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| 414293000 | Charging or charge-distributing means | 65 |
| 20080298938 | Method of Processing a Container and Base Cup Structure for Removal of Vacuum Pressure - A Method of Processing a Container and Base Cup Structure For Removal of Vacuum Pressure A plastic container ( | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090202325 | SHUTTLE BIN - An apparatus such as a shuttle bin includes an upper frame, a lower frame hingeably connected to the upper frame, a storage body operatively connected to the upper frame for storing material and a roller assembly operatively connected to the upper frame. The roller assembly is adapted to draw the storage body taut to unload the material stored in the storage body as the upper frame hinges away from the lower frame. The storage body may be formed of a pliable material such as a mesh or canvas. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090232627 | Device and method for positioning and blocking thin substrates on a cut substrate block - A device for positioning and blocking thin silicon wafers after wire-sawing a silicon wafer block. The device comprises a cassette that accommodates the wafer block and is provided with two contact strips whose sides facing the wafer block encompass elements which engage into narrow cutting gap between the wafers so as to maintain a distance and provide support. This allows the wafers to be fixed in the position thereof even after removing a supporting glass plate such that particularly the gap in the area of the former connecting point to the removed supporting glass plate is maintained and the subsequent singulation process is simplified. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100226738 | Mobile Transfer System - A system and method for transferring bulk solid biomass fuels from a hopper to an end-user storage bin. The system may comprise at least one intermediate bulk container (IBC) configured to contain a quantity of the fuel and a mobile transfer system for transferring the fuel from the IBC to an end-user storage container. The mobile transfer system may comprise a hopper configured to be coupled to the IBC and configured to receive the bulk solid biomass fuel from the IBC; a delivery hose configured to be coupled to the hopper and the end-user storage container, wherein the delivery hose is configured to receive the bulk solid biomass fuel from the intermediate bulk container; and a blower coupled to the delivery hose, the blower configured to transfer the bulk solid biomass fuel between the intermediate bulk container and the end-user storage container. The method may comprise transferring the bulk fuel from the IBC, through the hopper and an airlock to a chamber, wherein the airlock is configured to pneumatic isolate the hopper and the chamber; coupling a delivery hose to the chamber and an end-user storage container; and providing a stream of pressurized air through the delivery hose, wherein the stream of pressurized air transfers the fuel from the hopper and the IBC to the end-user storage container. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110123303 | Methods and Systems for Material Transfer - A storage unit is disclosed. A first feed is disposed at least partially within the storage unit, and a second feed is coupled to the first feed. The second feed is configured to receive one or more materials and to transfer the one or more materials to the first feed. The first feed is configured to elevate the one or more materials to the storage unit. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20120070257 | CONTAINER LOADING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of loading a shipping container ( | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120128455 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND STORAGE DEVICE - In a transport system, two drop prevention barriers and a drop prevention mechanism are provided along a periphery of a load port where a transported article has been placed. The drop prevention barriers and the drop prevention mechanism are arranged on three sides around the periphery of the load port and a remaining side is open along a first direction. The drop preventing mechanism includes a retaining member rotatably supported on a bracket. When a transported article moves along the first direction, the retaining member is pushed by a transport device such that it rotates from an initial position and retracts in an opposite direction from where a path is located. When the transported article has been loaded onto the load port, the retaining member returns to the initial position such that it is arranged slightly above the transported article. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120155995 | APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND DISCHARGING MATERIAL SUCH AS WASTE VINYL - Provided is an apparatus for disposing a material such as waste vinyl, which is configured to collect and dispose of the material on a constant quantity basis. The apparatus includes a receiving part which receives a material supplied from an outside; a supply part, provided at an end of the receiving part, through which the material is supplied to the receiving part; a door part provided at another end of the receiving part and configured to be opened to the outside; and a fixing part formed at a location adjacent to the door part and maintaining the receiving part in a closed state until an internal pressure of the receiving part reaches a predetermined pressure level, wherein the door part is opened to discharge the material to the outside if the internal pressure of the receiving part exceeds the predetermined pressure level. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120155996 | Expandable Grain Tank for Agricultural Combines - An expandable grain tank is provided for covering the open end of a grain tank of an agricultural combine. The expandable tank includes a tarp and a support structure for raising and lowering the tarp. The support structure is configured with an upper frame, a plurality of expandable legs connected to the upper frame and the grain tank, and an actuator to expand and retract the expandable legs. The expandable tank is configured to be moved between a retracted position and an expanded position. