Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7267519 | Loading conveyor with folding hopper for agricultural commodity carts An agricultural commodity cart loading conveyor apparatus comprises a conveyor mounted to an agricultural commodity cart. A hopper is pivotally attached to the lower end of the conveyor tube and a hopper conveyor section is mounted along a bottom of the hopper. The ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 6698993 | Transporter A transporter is adapted to tip by using bilateral rams on opposite sides of a main compartment in the form of an open topped bin. The main bin is V-shaped in profile and when the trailer is tipped a conveyor underneath the bin raises an ingredient flowin... | 03/02/2004 |
| 5252020 | Waste segregating collection apparatus A collection system of recyclable waste includes one or more central vehicles loaded by one or more satellite vehicles all which segregate recyclable materials from non-recyclable materials. The central vehicles are loaded through openings matched to the ... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5247717 | Debris/litter collecting apparatus An apparatus for collecting litter from the ground includes a frame adapted for movement along the ground, a hopper mounted at one end of the frame; and a collector assembly supported on the frame. The collector assembly includes a pair of rollers having ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5131798 | Railroad car conveyor Material handling apparatus for conveying loose material into an elongated container such as a railroad car. An endless belt conveyor is mounted above and extends the full length of the container. A plurality of equally-spaced, individually, selectively o... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4995773 | Spreader and dump truck construction A lightweight salt and sand spreader dump truck box having a first sub-frame with elongated longitudinal channel members formed from sheet metal and a conveyor frame on which a conveyor is mounted longitudinally of the dump box at the floor thereof near a... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4886214 | Dump truck with integrated spreader system A new and improved dump truck having an integrated spreader system which permits the truck to be readily converted between a normal dump mode of operation and a spreader mode of operation. The integrated spreader system comprises a longitudinally extendin... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4878802 | Machine for collecting ground particles and the like A machine for gathering and collecting particles from a ground surface or the like includes an upwardly inclined conveyor or elevator mounted on the side of a transport vehicle and having a lower receiving end cooperative with forwardly diverging gatherin... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4710086 | Bale accumulator A bale accumulator is provided for use in conjunction with a baler from which, during operation, bales successively are discharged. The accumulator comprises a bale receiving table movable between a home position for receiving a bale from the baler and a ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4710087 | Bale accumulator and discharger A bale accumulator is provided for use in conjunction with a baler from which, during operation, bales successively are discharged. The accumulator comprises a bale receiving table movable between a home position for receiving a bale from the baler and a ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4685619 | Dump body spreader A spreader 10, cooperating with a dump body 11 having a conventional tailgate 20, includes a conveyor 15 extending through an opening 12 in the lower region of tailgate 20 to rest on bottom 13 of body 11 and extend aft of tailgate 20. A hopper 30 undernea... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4600351 | Fowl metering and cooping system A fowl harvesting apparatus receives fowl which are conveyed upwardly and deposited in a metering tray which actuates a switch to cut off the conveyor when a desired number of fowl have been deposited in the tray. The tray is then moved downwardly on a su... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4593426 | Litter collection apparatus A litter collection apparatus includes a novel arrangement for mounting litter retrieving projections on a retrieving belt of the apparatus, an improved receptacle and mechanism for emptying the receptacle, a novel arrangement for adjustably positioning t... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4519189 | Telescoping basket cover A cotton harvester basket for accumulating picked cotton comprises four walls, a floor with a conveyor and a detachable roof section. The basket is vertically moveable between its raised and lowered positions by hydraulic cylinders disposed at the opposit... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4027809 | Chaff collector An improved chaff collector for towing behind a farm vehicle and receiving chaff therefrom. A conveyor is mounted on the collector and feeds chaff into a rotatably mounted drum. The drum is positioned at the rear of the collector and above the ground surf... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4023285 | Four-wheeled elevating scraper An elevating scraper having a four-wheeled tandem running gear. The elevator is divided into parallel loading paths to accommodate a drive line between the paths. Thus the scraper is particularly suited for towing by a tractor having a power takeoff at th... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3994083 | Trencher construction There is disclosed a trenching machine construction of vehicular type, having a wheeled chassis for travel movement with frames connected thereto, whereby trenching means supported by said frames are adjustable vertically, transversely and angularly with ... | 11/30/1976 |
