101 |
Positional control device |
US211230 |
1980-11-28 |
US4360308A |
1982-11-23 |
John F. Gifford; Edward Sliger; Joaquin Leal |
A positional control device for regulating the position of an object outlet adjacent a container having a floor and plurality of sides. The position of the outlet is regulated such that an object falling from the outlet would fall a distance not greater than a predetermined distance. The outlet may also be regulated such that should the outlet approach a wall closer than a predetermined distance an alarm will be activated and the position of the outlet also being regulated such that it is automatically caused to rise upward and out of the container when a predetermined condition exists. |
102 |
Method and apparatus for controlling the fall of grain through a conduit |
US141154 |
1980-04-17 |
US4342383A |
1982-08-03 |
William C. Burnett |
The velocity of grain falling in an inclined conduit is prevented from attaining a damaging rate by a variable accumulator and gate. The apparatus is responsive to the volumetric rate of flow of the grain, to accumulate and accommodate surges in the rate of flow of the falling stream. A densified discharge stream is established, with lower dust emission upon discharge. |
103 |
Container loading systems |
US974488 |
1978-12-29 |
US4250690A |
1981-02-17 |
Peder Lorenzen; Jacob A. Nielsen; Ole Prydtz |
A method and apparatus for loading containers with articles, such as post parcels, includes the use of a carrier device which is lowered into a container by suitable hoisting means at a rate dependent upon the number of articles deposited on the carrier device. The carrier device is positioned within the upper portion of a container in which articles are to be stored, and a conveyor belt delivers articles onto a pivotal flap member of the carrier device. Once the articles reach a certain height on the flap member, photocells signal the hoisting means to lower the carrier device further into the container, and this process continues until the carrier device is near the bottom of the container. Once the carrier device reaches its lowermost position, the pivotal flap member swings downwardly to release the accumulated articles into the container. The carrier device is then withdrawn from the filled container, and the container may then be removed. Through the use of this carrier device to fill a container, articles delivered by the conveyor belt fall only a short distance during the filling of the container, thus preventing damage to the delivered articles. |
104 |
Method for filling a potato storage facility |
US717291 |
1976-08-24 |
US4164294A |
1979-08-14 |
Lynn F. Johnson |
A method of placing bulk potatoes in a storage facility, the method comprising a powered potato conveyor external to the storage facility upon which a stream of potatoes is deposited. Thereafter the stream of potatoes is deposited upon at least one potato conveyor belt located in the upper portion of the storage facility and extending the full axial length thereof. Potatoes are shaken by vibration of the external conveyor to remove dirt and other tare, and a picking station is provided exterior to the facility wherein remaining foreign objects are removed manually prior to storage, tare conveyor belts being provided to collect and displace the dirt and foreign objects to tare trucks for disposal. Inside the storage enclosure, the potatoes are moved gently from one or more main storage conveyors by a rotating brush onto one or more cross conveyor belts selectively settable at any point along the entire length of the main storage conveyor, and are evenly distributed across the enlarging potato pile below. The method results in minimum bruising of potatoes, maintaining the proper environment within the facility, keeping dirt outside the facility, filling the facility evenly to maximum capacity, operating with fewer personnel, and can be manufactured and installed at reduced costs compared to present apparatus. In another embodiment, the method provides a displaceable unloading apron or hopper and picking stations which are provided for accommodating a controlled flow of potatoes from an end dump truck into a storage facility with controlled tare removal in a fraction of the time and with less potato damage than occurs using prior art systems. |
105 |
Conveyor mechanism |
US689584 |
1976-05-24 |
US4018032A |
1977-04-19 |
John E. Dempsey; Russell F. Meinke |
A conveyor mechanism having a conveying surface that is supported for movement along a rectilinear path and which is pivotable about a horizontal axis for positioning the conveying surface at various points in a container so as to facilitate filling thereof. |
106 |
Spiral chute device |
US579873 |
1975-05-22 |
US3976176A |
1976-08-24 |
John C. Kurtz; Thomas E. Kurtz; George D. Kurtz |
A spiral chute device, especially for use in conveying seed materials to storage chambers. The spiral chute device is employed for guiding the seed material downwardly in the storage chamber to prevent the seed material from undergoing free fall which could lead to cracking thereof. The device is, preferably, suspended from the top wall of the chamber and has a hopper at the top with an upwardly opening spiral chute extending downwardly therefrom to near the bottom of the chamber. The device includes a center post telescopically engaged by a guide member at the center of the bottom wall of the chamber and the device can be moved laterally in the chamber by disengaging the lower end of the post from the guide member. When the device is disengaged from the guide member and swung laterally in the chamber, the bottom of the chamber is exposed and seed material therein can then be swept into a discharge channel formed in the bottom wall of the chamber whereby substantially all the seed material can be removed from the chamber. |
107 |
Pulsating fall retarder |
US3489258D |
1968-04-29 |
US3489258A |
1970-01-13 |
STOKES WILLIAM H |
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108 |
Transfer apparatus |
US43385965 |
1965-02-19 |
US3288270A |
1966-11-29 |
BUNTING NORMAN W |
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109 |
Harvesting machine |
US80164659 |
1959-03-24 |
US3088609A |
1963-05-07 |
FRANZEN DONALD E |
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110 |
Device for discharging fruit, bulbs, and similar articles from traveling conveyers |
US30391152 |
1952-08-12 |
US2668651A |
1954-02-09 |
WILHELM JANSEN ANDRIES |
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111 |