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120183378 | Silo Having a Filling Device - A silo has a silo chamber enclosed by an outer wall. A filling pipe for feeding bulk goods is provided, wherein the filling pipe has a plurality of valve openings arranged at varying heights. The filling pipe is arranged in a feed chamber, which is separated from the silo chamber by a partition wall. The partition wall is provided with a plurality of outlet openings arranged at varying heights. Large silos can be filled without the segregation of the bulk goods. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120219391 | Mobile Material Handling and Metering System - A method and system for handling granular material, such as proppant used in hydraulic fracturing in well drilling, is provided. In an operational configuration, a delivery module having conveyors receives and conveys granular material to a delivery location, and one or more mobile storage modules receive, hold and dispense granular material downward to the delivery module. The mobile storage modules comprise a raised, angular container portion for holding granular material. Each mobile storage module may comprise a rock-over chassis for support against ground. A remote control module provides centralized, remote control of the system. Mobile support unit modules may also be provided as a remotely controlled vehicle capable of providing power, control, heating, and the like to other modules. Mobile in-feed elevator modules may also be provided as a remotely controlled vehicle for feeding granular material to mobile storage modules. In a transportation configuration, each module is separately transportable. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120308348 | STORAGE UNIT FOR TUBULAR WINDING CORES - A storage unit for tubular winding cores is described, which includes an entrance, an exit and an accumulation area between the entrance and the exit. In the accumulation area, a feeding path is provided for the tubular winding cores, formed by feeding channels overlapping and connected by descending branches arranged for falling due to gravity from one feeding channel to another feeding channel therebelow. The tubular winding cores gather along the feeding path, arranging themselves in contact one with another. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130170931 | MICROFLUIDIC HANDLING SYSTEM - Techniques and devices are provided related to a handling system for cassettes for radiolabeled compound synthesis that include a magazine that is unshielded and that is configured to receive a plurality of microfluidic synthesis cassettes. In one embodiment, the plurality of microfluidic synthesis cassettes include nonradioactive reagents to generate a radiolabeled compound when reacted with a radioactive species. In this manner, a cassette handling device may be stored unshielded and may be coupled to a cassette handling platform to allow advancement of the plurality of microfluidic synthesis cassettes into the cassette handling platform and, in turn, a shielded radiosynthesis machine. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130266407 | Front-Loadable Refuse Container Having Side-Loading Robotic Arm With Motors And Other Mass Mounted At Rear Of Container And Use Of Same With Front-Loading Waste-Hauling Vehicle Having Hydraulic Front Forks Or Other Retractably Engageable Lift Means - A front-loading, refuse collecting vehicle is provided with a low-profile, front-loadable waste bin (intermediate container) and one or more, side-loading robotic arms. To reduce mechanical stresses along couplings between the vehicle and the combination of the intermediate container and the robotic arm(s), a major portion of the mass of the robotic arm mechanism is situated to the rear of the intermediate container. The intermediate container has a door (e.g. facing the front) and has a section opposite to the door (e.g. between the container and the vehicle), wherein the robotic arm mechanism may be operatively joined to the section so that refuse may be deposited into the intermediate container both through its door and by the robotic arm mechanism. The container also has one or more pockets and/or indents for receiving one or more retractably engageable lift members of a lift mechanism operable to lift the container. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130272826 | LOAD AND UNLOAD SYSTEM APPLIED TO CONVEYOR WITH DOUBLE FLOW - The present report is about the patent of an innovative system utilized in the transportation, load and unload of grains or seeds for silos of storage, dryers and industrial units, being able to be installed directly in vertical silos and or adapted in the conventional principles of transportation as a group or independently, consisting of limits of change of direction and composed by driving and motor gears and points of load and unload respectively, generally established in the extremities of the assembly, hopper of load formed by an upper opening and double system of unload composed by floodgates arranged in the periphery of both intervals of the pipes and provided in transit or channels. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130322994 | Front-Loadable Refuse Container Having Side-Loading Robotic Arm With Motors And Other Mass Mounted At Rear Of Container And Use Of Same With Front-Loading Waste-Hauling Vehicle Having Hydraulic Front Forks Or Other Retractably Engageable Lift Means - A front-loading, refuse collecting vehicle is modularly provided with a combination of a low-profile, front-loadable waste bin (intermediate container) and one or more, side-loading robotic arms. To reduce mechanical stresses along couplings between the vehicle and the combination of the intermediate container and the robotic arm(s), a major portion of the mass of the robotic arm mechanism is situated to the rear of the intermediate container so that a mass and beam combination is defined where the mass-supporting beam has reduced length. More specifically, hydraulic and/or other relatively massive motor devices of the robotic arm mechanism are mounted to the rear of a refuse-containing wall of the intermediate container. Elastomeric and/or other dampening devices may be interposed between the vehicle and the bulk mass of the combination of the intermediate container and robotic arm mechanism for converting into heat some of the vibrational energy which may otherwise move between the vehicle and the combination of the intermediate container and robotic arm mechanism. A modular sled system may be provided for supporting different robotic arms in combination with refuse containers made of different materials as may be appropriate for different waste collection situations. