pivotally mounted conveyor device that is adapted to engage an edge of a load and transfer it toward a selected storage compartment. The s... | 03/08/1977 |