Lowering chute |
US70185733 |
1933-12-11 |
US1993945A |
1935-03-12 |
JONATHAN PETERSON HARRY WILLIA |
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112 |
Apparatus for discharging coal and other materials |
US69927433 |
1933-11-22 |
US1951703A |
1934-03-20 |
MUSHET MORISON ALAN; JOHN LEONARD WILFRED |
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113 |
Conveyer |
US44420630 |
1930-04-14 |
US1852385A |
1932-04-05 |
WEIGERT PETER A |
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114 |
Process for loading particulate material into a narrow vertical container |
US14521621 |
2014-10-23 |
US09504976B2 |
2016-11-29 |
Adriaan Stander; Giuseppe Galassini; Olivier Girard; Nicolas Aubin |
The present invention concerns a process for loading particulate material (7) into at least one narrow vertical container (1,1′) having an opening to the outside in its bottom part, which comprises inducing an upflow of air through said container, and loading said particulate material into the container from the upper part thereof in such a way that said particulate material falls downwardly counter currently to said upflow of air.According to the invention, no physical device or air-supplying conduit is present inside the inner section of the container (1,1′) to be filled when the particulate material is loaded, and said upflowing air is sourced from the bottom opening of the container and is induced by sucking air from the upper part of the container using a vacuum system.The invention allows for the precise control of the impact velocity of the particulate material (7) as it arrives in the bottom of the container (1, 1′). |
115 |
Catalyst loading system |
US14047095 |
2013-10-07 |
US09289740B2 |
2016-03-22 |
Peter Richter; Peter Markowski; Petras Kruopys |
A reformer tube processing and filling system is provided for ensuring uniformity of reformer tube flow rates and reactivity. The disclosed invention provides a system for detecting and removing tube obstructions, as well as an automated process for verifying the flow rate for each tube and identifying tubes with abnormal flow rates to remove a source of human error and conserve labor costs. An automated tube filling system provides a calibrated fill mechanism coordinated with a calibrated loading rope withdrawal mechanism to ensure loading consistency. A lack of vibrating parts ensures a low dust count, and what little dust is present is removed via a built-in vacuum outlet in the loader. |
116 |
Storage device for granular material |
US14116012 |
2012-05-31 |
US09120615B2 |
2015-09-01 |
Makoto Kashima; Hajime Takasugi |
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. |
117 |
PROCESS FOR LOADING PARTICULATE MATERIAL INTO A NARROW VERTICAL CONTAINER |
US14521621 |
2014-10-23 |
US20150122372A1 |
2015-05-07 |
Adriaan STANDER; Giuseppe GALASSINI; Olivier GIRARD; Nicolas AUBIN |
The present invention concerns a process for loading particulate material (7) into at least one narrow vertical container (1,1′) having an opening to the outside in its bottom part, which comprises inducing an upflow of air through said container, and loading said particulate material into the container from the upper part thereof in such a way that said particulate material falls downwardly counter currently to said upflow of air.According to the invention, no physical device or air-supplying conduit is present inside the inner section of the container (1,1′) to be filled when the particulate material is loaded, and said upflowing air is sourced from the bottom opening of the container and is induced by sucking air from the upper part of the container using a vacuum system.The invention allows for the precise control of the impact velocity of the particulate material (7) as it arrives in the bottom of the container (1, 1′) |
118 |
Catalyst loading system |
US12617461 |
2009-11-12 |
US08550127B2 |
2013-10-08 |
Peter Richter; Peter Markowski; Petras Kruopys |
A reformer tube processing and filling system is provided for ensuring uniformity of reformer tube flow rates and reactivity. The disclosed invention provides a system for detecting and removing tube obstructions, as well as an automated process for verifying the flow rate for each tube and identifying tubes with abnormal flow rates to remove a source of human error and conserve labor costs. An automated tube filling system provides a calibrated fill mechanism coordinated with a calibrated loading rope withdrawal mechanism to ensure loading consistency. A lack of vibrating parts ensures a low dust count, and what little dust is present is removed via a built-in vacuum outlet in the loader. |
119 |
Transport system for fruit and like objects |
US12758653 |
2010-04-12 |
US08371773B2 |
2013-02-12 |
Vincent E. Bryan, Jr.; John Ohrt; Randy Allard; Polly Allard; Gene Barrow; Pete Kunzler; Vincent Bryan, III; Alex Kunzler |
A device for transporting articles is disclosed. In the illustrated and described embodiment of the invention, the articles are fruit such as apples, and the articles can be transported from a picking location on a fruit tree to a collection bin or other site. The device includes a tube member adapted to receive and transport the articles, and a plurality of deformable baffles at spaced-apart locations within the tube. Each baffle defines an aperture which permits the article to engage and deform the baffle and aperture so as to create at least a partial momentary seal to encourage article movement through the aperture and down the tube. The article is urged through the tube by a pressure differential created across the article. In the described and illustrated embodiment of the invention, this pressure differential is a pneumatic pressure differential. The tube and the baffle apertures can have non-circular cross-sectional shapes. |
120 |
Process and device for filling a tube with granular material |
US12599777 |
2008-08-13 |
US08011393B2 |
2011-09-06 |
Peter Richter; Peter Markowski; Mike Dittman |
A process for filling a tube with granular material, which material is guided downwardly in a vertically oriented tube along a line provided with flexible elements in the shape of wires which are arranged substantially to the line, and having a radial dimension which is smaller than the inner diameter of the tube, the line being removed from the tube as the latter is filled with the granules, the line being moved during the removal movement with a non uniform speed which is related to the filling speed of the device. |