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140044508 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF OILFIELD MATERIALS - A system and methodology facilitates the handling of oilfield materials in a space efficient manner. The oilfield materials are delivered without blowers to at least one modular silo. Each modular silo comprises an outer housing defining an enclosed interior. A vertical conveyor is positioned within the enclosed interior and is used to lift the oilfield material from a silo inlet to an upper portion of the modular silo without utilizing airflow to carry the oilfield materials. Once the oilfield materials are disposed within the upright modular silo, the outflow of oilfield materials through a silo outlet may be controlled so as to selectively release the desired amount of material into a blender or other suitable equipment. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140093340 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR GRANULAR MATERIAL - A groove inclined path for diagonally downwardly delivering hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets loaded through a loading port is provided in a storage hopper for storing the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets. The groove inclined path is defined by a plurality of groove-inclined-path members each having an inclined plate and side plates to define a groove structure, the groove-inclined-path members being vertically disposed so that flow directions of the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets become opposite. The vertically adjacent ones of the groove-inclined-path members are disposed so that the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets dropped from upper one of the groove-inclined-path members are brought into contact with the plate member of immediately lower one of the groove-inclined-path members to reverse a flow direction thereof, thereby reducing a flow speed of the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140099177 | AUGER TANK APPARATUS FOR WELLBORE CUTTINGS - A skid-mounted auger tank apparatus includes a hopper-bottomed receiving tank contiguous with a hopper-bottomed loadout tank, which is typically higher than the receiving tank. The sloped-wall hopper bottom of the receiving tank transitions into an auger trough extending the length of the hopper bottom and into the loadout tank. The receiving tank is positioned adjacent a drilling rig so that raw wellbore cuttings and centrifuge underflow from a drilling rig shale shaker can flow by gravity into the receiving tank. A first horizontal auger disposed in an auger trough in the bottom of the receiving tank moves received cuttings toward and into the loadout tank. A second horizontal auger disposed in an auger trough in the bottom of the loadout tank moves cuttings from the loadout tank toward a sump. An inclined third auger lifts cuttings from the sump for discharge into a transport vehicle. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140356109 | INSTALLATION TOOLS FOR STRUCTURED CATALYSTS - A reactor installation tool and method for installing reactor components in a reactor housing. A reactor installation tool can include a push unit having a central aperture traversing its entire length and a push rod, a housing gripper having a center open section traversing its entire length and an expandable bladder positioned adjacent the center open section for securing the housing gripper inside a reactor housing. Reactor components can be installed by first lowering reactor components into a reactor housing, then lowering the reactor installation tool into the reactor housing above the reactor components, and then inflating the expandable bladder such that the expandable bladder contacts an inside surface of the reactor housing to secure the housing gripper inside the reactor housing. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140377042 | MOBILE DRY MATERIAL STORAGE - A system that can be assembled at a well drilling or other site for storing bulk material such as sand includes a plurality of storage bins configured as trailers, a skid that includes a lower conveyor, a bucket elevator and a top conveyor system. At the site, the bins and the elevator are vertically oriented and stood on the skid, resulting in discharge outlets on the bins becoming positioned over the lower conveyor. The top conveyor is installed on top of the bins. In operation, the elevator lifts the material and discharges it onto the top conveyor system. The top conveyor system discharges the material into the bins for storage. The stored material is controllably discharged from the discharge outlets of the bins onto the lower conveyor from which the material is conveyed to one end of the skid for transport to a new location or directly into a blender. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150056047 | APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND DISCHARGING MATERIAL SUCH AS WASTE VINYL - Provided is an apparatus for disposing a material such as waste vinyl, which is configured to collect and dispose of the material on a constant quantity basis. The apparatus includes a receiving part which receives a material supplied from an outside; a supply part, provided at an end of the receiving part, through which the material is supplied to the receiving part; a door part provided at another end of the receiving part and configured to be opened to the outside; and a fixing part formed at a location adjacent to the door part and maintaining the receiving part in a closed state until an internal pressure of the receiving part reaches a predetermined pressure level, wherein the door part is opened to discharge the material to the outside if the internal pressure of the receiving part exceeds the predetermined pressure level. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150307286 | LATCH MECHANISM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL CONVEYOR SYSTEM - A system includes an agricultural conveyor system including an inner arm having a first end. The first end is configured to rotatably couple to an agricultural storage system. The agricultural conveyor system also includes an outer arm having a first end, a second end, and a pivot positioned between the first end and the second end. In certain embodiments, the first end of the outer arm is coupled to a mounting element, a second end of the inner arm is rotatably coupled to the outer arm at the pivot, and an agricultural conveyor is configured to rotatably couple to the second end of the outer arm. The agricultural conveyor system includes a rotation control assembly. The rotation control assembly is configured to couple to the agricultural storage system. The agricultural conveyor system also includes an intermediate link having a first end engaged with the rotation control assembly and a second end. In some embodiments, the agricultural conveyor system includes a latching mechanism coupled to the second end of the intermediate link. A latch of the latching mechanism is configured to transition between a latched position and an unlatched position. In some embodiments, the latch captures the mounting element in the latched position and the latch releases the mounting element in the unlatched position. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150360881 | AIR CONVEYING SYSTEM FOR FILLING OF AIR SEEDER TANK - An air cart for distributing air entrained particulate material from a chamber or tank to a plurality of distribution lines for application to an agricultural field has a tank refilling feature utilizing air flow from the cart distribution system or from a dedicated pneumatic source. The cart conveying system air flow is diverted and passed through an assembly containing multiple venturis which also receives particulate material from a supply source. The air entrained material from the source is conveyed to and gently deposited in the cart tank. Exhaust air from the tank may be directed back into the cart conveying system or vented through an air diffuser located beneath the cart. Exhaust air which is directed back to the cart conveying system may return to a location closely adjacent that from which it was originally diverted. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160064258 | Adapter Tool and Wafer Handling System - An adapter tool that is configured to be attached to a loadport of a wafer handling system includes a support member, and first and second guiding elements supported by the support member. The first and second guiding elements are arranged for placing a first wafer magazine and a second wafer magazine, respectively. The adapter tool further includes a housing supported by the support member that is configured to house the first and the second wafer magazines, respectively, and first and second openings in the housing, respectively. The first and second openings are aligned with the first and second guiding elements. | 03-03-2016 |
| 414294000 | Condition responsive | 3 |
| 20120263560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CROP TRANSFER - A system for controlling crop transfer from a self-propelled agricultural harvesting machine into the loading container of a hauling vehicle includes a transfer device assigned to the harvesting machine from which the crop emerges in the form of a crop discharge flow and a detection device which detects the position of the loading container relative to the harvesting machine and transmits it to a control unit. The control unit actuates at least one actuator assigned to the transfer device in such a way that the crop discharge flow lands within the loading container in order to fill it with crop. The control unit generates a control signal (S) for the hauling vehicle that specifies a position of the hauling vehicle relative to the harvesting machine that is suitable for transfer into the loading container. | 10-18-2012 |
| 414296000 | Drive means of charging conveyor controlled by level of material in receptacle | 2 |
| 20100316472 | SOLIDS DISTRIBUTOR FOR INJECTION PLANTS, BLAST FURNACES AND THE LIKE - A solids distributor for injection plants includes a collecting chamber having a plurality of lance lines leading away from the chamber. The chamber has a supply connection for a solid to be distributed and is surrounded by a common wall in which a plurality of ports is formed. The lance lines are connected to the ports, and an annular gap is formed in front of the ports and along the common wall. A pressure vessel is arranged geodetically above the collecting chamber, the lower part of the pressure vessel being designed as a bunker, having an outlet providing a direct and continuous junction to the supply connection and an upper part designed as a gas space. The collecting chamber may include a central displacement body which forms the annular gap with the common wall and which may be an upwardly tapering cone which projects out of the collecting chamber. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20150139763 | APPARATUS TO LOAD ELECTRODE CAP MAGAZINES - A device for rotating, positioning, and introducing electrode caps for welding electrodes into a magazine. A rotating electrode cap channel is connected to a spiral conveyor. The electrode caps stand on a cap end-face provided with a bore on the spiral conveyor end, and they are rotated by 90°. The other end of the rotating electrode cap channel is arranged relative to the upper end of the guiding shaft such that vibrations of the spiral conveyor are not transmitted to the rest of the system. The openings of the rotating electrode cap channel and the guiding shaft are arranged relative to one another such that the electrode caps can be reliably transferred, and the guiding shaft is connected to the magazine filling unit at the lower end of the guiding shaft. The magazine connection has locking lever sensors, which detect the correct fit of the magazine. | 05-21-2015 |
| 414298000 | Serving also to discharge receptacle | 18 |
| 20090074546 | SYSTEM FOR UNLOADING OR LOADING OF CARGO - The present invention is a system ( | 03-19-2009 |
