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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7461592 | Wall mounted can crusher A wall mountable can crushing apparatus for self-feeding and rapidly repeating manual crushing of beverage cans or the like through user striking includes a housing section for feeding cans through a chute and detaining cans in a crush chamber before crushing. A pun... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463253 | On-vehicle electronic equipment, display panel, and panel mounting base A case body which can accommodate a display panel and a traveling unit provided movably inside this case body are provided. In the traveling unit, a traveling mechanism for performing reciprocation and a panel revolution mechanism for performing an revolution operat... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461591 | Screw press for squeezing out fibrous material A screw press for pressing fibrous material, in particular sugar beet pulp, having a pair of adjacent counter-rotating shafts parallel axes, the shafts each having a helical structure winding in the opposite direction to the helical structure of the other shaft, a p... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7456830 | Liquid crystal display device In a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, two continuous frame image data to be displayed on a display unit are compared with each other by a comparator circuit, and horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals are regulated in accordance with a comparison result. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451695 | Apparatus for pressing sheet-like printed products An apparatus serves for pressing sheet-like printed products, in particular for pressing folded printed products. The apparatus has a first pair of pressing rollers, with a first, lower pressing roller and a second, upper pressing roller. A further pair of pressing ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451693 | Compacting machine with reduced friction Compacting machine comprising a compaction chamber connected to introduction means arranged to forcedly introduce a predetermined quantity of material to be compacted into the compaction chamber by conferring on the material a substantially rotary movement, the comp... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451694 | Roll pressing machine A roll pressing machine includes a support, a stationary roller unit disposed on the support and having a stationary roller, a self-modulating roller unit, a swingable body, and a biasing unit. The self-modulating roller is disposed movably on the support and has a ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7448318 | Compacting apparatus A machining waste metal recycling machine has an in-feed hopper. The hopper uses paired augers to move the waste metal through the hopper to a cutting and transporting auger. The hopper augers are powered independently from each other, and may be individually revers... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448317 | Method for the operation of a filter press comprising a ram A method of operating a filter press for solid-liquid separation of a product, the filter press comprising a press jacket with an end, and a ram in the press jacket and movable relative to the end to define a pressing space. The method comprising loading a product t... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444931 | Portable can crushing and pickup device A combination can crushing and retrieving device having a circular or tubular housing containing a plunger and having a rectangular opening in its side wall. The housing has a knife-edged slightly concave indent on the bottom of the housing, which indent generally c... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443382 | Scroll wheel carriage An axle of a scroll wheel for a mouse or other type of computer input device is held in a first part of a carriage. The first carriage part is joined to a second part of the carriage by a flexure. When a force is applied to one side of the scroll wheel, the first pa... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441497 | Wringing device A wringing device is used to expel fluids from a flexible container contained within an intermediate bulk container (IBC). The wringing device includes a support frame and a carriage movably coupled to the support frame for supporting components thereof. The wringin... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437992 | Die assembly for a compactor A compactor for compacting material includes a trough adapted to hold the material for compaction. A feed channel is coupled to the trough. A shearing die assembly having a first aperture aligned with the feed channel is adapted to receive material and a second aper... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434507 | System and trash receptacle for collecting and compacting trash A system and trash receptacle for compacting trash within the trash receptacle including a receptacle having upstanding front, side and back panels, a closed bottom, and a lid. The front panel is pivotably movable about a lower pivot axis located at a lower margin t... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434505 | Servo press control system and servo press control method High production processing and high accuracy processing are selectively performed with a single press. To this end, there are provided a system and method for controlling a servo press 1 in which an eccentric rotation mechanism 20 is driven by a servo ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434506 | Propane bottle recycler A propane bottle recycler comprising a bottle station, first and second propane collection tank, compressor, liquid propane storage tank, bottle crusher, and crushed bottle storage compartment. The bottle station comprises a bottle manifold and bottle station frame,... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430960 | Apparatus for removing foreign matters from construction waste An apparatus for removing foreign matters from construction waste. A feeding section is installed at a lower end of a hopper. A heating and compressing section has an entrance which is coupled to the feeding section and an exit which is defined at a lower end of the... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432919 | Display device The present invention provides a display device comprising a display having an arrangement of a plurality of pixels, a drive IC for supplying to each pixel of the display data voltage or data current corresponding to a video signal fed from the outside, comparing/ca... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430959 | Device for lifting bale wrapping rolls A baler is modified to include a device for lifting rolls of bale wrapping material into the baler where the lifting device includes a winch having a frame and a guide arranged to be mounted on the housing of the baler at a rear wall thereof above a cover member ove... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428865 | Press-type strapping machine A strapping machine includes a frame, a vertically movable upper carriage, a strap chute including an upper leg mounted to the movable upper carriage, a pair of spaced apart compression plates mounted to the movable upper carriage for vertically compressing the load... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428867 | Self-energizing gripper for strapping machine A self-energizing gripper is configured for use in a strapping machine that includes a rigid surface along which a strapping material traverses and against which the strapping material is clamped. The self-energizing gripper includes first and second links mounted a... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428866 | Device for tensioning and closing strapping bands The device tensions and closes strapping bands for packaging and suchlike. It has a band channel open longitudinally on one side in the longitudinal direction of the strapping band, a band tensioning device acting in the area of the band channel and a closing device... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424850 | Fiber bale and a method for producing the same The instant application relates to a fiber bale and a method for producing the same. The instant fiber bale includes a highly compressed hexahedral fibrous material substantially free of disrupting curvatures on a top side or a bottom side. The highly compressed hex... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421944 | Strap joint rotator with pivoting linkage and pinch wheel A strap joint rotating assembly is for use with a strapping machine. The strapping machine has a feed head for feeding the strapping material into the strapping machine, a strap chute through which the strapping material is passed and a sealing head to seal overlapp... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421945 | Juice extractor including fruit feeder decoupling detector and associated methods A fruit juice extractor may include a load sensitive coupler coupling a drive motor to a drive shaft during normal operation, and decoupling the drive motor from the drive shaft when the fruit feed members become jammed. The extractor may also include a decoupling d... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421946 | Two stage oil filter press A two stage oil filter press having a housing with a precompression chamber and a main compression chamber together with a vertically reciprocating precompression ram and a horizontally reciprocating main compression ram powered by individual fluid cylinders. A feed... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423630 | Signal input apparatus A signal input apparatus includes a hand-held device and a receiving device. The hand-held device includes a sensor for outputting a signal, a first data port coupled to the sensor, and a wireless signal transmitter coupled to the sensor. The receiving device includ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415925 | Trash compactor cabinet construction A refuse compactor especially designed for use in fast-food restaurant environments includes a hydraulic pump driven by an electric motor for actuating a hydraulic ram to compress restaurant waste materials. The compactor includes a unique outer support structure th... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415924 | System and method for identifying bales of hay A system and method for tagging individual bales of hay as they are baled and recording information regarding the moisture, weight, preservative applied. Field position, quality and other information available at the time of baling;, all sequenced to the formation o... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415923 | Method of and system for sedimentation retaining barrier packing and handling An erosion control log and method for packing and handling erosion control logs. In one aspect, the erosion control logs are formed, stacked, compressed and prepared for delivery while retaining maximum decompressibility. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7404356 | Single front idler arm A round baler of the variable chamber type is provided with a pivot arm having mobile rolls which in cooperation with stationary rolls form loops of a baling member. The pivot arm is journalled substantially above a bale chamber and is pivotably mounted so as to be ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401547 | Bale set-down system A bale set-down system and method for setting down bales from an agricultural baling press onto a field includes placing down of at least one bale on a ground, and setting down at least one another bale in a direct vicinity of the first mentioned bale that has alrea... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403181 | Liquid crystal display with an adjusting function of a gamma curve A liquid crystal display is provided with a liquid crystal module. An external picture signal source outputs RGB gray scale signals for displaying picture images. The liquid crystal display module is adapted to the RGB gray scale signals to control a gamma curve. Th... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401548 | Movable plate drive device and press slide drive device A slide of a press machine is driven by composite thrust of thrust of an electric (servo) motor SM (via a screw/nut mechanism from the electric motor) and thrust of hydraulic cylinders SYL1, SYL2 to which pressure oil is supplied from a constant, high ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398634 | Wattle manufacturing system A wattle manufacturing system generally includes a hopper having an inlet for receiving a supply of straw, a loosening mechanism for loosening the straw when the straw is placed in or near the hopper inlet, a compaction chamber positioned to receive the loosened str... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398727 | Twine cutting knife for square baler apparatus A twine cutting apparatus in combination with an automated grass baler having a twine holding reel for feeding wrapping twine to the baled grass. The apparatus has a pivoted knife arm with a first end structured to cooperate with a cam surface for actuating the knif... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398729 | Compacting press for bulk materials A compacting press for powdery to granular bulk materials, comprising two counterrotating rollers (1,2), arranged in one plane, which rollers (1,2) are held in a roller housing (11). At least one of the two rollers (1,2), preferably the t... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398728 | Baling press A baling press having a rectangular pressing space in which a pressing piston is movably disposed. The pressing space includes a crop material inlet in which the crop material to be pressed enters the pressing space from the feed channel. The material is pre-pressed... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395754 | Quick access guide with integrated strap chute opener A quick access guide with an integrated strap chute opening device for a strapping machine is disclosed in which the strap chute separating device has a frame and a strap chute mounted to the frame. The strap chute includes at least one fixed wall cooperating with a... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397443 | Spatial image type display A spatial image type display includes a front display device and a rear display device having display surfaces for displaying images in the same direction. The display devices are arranged with a predetermined spacing between their respective display surfaces. The d... | 07/08/2008 |
