Abstract: In an automatic tank filling installation, the duct for insertion in the filling orifice of the tank, e.g. mounted on a railway truck or road vehicle, is mounted for movement in the longitudinal direction of movement of the truck or vehicle, for movement in a direction transverse thereto and for pivotal movement about an axis parallel to the longitudinal direction to allow the axis of the pipe to be aligned with the axis of an off center filling orifice, means being provided for causing the pipe to pivot simultaneously with, and as a function of, movement of the pipe in the transverse direction.

Abstract: A servicing kit for chain saws comprising nested compartments which collectively have an external symmetry with respect to the longitudinal bisector of the structure, said compartments having interior walls, one of which projects into the interior wall of the other to an extent such that the ratio of the volumes of the compartments to each other is approximately two-to-one, a compartment included between the interior walls constituted by a diagonal depression in one of the walls which terminates short of the bottom and is open at the top and a carrying handle at the top.

Abstract: An improved feed dispenser for conveying mixed feed from a discharge opening of a mixing hopper and for directing the flow of feed exiting the dispenser, said dispenser including a trough contoured to an auger; a slideably disposed outlet door between the mixing hopper and the trough; a retractable, hingedly disposed spout for directing the flow of feed during dispensing and for closing the trough at other times to prevent feed loss; and fluidic cylinder operated lever structure for simultaneously sliding the outlet door to open the flow of feed to be engaged by the auger and for lowering the spout for directing the flow of mixed feed from the trough.

Abstract: An improved weighing hopper for use with a transition chute in a weighing scale of a packaging machine system is disclosed which provides for better control of the flowable materials in the weighing hopper and the transition chute and comprises forming the bottom surface of at least one weigh hopper and the transition chute into which the weigh hopper dumps its material with a slope that is equal to or greater than an angle of repose of the materials being handled in the weighing hopper. The use of the angle of repose or greater in combination with a controlled opening of the weigh hopper doors aids in controlling the flow of material and minimizes dust generation.

Abstract: An improved transition section for a bag filling device is disclosed for use with a bag filling machine. The device comprises a new and novel transition structure that may be utilized to effectively absorb the energy of the material passing through the filling machine and to effectively control the flow of the material in the transition section so that at least two flow paths are formed within the transition chute throat section with one flow path being utilized for downwardly flow of the material being filled in the bag filling machine and the other flow path being utilized for upwardly flow of dust and air resulting from the filling process. The dual flow paths are formed by a rigid divider member fixedly attached to the control device suspended in the transition chute with the divider member moving in a generally horizontal direction in an arcuate path.