| 20100003113 | Container for storing and transporting a permanent magnet, method and device for replacing a permanent magnet - A container for storing and transporting a permanent magnet is provided. The container has an open space for storing the permanent magnet. The space is surrounded by a shell which has a thickness that provides that the permanent magnet does not come close enough to other magnetic material to exert significant force on it. Moreover, a method for replacing a permanent magnet from a first position to a second position is disclosed. The permanent magnet is placed from the first position into an inventive container. The container with the permanent magnet is transported to the second position and the permanent magnet is removed from the container and placed in the second position. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100080677 | Loading and Unloading Device for Cargo Containers, Silos and Other Vessels - A loading and unloading device for cargo containers, such as sea containers, silos and other vessels, of mobile design, whereby a container, one end face of which can be opened or closed and can be connected flush to a cargo container for bulk goods to be loaded or unloaded, whereby the device container is equipped with least one telescoping tube that can be inserted or withdrawn from the cargo container to be loaded or unloaded, an associated motive power aggregate and a connector for the conveyance of bulk goods into or out of the cargo container to be loaded or unloaded, a suction unit with propelling air outlet, a motor-compressor unit with propelling air inlet for propelling air supply into the cargo container to be loaded or unloaded, a vacuum and filter system and an operating and control unit. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100196126 | COMPONENT TRANSFER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A component transfer apparatus and method according to the present invention includes: a mounting member ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110158777 | PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER TRANSFERRING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a pharmaceutical container transferring system suitable for taking containers stored in a storage rack in closely-spaced relation into and out of the storage rack. The system has a storage rack mounting plate for holding the storage rack, a thrust-up member provided underneath of the plate to thrust up a target container through an insertion hole of the storage rack while abutting the bottom of the container, a picking member provided above the mounting plate and having compressible jaw members having a spacing smaller than the upper part of the thrust-up container which are compressed to pinch the incoming container by extending their spacing, an upper thrust-down member disposed vertically above the lower thrust-up member for thrusting down the container pinched by the picking member and a picking carriage provided with the lower thrust-up member, the upper picking member and the upper thrust-down member that sandwich the mounting plate as the carriage moves. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110229291 | Wear system for receptacle with sliding frame - A system for reducing wear includes a receptacle having at least one wall and a floor for holding material within the receptacle. An opening is located in the floor for accessing material held in the receptacle. A sliding frame is located above and parallel to the floor for agitating material held in the receptacle. At least one component is included inside the receptacle to reduce wear on the floor and/or sliding frame, and/or a wear indicator is located outside of the receptacle to monitor wear on the floor and/or the sliding frame. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20120163946 | FLEXIBLE MATERIAL HANDLING, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL APPARATUS AND METHODS - A case handling apparatus receives cases on a conveyor, picks cases therefrom and stores them, via a robot, in a bookcase storage system. The robot retrieves cases from storage and drops them on a discharge conveyor. Alternately, the robot does not pick cases, which then transfer or pass directly through respective pick-point and drop-point stations to discharge. Preferably cases are introduced and discharged from the apparatus on a single conveyor whether picked or passed through. A variety of bookcase storage systems are disclosed as are related and other methods. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130004271 | SEED CARRIER WITH PIVOTING CONVEYOR - A seed carrier includes a main hopper coupled with a frame via leg members. The main hopper has a discharge. A base plate is coupled with the frame. A support arm is rotatably coupled with the base plate at a first end. A belt driven conveyor having a conveyor hopper at a first end and a discharge at a second end is rotatably coupled with a second end of said support arm at an approximate center of gravity thereof. A latch mechanism is provided for detachably coupling the first end of the conveyor with the first end of the support arm such that the conveyor hopper is position below the main hopper discharge. When the conveyor is uncoupled from the first end of the support arm, the conveyor can rotate to a loading position wherein the discharge thereof can be positioned over the main hopper. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130034411 | PROCESS CONTAINER - In order to provide a process container for carrying out a cleaning process, a drying process, a deburring process, a coating process and/or a coating removal process on a workpiece in the interior of the process container, comprising a wall delimiting the interior of the process container, which is usable in a maintenance-friendly and flexible manner, it is proposed that the process container comprises at least one medium passage, by means of which a medium is guidable through the wall of the process container, at least two different process elements of different types being adaptable to at least one of the medium passages. