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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7050041 | Pointing device with a cable storage winding mechanism A pointing device, which is capable of changing the appearance of a display, includes a housing made up of a cover and a base, a single spool cable receiver rotatably mounted to the housing, and a cable having a first end and a second end with the second end mounted... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6976819 | Tank having multiple screw-type transfer augers A multi-screw auger equipped tank comprises opposing sides sloping downward and inwardly toward one another. A plurality of shaftless screw transfer augers run along the tank bottom. Drivers and transmissions coupled to the transfer augers permit simultaneous rotati... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6808354 | Tank having multiple screw-type transfer augers A multi-screw auger equipped tank comprises opposing sides sloping downward and inwardly toward one another. A plurality of shaftless screw transfer augers run along the tank bottom. Drivers and transmissions coupled to the transfer augers permit simultaneous rotati... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6722489 | Screw conveyor arm for dry material A dry bulk unloading apparatus for transferring bulk material from a storage facility to a transport vehicle includes a pair of pivotally interconnected upper and lower screw conveyors. The upper screw conveyor is pivotally connected at its receiving end on a vertic... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6676357 | Arcuate bulk storage facility An arcuate structure for bulk particulate solids which has inner and outer concentric containment walls. The space between the inner and outer walls is subdivided into a plurality of storage subspaces, and covered with a continuous roof. A radial stacker ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6464443 | Installation for hardening tubular concrete workpiece An installation is described for hardening tubular concrete workpieces (1) in chambers (2) which are open at the top, can be closed with cover plates (3) and can be subjected to vapor and which can be charged with the aid of an overhead travelling crane (... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6261049 | Withdrawal device A device for withdrawing debris, for example compost material, stored on a sliding base with longitudinally displaceable boards. A mobile driving unit having at least one driving device can be coupled/uncoupled to at least one section of the sliding base ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 5911554 | Bunker raking carriage with lowerable raking wheel A device for raking flowable material from a storage facility, with a plurality of storage units such as bunkers, silos, stockpiles, has a bunker table positioned at the bottom of the storage units and a rake tunnel positioned above the bunker table. A ra... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5622467 | Discharge means for a silo A discharge mechanism for a silo comprising an entry chamber adapted to be in communication with the silo interior and having a directing member mounted in the entry chamber, for rotary movement about a vertical axis, to direct flowable material in the en... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5375747 | Pulverulent material feeder apparatus A pulverulent material feeder apparatus includes a bottom plate extending horizontally and inner and outer cylinders disposed on the bottom plate in a coaxial relation. These cylinders define therebeween a material transporting space. A material extruding... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5289954 | Device for metered removal of flowable solid material A device for metered removal of flowable solid material comprises at least one delivery opening for the flowable solid material and an essentially horizontal intermediate storage floor for receiving the flowable solid material, arranged below said deliver... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5096356 | Reciprocating floor conveyor in a receptacle for a liquid laden material Three piston-cylinders units (66, 68, 70) are located in a drive assembly compartment (26) forwardly of a material receiving compartment (12) in a trailer box (TB). Drive rods (262, 264, 266) extend rearwardly from transverse drive beam portions (60, 62, ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5082414 | Helicoidal device for extracting material in particle form from a reservoir An extraction device for extracting a material in particulate form from a reservoir includes an extraction member in the form of a helicoidal winding connected to a motor for driving it in rotation about its central axis. The helicoidal winding is driven ... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5061145 | Apparatus for picking up and transferring lightweight articles An improved apparatus for picking up, transferring and depositing lightweight articles. The apparatus includes a driven rotary member having a pluality of tubular arms extending from circumferentially spaced portions of the member. The ends of these arms ... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4810159 | Batching system An apparatus for use in the transportation and production of cementitious mixes including a silo and a truck for transporting the silo. The silo is sub-divided internally into two compartments, one for cement and one for sand. At the lower end of the said... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4740128 | Apparatus for discharging a reaction vessel A discharging apparatus for a large diameter, generally vertically walled reaction vessel in which a recessed dish or receiving structure having the same diameter as the reaction vessel is mounted beneath the lower discharge end of the reaction vessel. Th... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4653674 | Device for dispensing goods through annular dispensing port A goods dispensing device including an annular dispensing port formed in a container, an annular shelf located in a position for receiving the goods released through the annular dispensing port, a table rotatably supported in a position for receiving the ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4642015 | Bearing support for discharger mechanism A discharger mechanism is provided for discharging solids from the bottom of a pile. The discharger comprises a reciprocating stoker rod of a substantially rectangular cross section and plastimeric bearing member engaging the bottom and sides of the rod f... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4594045 | Hold down and sealing assembly for discharger mechanism A discharger mechanism is provided for discharging solids from the bottom of a pile. The discharger comprises a reciprocating stoker rod having a series of stoker cross bars, affixed thereto, which is supported by bearings within a trough. An arrangement ... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4571150 | Reciprocating floor conveyor method Generally horizontally disposed bracing trusses (44, 46) are interconnected between the bottoms of the longitudinal drive beams (70, 72, 74) and the bottoms of the associated transverse drive beams (100, 102, 104), within a reciprocating floor conveyor. T... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4566232 | Large volume silo for bulk material, particularly raw cement powder A large volume silo has in the center of the base a conical dome which, together with the cylindrical outer silo wall, defines an annular base. Open air conveyor chutes pass from the base area through discharge openings to flow regulators in the inner are... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4541252 | Mechanized self evacuating fragmentary ice storage bin An ice storage bin for the storage and delivery of fragmentary ice for use in an enclosed area. The ice storage bin has at least one ice rake assembly having an arm which pivots about a lower corner of the bin and supports rakes that serve to move the fra... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4531876 | Storage silo for difficultly flowing bulk material A storage silo adapted to difficultly flowing bulk materials to be discharged at the bottom of the silo. A baffle is disposed in a cylindrical container. The baffle is attached to the cylindrical container wall and runs inclined along said wall to the sil... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4504182 | Procedure for controlling the density distribution of wood chips and device therefor A chip material container arrangement is provided for storage of material to be spread in the production of particle and/or fiber boards. The container arrangement is equipped with several discharge rollers arranged one above the other, a base belt and fe... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4464984 | Plant for the preparation of fodder A plant for the preparation of fodder comprising a portion of solid foodstock in the form of grains or kernels and a portion of water. The plant includes a silo for the solid foodstock, a device for removing the solid foodstock from the silo, a conveying ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4461606 | Supporting grip for bin or hopper A load supporting grid structure is disclosed for a bin or hopper having a discharger or reclaimer at the bottom. The grip structure is used when storing solid materials such as wood chips, hogged fuel and the like and reduces the weight of the solid mate... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4431360 | Container for the loading and transporting of goods A container body for highway trailers, ships or aircraft, for loading and transporting goods provides a conveyor belt on the floor of the body with a vertical partition that is movable with the conveyor as the goods are loaded into, or removed from the bo... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4408945 | Stationary or mobile receiving bunker This invention is an improvement in a stationary or mobile receiving bunker adapted to be fed with bulk material, particular by means of industrial trucks, with a delivery conveyor arranged under the receiving bunker, the improvement which comprises two b... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4371306 | Refuse ejection apparatus Refuse compaction includes a storage body having an opening at one end for receiving refuse and having an opening at the other end. An ejection panel is movable in the storage body between the openings at the opposite ends. Hydraulic means including a cyl... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4363586 | Bunker-discharge apparatus, especially for bulk material A bunker discharge apparatus, especially for bulk material. The apparatus includes conveyor elements having a ladder form or shape and extending parallel to each other and movable back and forth, by way of a drive, in the conveying or feeding direction. T... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4361254 | Hopper for storing free flowing solid material A hopper includes a peripheral side wall having upper and lower open ends, and a conical body provided inside the peripheral side wall to define an annular space for storing solid material therebetween. The lower open end of the peripheral wall is separat... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4350468 | High-rise silos A high-rise silo in which silage is fed radially by means of revolving feed members to a central vertical clearing shaft of the silo. The silage is withdrawn from the shaft at the bottom. The shaft itself is assembled from separate cylindrical pipe length... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4320828 | Arm-type feeder wheel for unloading solids from a bin A feeder wheel has a hub disk which is centered on and rotatable about an axis, which has a pair of axially oppositely directed faces, and which is formed with a plurality of radially outwardly open, substantially angularly equispaced, and axially through... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4313706 | Grain cake breaker A grain cake breaker device is provided for placement within a storage bin to facilitate the removal of grain therefrom. The device includes a support structure having a number of legs which are connected to the storage bin floor at their lower ends. The ... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4236630 | Extensible telescopic coal bunker for subsurface mining A subsurface coal bunker operating to receive and discharge coal is structured with an assemblage of nested telescopic container members including one stationary member and a plurality of movable members, with the container members being formed in size in... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4161255 | Device for discharging materials lying upon a storage area For handling and more particularly for discharging materials lying in a pile upon a storage area like the bottom of a silo, a scraping element is driven into the pile of materials and the resisting force applied to said scraping element is measured. When ... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4139106 | Device for emptying a silo, and silo consisting of such a device Devices for emptying a cylindrical or prismatic silo of ensilaged granular and/or pulverulent material, said devices embodying (a) a conical or pyramidal deflector, located at the lower part of silo, its axis 4 converging perceptibly with that of the silo... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4130225 | Apparatus for facilitating the repair of a volumetric feeder A gravity assisted feeder is disclosed for feeding flowable solids by means of a rotating blade disposed below a stationary cone. Rotation of the blade causes the solids to move inwardly along the blade to a discharge port adjacent the axis of rotation of... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4077527 | Apparatus for dispensing and transporting fine materials An apparatus for transporting and dispensing fine materials comprising a rotating conduit with a nonrotating coil spring therein.... | 03/07/1978 |
| 3999703 | Axial screw sludge pumping This invention is concerned with axial conveying of sludge through a stationary tube from inside to outside a rotating centrifuge. It incorporates a high speed auger screw to move the material. High speed implies spinning of the auger too fast for sludge ... | 12/28/1976 |
