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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7195440 | Agricultural silo auger system apparatus and method An auger assembly that has three individual augers that function cooperatively to transport silage within a silo. Specifically, the auger assembly is used to manipulate silage during the loading and unloading of a silo. The first and third augers have the same fligh... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7025555 | Sweep auger with drive assembly A sweep auger having an auger that is rotated about its longitudinal axis by a power means and a drive assembly having at least three reduction gears that operatively connect the auger to a drive wheel such that the drive wheel rotates at a speed that is substantial... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6606841 | Tray lift mechanism An apparatus for automatically loading trays includes a servo motor that is mechanically coupled to a plurality of elongated engagement members. The engagement members are coupled to the servo motor at a first end and include engagement elements at the se... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6203261 | Adjustable reclaiming device for moving bulk material A reclaimer for moving grains and other bulk material in a desired direction includes a substantially cylindrical column upstanding within a storage silo. A track, mounted on the storage silo above the floor, concentrically encircles the column. A motoriz... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5642977 | Silo unloader The present invention provides a silo unloader which combines the advantages of both a single auger unloader and a double auger unloader and substantially eliminates the disadvantages of both, to create a silo unloader that is very efficient and effective... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5449263 | Device and method for torque assist of drag arm An apparatus for removing bulk materials from a laterally enclosed storage area wherein the apparatus may be substantially buried within the bulk material (11). The apparatus includes a support column (16) mounted at a base into a support floor (25). An a... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5203802 | Device forming an emptying screw for residual product stored in a silo A device for the emptying of the residual product stored in a silo comprises a series of beams, for example, two or three beams. The first beam is mounted pivotably at a first end thereof on a pivot situated at the center of the discharge opening of the s... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5180272 | Device and method for outloading bulk materials An apparatus for removing bulk materials from a laterally enclosed storage area wherein the apparatus may be substantially buried within the bulk material (11). The apparatus includes a support column (16) mounted at a base into a support floor (25). An a... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5092267 | Powder collection unit with integral dryer Apparatus for collecting and drying powder used for electrostatic coating of a workpiece has air injection means incorporated into the collection bin both to dry and also to homogenize powder recovered, just prior to withdrawal from the bin.... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5011359 | Silo rotary unloader monitor A silo rotary unloader monitor provides an indication of a rotational speed of the rotary collector ring of a material unloading device suspended within the top portion of a vertical silo. A limit switch has an actuating sensor biased into engagement with... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4890721 | Belt clamp type unloader A belt clamp type unloader includes a vertical-horizontal conveyor assembly having a vertically extending portion and a horizontally extending portion, and a scraping section disposed at a position below a lower end of the conveyor assembly. In the convey... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4801085 | Dual auger manure spreader A manure spreader device and method of distributing any of a variety of manure materials having varying consistencies are provided. The device and method embody a concept in which a plurality of elongated augers that are longitudinally positioned within a... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4772173 | Silo unloader A silo unloader has an auger collector for moving material to an impeller operable to discharge material from a tower silo. A sprocket and endless chain secured to a transition assembly mounted on the impeller drives the collector around the silo wall. Wh... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4718537 | Feeder head assembly A feeder head assembly is provided which includes a single pair of augers which collect bulk material contained within a vessel. These augers advance the material to a lifting conveyor. A frame pivotally mounted to a rotatable enclosure portion of the lif... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4645403 | Discharge installation for a silo A discharge installation to be used in a silo for bulk material in powdered or granular condition comprising a central column of interspaced annular collar plates surrounding a central discharge chute, subsequent collar plates merging into each other form... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4544316 | Apparatus for automatically and continuously withdrawing coal from a ship's An apparatus for automatically and continuously withdrawing coal from a ship's bunker by means of a screw conveyor suspended from a gantry beam transversely of the bunker in order to convey the coal towards one or both sides. The gantry beam travels on su... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4444338 | Vessel for the storage of powdered or granular products A vertical discharge duct provided on a storage vessel wall terminates either in a separate duct outlet or in the vessel outlet at the lower end of the discharge hopper. A duct-clearing carriage is displaceable vertically along the entire length of the du... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4329105 | Silo unloader leveling apparatus A top unloading silo unloader pendantly supported in a tower silo. The unloader has a material collector moved around the silo with drive structure. An impeller receives material from the collector and throws the material into an out chute which directs t... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4242028 | Ring type silo unloader The present invention relates to a silo unloader which has a center ring supported through a support framework from a single centrally located cable, and a silo unloader is mounted for rotation relative to the ring. The ring is held from rotation through ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4168805 | Storage and ice dispensing system for ice in flake or particle form A storage and dispensing system for ice in flake or particle form is disclosed utilizing a storage bin with driven screw augers extending outwardly over and above an ice storage space, the discharge end of the screw augers being pivotally mounted at the d... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4132450 | Silo unloader lift attachment A top unloading silo unloader equipped with a lift attachment connected to a lifting cable used to raise and lower the silo unloader in a tower silo. The lift attachment has an elongated body releasably connected at one end to the impeller housing of the ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4022335 | Spreading-unloading rotary sweep apparatus of the hole-forming sleeve type A reversible rotary sweep has a single railless trough-less contemporaneously reversible 16" OD horizontal long auger and a depending holeformer composed of a 191/2" OD depending short auger and a surrounding 21" ID concentric sleeve. In unloading, a subs... | 05/10/1977 |