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130045066 | TRAY FEEDER AND PART PROVIDING METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a tray feeder which provides parts to a part mounting device and parts providing method using the same. The tray feeder includes: a magazine which houses at least one tray for accommodating parts; an inserting/extracting member which inserts a tray into the magazine or extracts a tray from the magazine; a buffer member which is positioned above the magazine and supports a standby tray from which parts accommodated therein are to be mounted on a board by a part mounting device; and a feeding member which is positioned above the inserting/extracting member and provides a tray supported by the feeding member so that parts accommodated in the supported tray are adsorbed by the part mounting device, wherein the inserting/extracting member is elevated or lowered to insert a tray into the magazine or extract a tray from the magazine. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130149081 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY FILLING AND UNLOADING FLAT AND HOPPER BOTTOM GRAIN BINS FROM THE BOTTOM USING ONE CONVEYOR - The embodiments described comprise a method of filling a flat bottom or hopper bottom grain bin with grain, seeds, or other granular or particulate materials by pushing the granular material through a nominally horizontal or inclined cylindrical tube or u-trough into the bottom center floor opening, where a smooth pipe elbow or inclined plane causes the granular material to turn and flow upward where it cascades into a pile on the floor or into the coned bin hopper bottom, with the pile continuing to rise to a desired level, then reversing the embodiment direction of operation, removing all freely flowing material from the bin through the same tube, using this embodiment to fill and unload several bins, minimizing conveyors to fill and unload every bin. A vertical slotted fill pipe can provide a method to reduce friction while filling tall bins by reducing friction of forcing grain through grain. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20140079516 | Transportation Device of Glass Substrate Cartridges and Warehouse Apparatus - A transportation device of the glass substrate cartridges and a warehouse apparatus are disclosed. The transportation device includes supporting components for bearing the glass substrate cartridges, and positioning components arranged on the supporting components for elastically positioning the glass substrate cartridges along a horizontal direction. The glass substrates within the glass substrate cartridges are not displaced or fragmented due to the buffering effect between the glass substrate cartridges and the positioning components. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140126982 | STORAGE TRAY FOR AUTOMATICALLY LOADING AND UNLOADING STACKS OF FLAT ARTICLES ON EDGE, AND A LOADING AND UNLOADING METHOD - A storage tray ( | 05-08-2014 |
| 20150078866 | MOVABLE PERSONNEL PLATFORM FOR UNLOADING A UNIT LOAD DEVICE - The invention relates to an unload access system for an unit load device, comprising a framework, the framework delimiting a cargo space arranged on a ground load deck and the framework comprising an unload deck for unloading shipments out of the unit load device, whereby the unload deck is arranged distant above the ground load deck and extends in an offset plane adjacent to the cargo space, the unload deck comprises a movable platform, and the platform extends coplanar with the unload deck and is movable between a retracted position and a maximum extracted position, whereby in the maximum extracted position the platform overlaps at least partly the cargo space by extending into the cargo space and in the retracted position the platform does not overlap the cargo space. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150078867 | UNIT LOAD DEVICE VERTICAL UNLOAD SYSTEM - The invention relates to a vertical unload system for an unit load device, comprising a framework, the framework delimiting a cargo space arranged on a ground load deck and the framework comprising an unload deck for unloading shipments out of the unit load device and comprising an elevator, whereby the unload deck is arranged distant above the ground load deck and extends in an offset plane adjacent to the cargo space, the cargo space and/or the elevator comprises rollers for loading and unloading the unit load device into and out of the elevator, and the elevator is adapted for vertically elevating the unit load device between the ground load deck and the unload deck such that the unit load device is stoppable at any intermediate stop locations. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150364352 | Wafer Loading and Unloading - A robotic handling system loads and unloads wafers (e.g., silicon wafers) and their carriers into and out of an interlock chamber of a loadlock system. The wafer handling system includes an end effector that handles both the wafer and the carrier by their bottom surfaces, avoiding contact with the top surface of the wafer. From the interlock chamber, wafers, seated on the carrier, are moved into a processing chamber under vacuum conditions. Processed wafers, seated on the carrier, are moved from the processing chamber back into the interlock chamber and removed from the interlock chamber by the robotic handling system under atmospheric conditions. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160082874 | SEED TENDER HYDRAULIC LOAD UNLOAD - A system and method for supporting a conveyor of a seed tender so that it can be more easily repositioned between unloading and loading positions. The conveyor may be supported by a coupling that includes a motor. The motor may engage a sprocket or gear to assist the conveyor in moving between the unloading and loading positions. Thus, an operator may move the conveyor to a desired position with less effort. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160152421 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING MATERIAL IN BULK FORM | 06-02-2016 |
| 414299000 | Terminal portion of means comprises gravity flow path (e.g., chute, etc.) | 6 |
