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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband

A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.

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Class 99/639 - By means adjacent apertured handling means


Subclass of Class 99 - Foods and beverages: apparatus
Definition: Device including a food containing or conveying means having
No. of patents: 17
Last issue date: 10/15/2002


NumberTitleIssue Date
6463846Snipper knife assembly holder
A holder for mounting a knife assembly, e.g., as used in a bean snipper or similar device, to a mounting rod or similar structure. The holder includes first and second plate members which are moveably joined together at first ends thereof (e.g., in a hing...
10/15/2002
6318249Snipper knife assembly holder
A holder for mounting a knife assembly, e.g., as used in a bean snipper or similar device, to a mounting rod or similar structure. The holder includes first and second plate members which are moveably joined together at first ends thereof (e.g., in a hing...
11/20/2001
5778771Vegetable topper
A vegetable topper is disclosed. In one embodiment, the topper includes a plurality of spaced rollers which are mounted on a pair of laterally spaced roller chain loops such that the rollers are able to freely spin relative to the roller chains. The rolle...
07/14/1998
5452651Automatic mungbean sprout hulling and root cutting apparatus
An automatic mungbean sprout hulling and root-cutting apparatus includes a case which has a bean sprout inlet chute to receive bean sprouts transmitted by a conveyer of a transmission means. Bean sprouts then fall upon an inclined screen and are discharge...
09/26/1995
5144887Bean snipper
A bean snipper has a rotatable drum with a central passage extending therethrough which has an opening adapted to admit beans and an opening adapted to allow the exit of beans. The surface of the drum has portions defining a plurality of slots which exten...
09/08/1992
5081920Apparatus for transporting and trimming mushrooms
Apparatus for transporting freshly harvested mushrooms from the farm to a gathering station has an endless conveyor which advances discrete receptacles for individual mushrooms or groups of mushrooms from the beds to the gathering station past a trimming ...
01/21/1992
4981073Cutting apparatus for processing elongated vegetable products and the like
A cluster cutter apparatus and a snipping apparatus are similarly formed to increase the snipping efficiency of a bean processing line. Each apparatus includes a rotating drum having a circumferential slotted surface in combination with an internally elon...
01/01/1991
4570415Vegetable banding apparatus
An apparatus for placing an elastic band (22A) around a vegetable bunch (19) comprising a band stretcher assembly (26) for receiving the band, a plurality of fingers (46) for stretching the band, and means (37) for moving the band stretcher towards a top ...
02/18/1986
4542687Green peanut destemmer and washer
Apparatus for removing stems from picked green peanuts and for removing dirt and debris therefrom. Green peanuts are fed into a destemmer having a sloping plate with a plurality of slots through which rotating slotted destemmer wheels project. The stems a...
09/24/1985
4480536Broccoli bunching and cutting apparatus
The broccoli bunching apparatus is wholly pneumatically operated. In response to a first operation on a manual pneumatic control switch, a rubber band is pneumatically expanded in front of a central opening in a housing. Broccoli stems can then be inserte...
11/06/1984
4472444Method for stemming tomatoes
Method and apparatus for de-stemming picked tomatoes. Each tomato is introduced into the upper end of a generally vertically disposed, open-ended, resilient, open-mesh fabric tube, a substantial portion of which approximates but is larger than the diamete...
09/18/1984
4373589Harvesting apparatus for onions
Onion harvesting apparatus comprising a wheeled chassis arranged to be coupled to driving apparatus, a produce receiving hopper, conveyor apparatus for raising produce from the hopper, precleaning apparatus, trimming apparatus and apparatus for operating ...
02/15/1983
4354428Spring assembly system
The invention relates to a device in a machine for trimming vegetables, especially Brussels sprouts, by means of a rotary cutter forming the bottom of a trapezoidal groove (3), which is formed by the inclined sides (2) of a pair of rotary flanges, the veg...
10/19/1982
4125067Machine for washing, selecting, cleaning and slicing the stems of mushrooms
A machine for washing, sizing and cutting the stems of mushrooms, comprises a tub full of water into which the fresh mushrooms to be treated are poured in bulk and conveyed in water into a second tub from which they are raised by suitable means to be carr...
11/14/1978
4091820Apparatus for removing brussels sprouts from the parent stalks
An apparatus for removing brussels sprouts from the parent stalks including a plurality of blades arranged generally in the form of a truncated pyramid and defining an aperture for receiving the sprout bearing stalks, the blades being rotatable to remove ...
05/30/1978
4029005Stemming machine
A stemming machine for separating raisins from mother stems, characterized by a stem conveyor including an open-mesh endless belt having an upper, horizontal run through which raisins separated from mother stems are permitted to drop, a separator station ...
06/14/1977
3952646Apparatus for decapping the stems or caps of strawberries
The apparatus is comprised of a frame which supports a plurality of conveying troughs, an upper rotating drum, a lower rotating drum and a stationary decapping blade. The strawberries are first deposited in the troughs which then convey the strawberries t...
04/27/1976
 
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