A spreader comprises a hopper for containing sand, salt or other granular material to be spread upon snow or ice on paved surfaces, the hopper being adapted to be installed in or on a bed of a truck, the hopper having a trough, a shaftless auger positioned in the trough, an auger motor for driving the auger, a spinner positioned at one end of the auger for slinging the granular material upon the snow or ice, a spinner motor for driving the spinner, and at least one keeper supported by the trough and extending over the auger for retaining the auger in place during operation and thereby reducing flexure of the auger and resulting loss of efficiency of material transport by the auger during operation of the spreader.

A kinetic feed plug screw apparatus and process for creating the same, where organic raw material or feedstock is transported to a combustion or pyrolysis chamber, and a dynamic seal is concurrently and continuously created between the inlet and outlet to prevent immediate material blowback.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an auger dip apparatus for the application of antimicrobial solution to raw food. Embodiments of the present disclosure may use an auger as a single moving part to move the food work pieces through the application area for antimicrobial solution. Embodiments of the present disclosure are simple with only one moving auger part to move the food pieces, and the bearing for the moving part, supporting the shaft of the auger, may be configured to be outside of the cabinet with the reservoir of the antimicrobial solution, so that the bearing is not in contact with the antimicrobial solution. This provides for less maintenance and downtime, particularly unscheduled downtime, than a system using more complicated exposed parts. The present disclosure also permits a more compact and lighter configuration for an assembled application unit.

A novel structure of a spiral conveyor is provided which is also suitable for conveyance of curl-shape and permanent-shape cuttings in a lathe system while suppressing the occurrence of noise caused by vibration. At the lowest point, a conveyance spiral of this spiral conveyor for conveying chips contacts the ground (the ground point P) at the lowest point of a tray, and the conveyance spiral is not in contact with a pair of rails in opposite positions on the inner surface of the tray and extending in the length direction, and small gaps t are formed between the conveyance spiral and the rails. Because it is only at the lowest point that the conveyance spiral contacts the tray, similarly to conventional rail-less designs, a low level of noise is achieved, similar to that in the rail-less designs.

A novel structure of a spiral conveyor is provided which is also suitable for conveyance of curl-shape and permanent-shape cuttings in a lathe system while suppressing the occurrence of noise caused by vibration. At the lowest point, a conveyance spiral of this spiral conveyor for conveying chips contacts the ground (the ground point P) at the lowest point of a tray, and the conveyance spiral is not in contact with a pair of rails in opposite positions on the inner surface of the tray and extending in the length direction, and small gaps t are formed between the conveyance spiral and the rails. Because it is only at the lowest point that the conveyance spiral contacts the tray, similarly to conventional rail-less designs, a low level of noise is achieved, similar to that in the rail-less designs.

A separator system and method may provide a four-way separator that may separate a material and remove a hazardous material. The hazardous material may include gas and sand that may he removed by the four-way separator. The separator system and method may further provide a main unit that may include three chambers or recirculation hoppers, an auger sand extractor, and a strap tank. The separator system and method may provide a faster rig-up time and may be exclusively driven by hydraulics.

An auger cover for an auger conveyor for a grain bin of a combine harvester includes a cover plate that is hingedly attached to the auger conveyor. The hinge attaching the cover plate to the auger conveyor has a hinge plate that includes a flexible material.

A filter unit is connected between a tray and a discharging duct of a spiral conveyor. The filter unit includes a first filter (perforated metal) that is fixed at a position close to the outer periphery of a conveying spiral, and a second filter (mesh filter) that rotates on the outside of the conveying spiral and the first filter. A washing nozzle sprays a washing liquid on the second filter. The chips captured by the first filter are scraped by the rotating conveying spiral and delivered back to the conveying path and the chips passing through the first filter but captured by the second filter are removed by the washing nozzle and delivered back to the conveying path. The washing liquid is sprayed at a predetermined angle from the washing nozzle and collides with vanes arranged on the outer periphery of the second filter and provides rotational force on the second filter.

A filter unit is connected between a tray and a discharging duct of a spiral conveyor. The filter unit includes a first filter (perforated metal) that is fixed at a position close to the outer periphery of a conveying spiral, and a second filter (mesh filter) that rotates on the outside of the conveying spiral and the first filter. A washing nozzle sprays a washing liquid on the second filter. The chips captured by the first filter are scraped by the rotating conveying spiral and delivered back to the conveying path and the chips passing through the first filter but captured by the second filter are removed by the washing nozzle and delivered back to the conveying path. The washing liquid is sprayed at a predetermined angle from the washing nozzle and collides with vanes arranged on the outer periphery of the second filter and provides rotational force on the second filter.

A kinetic feed plug screw apparatus and process for creating the same, where organic raw material or feedstock is transported to a combustion or pyrolysis chamber, and a dynamic seal is concurrently and continuously created between the inlet and outlet to prevent immediate material blowback.