| 20090324372 | Grain spreader - The grain spreader is a device for evenly spreading particulate material in a storage facility, particularly for spreading grain in a silo or storage bin. The grain spreader includes an array of grain receiving chutes suspended for rotation on a shaft and positioned below a hopper outlet. The shaft is mounted to rotate around its longitudinal axis and thereby enable the chutes to rotate when impelled by the force of grain exiting the hopper outlet. The grain receiving chutes are uniquely designed in a manner to cause the grain to be evenly spread in the silo or storage bin. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20110150612 | ORDER-PICKING SYSTEM FOR ORDER-PICKING ARTICLES INTO ORDER CONTAINERS - The invention refers to an order picking plant for order picking of articles into order containers. The order picking plant comprises a picking station and a sorter. Between the sorter and order container a number of collection points are provided. Further, the invention relates to a process where the articles are stored intermediately in a collection point between sorter and order container. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120177466 | APPARATUS FOR LOADING PARTICULATE MATTER INTO A TRANSPORT CONTAINER - A device for loading particulate matter into a transport container having a blade assembly slidably mounted to a frame. Preferably the blade assembly includes a pair of cylinders mounted in parallel spaced relation to the frame, a pair of brackets slidably mounted to the cylinders, and a blade rotatably mounted to the brackets at each end. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120237322 | ACTIVE CHOKING FUNNEL FOR A GRAIN SPREADER - A grain spreader with an active choking funnel is described. The grain spreader includes an upper funnel assembly to receive grain. A choking funnel assembly is in a spring loaded engagement with the upper funnel assembly. The upper funnel assembly directs the grain to the choking funnel assembly. A spreader pan or a grain distributor is positioned beneath the choking funnel assembly. The choking funnel assembly spreads the grain on the spreader pan or the grain distributor. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20150023769 | Bulk Material Handling Device - A bulk material handling device can comprise a base and a frame rotatably coupled about the base. The frame can have a first bin engagement feature. The bulk material handling device can also comprise a carriage slidably coupled to the frame. The carriage can have a second bin engagement feature. In addition, the bulk material handling device can comprise an actuator coupled to the base and the carriage. The actuator can be operable to cause the carriage to move relative to the frame to secure a bin with the first and second bin engagement features and to cause the frame to rotate relative to the base to dump material disposed in the bin. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150368036 | Storage Bin and Method of Use - A storage bin and a method o fuse are disclosed herein. The disclosed storage bin generally includes a top wall including a top hatch and one or more vent members; a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall and a fourth side wall extending from the top wall; and a funnel-shaped bottom portion extending from the side walls, wherein the bottom portion further includes a bottom hatch and a valve member. The disclosed storage bin may be utilized to store proppant and like materials. | 12-24-2015 |
| 414300000 | Having charge distributing means of driven type | 7 |
| 20100226739 | System and Method for Transferring Bulk Materials - A system for transferring bulk solid biomass fuel includes a bin defining a cavity sized and shaped for receiving a quantity of biomass, a trolley configured to engage and travel along a track defining, the track configured to be horizontally mountable to a portion of the bin, a hose having a body coupled to the trolley, at least a portion of the hose configured to be in motion with the trolley, and a means of driving the trolley along the track. A method of transferring bulk solid biomass fuel from a bin, whereby a trolley coupled to a hose is driven along a track, the track being mounted within the bin, conveying the biomass material through the hose, and discharging the material out of the bin and into a receptacle. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100266374 | CONTAINER PACKER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A container packer system includes a transfer base, which receives a container packer adapted for movement longitudinally between retracted and extended positions with respect to the transfer base. The transfer base includes a power subsystem with a motor or engine driving an hydraulic pump for powering hydraulic piston-and-cylinder units of the system, including a container packer piston-and-cylinder unit for hydraulically extending and retracting the container packer. The container packer generally encloses an interior adapted for receiving bulk material for transfer to a transport container, which can comprise a standard shipping container, a trailer or some other bulk material receptacle. The container packer includes a push blade assembly longitudinally movably mounted in its interior and actuated by a push blade piston-and-cylinder unit. A container packer method includes the steps of loading the interior of the container packer with bulk material in its retracted position on the transfer base, locating a transport container in alignment and behind the transfer base, hydraulically inserting part of the container packer into the transport container, hydraulically emptying the container packer of bulk material into the transport container with the push blade assembly, retracting the push blade assembly within the container packer and extracting the container packer onto the transfer base. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110274524 | HIGH FLEX-LIFE ELECTRICAL CABLE ASSEMBLY - An apparatus is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including an accessor to physically transport tape cartridges in a tape library. A flexible cable assembly is connected to the accessor that enables the accessor to move relative to the tape library and enables one of power and communication signals to be transmitted to the accessor. The flexible cable assembly includes a flexible channel and multiple twisted wire pairs loosely routed through the flexible channel. The multiple twisted wire pairs independently and substantially freely move within the flexible channel. A corresponding method is also disclosed herein. | 11-10-2011 |
| 414301000 | Rotary type | 4 |
| 20080219817 | Particle Spreader System - A particle spreader system for efficiently evenly distributing particles (i.e. grain, seed, etc.) within a storage bin. The particle spreader system generally includes a manifold including a plurality of discharge openings and a lower opening, a plurality of gates attached to the manifold, wherein the gates incrementally adjust about the discharge openings and a plurality of chutes attached to the manifold, wherein the plurality of chutes extend outwardly from the plurality of discharge openings. The manifold suspendedly attaches to an inlet of a storage bin, wherein the manifold receives a mass of particles via the inlet and wherein the gates regulates a flow of the mass of particles through the discharge openings. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080232940 | Charging Device for a Shaft Furnace - A charging device for charging a shaft furnace, including a rotary distributor and a variable drive for rotating the rotary distributor about an essentially vertical axis of rotation, where the rotary distributor includes a plurality of guiding members which form sliding channels for charge material, and where the rotary distributor comprises a junction slide from which each guiding member issues and which is arranged such that a flow of charge material slides via one specific guiding member in function of the velocity and/or the sense of rotation of the rotary distributor. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20110135430 | LEVELLING SYSTEM - A particulate bed levelling arrangement has a rotational drive shaft and a particulate distribution arrangement coupled to the shaft. The particulate distribution arrangement engages with the particulate bed and moves to redistribute the particulate material in the bed in a direction radially outwardly away from the rotational drive shaft axis. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20130302117 | SILO DE-BRIDGING DEVICE - A silo de-bridging device ( | 11-14-2013 |
| 414303000 | Charging a static receptacle by gravity flow from a portable load carrier | 6 |
| 20110280694 | FLIPPING TRASH CAN - The flipping trash can is adapted especially for use in fast-food restaurants or the like. The trash can includes a pedal-operated, spring-biased lid. When the lid is opened, a tray (with trash thereon) is positioned on a tray receiving mechanism that flips the tray so that trash thereon is deposited in a trash bin. The mechanism is designed to then move the empty tray to a storage area for retrieval and reuse. A sound-emitting, electronic device may be attached to the lid and is programmed to emit the phrase “Thank You” when the lid opens. The receptacle can be designed in different configurations (animals, spaceships, autos, etc) to attract attention and enhance aesthetics. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20130058744 | Bulk Material Handling System and Carrier Therefor - A system including a receptacle having an inlet for receiving a poke material therethrough and a carrier for supporting a flexible bag with a closable discharge spout, containing a bulk material to be deposited in such receptacle, and means operable upon a bag loaded with bulk material being supported thereon such spout being aligned with such receptacle inlet and such spout being opening for jostling such bag to enhance the discharge of material through such spout into such receptacle, wherein such carrier and such receptacle are provided with cooperating configurations facilitating the positioning of such carrier relative to such receptacle with said bag spout aligned with such receptacle inlet. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130322995 | SYSTEM OF UNLOADING BULK MATERIAL - The present invention pertains to a system of unloading bulk material that comprises at least a silo for receiving a bulk load discharged from a load transport means; and at least a feeder to feed the load from the silo to a conveyor belt. The system comprises a flow control means that regulates the operating parameters of the feeder to make sure that an estimated calibrated flow rate corresponds to a desired flow rate, where the estimated calibrated flow rate is obtained based on a calibration factor calculated by comparing an estimated flow based on an operating parameter of the feeder with a real flow measured downstream of the silo. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140064890 | GRAIN STORAGE PIT WITH CURVED COVERING GRATE AND ADJUSTABLE UNLOADING TUBE - A grain storage pit includes an open-top chamber configured to be substantially flush-mounted in a surface and a grain-receiving grate that covers at least a portion of the open-top chamber so that grain may be poured into the open-top chamber through the grate from a truck positioned over the pit. The grate has a convex-shaped upper surface so that a cover placed over the grate more effectively sheds water. The grain storage pit may also include one or more unloading ports for facilitating removal of grain from the pit. At least one of the unloading ports may be adjustably mounted to an opening in the chamber. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20150093220 | Intermediate Container With Side Arm Slide Inside Of The Container - A refuse collection container has a box shape. A movable arm is movably mounted on the container. The movable arm grasps refuse cans and dumps the refuse cans into the container. A slot is formed on a rear wall of the container to enable a portion of the arm to extend through the container. The arm is positioned adjacent the slot such that a movable portion of the arm is positioned inside of the container. The arm moves horizontally in and out of the container to grasp and return refuse cans. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150093221 | Intermediate Container For A Front Loading Refuse Container - A collection arm for a refuse vehicle or intermediate container has a collection arm adapted to be coupled with the refuse vehicle or the intermediate container. The refuse arm includes a pivot mechanism to secure it with a bumper of the vehicle or with the container. A telescopic boom is adapted to couple with the pivot mechanism. The boom has a grasping mechanism coupled with an end of the telescopic boom. The grasping mechanism moves garbage cans from a pick up position to an empty position. | 04-02-2015 |
