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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7954742 | Dual purpose adapter for a multiple tool attachment system A multiple tool attachment system is adapted to be attached to demolition equipment. The system includes a universal body attached to the demolition equipment. A series of tools are independently attachable to the universal body. The universal body includes a guide ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7341372 | Feed mixer with weight responsive transmission Described is a feed mixer comprising a mixing container for receiving feed, at least one mixing tool rotatingly arranged in the mixing container, a drive mechanism for driving the mixing tool, an automatically shiftable transmission which is connected to the drive m... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7234659 | Pulverizer An automatically swiveling crushing apparatus has a swiveling motor in a bracket, and branches diverged from charging and discharging paths that constitute the hydraulic piping leading to a cylinder for closing or opening distal crushing arms. One of the branches ex... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226011 | Stacker reclaimer method and apparatus This invention provides an apparatus for handling bulk material as located at circular or linear storage site. More specifically, a reclaimer apparatus is described having a platform mounted on one or more wheel track assemblies arranged to roll on at least one rail... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7007873 | Process and means for disintegrating compressed material bales The invention relates to a process for disintegrating compressed bales of coarse, fiberlike, natural or synthetic materials, especially straw bales, and transporting the disintegrated materials to further processing. Bales often contain foreign objects which the inv... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007874 | Shroud assembly for waste processing machine A shroud assembly for a waste processing machine includes a shroud for attachment to an engine of the waste processing machine. The shroud assembly also includes a plurality of fasteners for attaching the shroud to the engine of the waste processing machine, whereby... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004411 | Transport locking for a vibrating feeder of a mobile crushing unit A transport locking arrangement is disclosed for a vibrating feeder of a mobile crushing unit, the transport locking arrangement utilizing the downward rotatable sidewalls of the feeder hopper of the vibrating feeder that are hingedly mounted on the framework of sai... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6955312 | Apparatus and method for comminuting rock An apparatus for comminuting rocks, comprising a frame having a restrictive passageway with an inlet and an outlet end for relative displacement of rocks from the inlet to the outlet end. A rotary impacting device is secured to the frame in the passageway so as to b... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6591971 | Silage mover A silage cutter and loader assembly including a beater assembly for removing silage from a bunker and transferring the silage via a cross auger to a conveyor for transport to an independent container. The assembly further includes independently arranged w... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6431231 | Hydraulically controlled stump grinder The stump grinder has a rotating cutting wheel that is mounted onto an arm for raising and lowering movement and is driven by a hydraulic motor. The arm is capable of being moved about a generally upright axis to control the rate of laterally feed of the ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6419172 | Mobile crusher A mobile crusher, which has a high-quality controlling function enabling an efficient production, and which is capable of preventing the crusher itself from being damaged, is provided. For this purpose, a mobile crusher having a feeder (3) and a crusher m... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6305625 | Refuse collecting and disposal handling (Team II USA) A refuse collecting and disposal handling vehicle know as TEAM II USA™ is basically two vehicles working together in a tandem. The parent vehicle is arranged and configured to properly lift and empty a front-loading refuse container. The companion vehic... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5718271 | Stump cutting or grinding apparatus and method A stump cutting or grinding apparatus and method are disclosed which utilize a pump for attachment to a power takeoff of a tractor, a cutting or grinding device for attachment to a backhoe arm of the tractor, a motor connected to the cutting or grinding d... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5669563 | Chipper shredder with use-enhancing features Disclosed is a machine for comminuting lawn refuse and having a vacuum characteristic which is enhanced when organic debris is being fed into the machine grinding chamber through an opening other than that in the tube used to feed in small branches. The t... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5568895 | Treatment of waste materials for disposal Organic wastes are made suitable for disposal by sequential treatment with an oxidizing solution and an alkaline earth oxide or hydroxide. The treated waste is then mixed with an absorbent material to absorb excess liquid, and optionally with a binding ma... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5537807 | Yard-care machine The new yard-care machine includes features of a mower, a mulching mower and a branch chipper. Such machine has a cutting blade in an enlarged lower blade chamber and a fan and a chipper plate in an enlarged upper fan chamber. A restriction separates the ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5474242 | Demolition tools with jaws having replaceable working surfaces A replaceable blade assembly is used to secure tool blades to the jaws of a material handler and comprises a holder secured to the jaw and a blade insert which is releasably secured thereto. The holder has a face with an elongated intermediate portion, an... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5474241 | Portable apparatus for creating mulch A portable apparatus for mulching paper and paper products including a hopper having a gage bar limiting the thickness of the material entering the hopper, a cutting chamber where a cutter bar and a mulcher bar, operated by an electric motor, rotate and m... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5465914 | Transmission for combined shredding and mixing trucks for fibrous zootechnical products A transmission is disclosed for trucks of the type having a wheeled chassis that is towed or independently powered and supports a substantially inverted frustum-shaped container which is upwardly open and contains a scroll with a vertical axis for shreddi... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5395061 | Mobile tire shredder A motor truck for use in collecting and processing solid waste material such as scrap tires. The truck includes a chassis including a cab; a body structure positioned on the chassis behind the cab and defining a storage chamber; a shredder mounted on top ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5395062 | Apparatus for removing fiber tufts by suction from a bale opener A bale opener assembly includes a travelling apparatus detaching fiber tufts from surfaces of fiber bales supported along the travel path; and a fiber tuft removing apparatus for removing the fiber tufts from the travelling apparatus by suction. The fiber... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5322226 | Apparatus for monitoring and securing accessible danger zones of a fiber bale opener An apparatus for securing danger zones in a bale opening system. The apparatus includes a first beam transmitting/receiving device and a beam guide for guiding the first beam in a generally U-shaped course. A space between the legs of the U-shaped course ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5305972 | Cable suspended chipper system A cable suspended chipper system includes a suspension cable for supporting a system which includes a pair of chipper drums mounted to rotate on spaced parallel axes. A tapered inlet passage directs the tree top toward the nip formed by the chipper drums ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5249750 | Traversing roll breaker apparatus This apparatus (10) for reducing lumps of coal, and the like, on a grid (14) disposed over a material-receiving area (16) includes a carriage (12) guided across the grid (14) on a track (44) by a drive system (50) and having roll assemblies (60) mounted t... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5215264 | Conveying and processing apparatus for vehicle mounted size reduction equipment This invention pertains to an apparatus which facilitates the curb-side collection of recyclable waste products. It does so by incorporating a size reduction cutting or crushing head into a mobile unit designated primarily for truck mounting. The conveyin... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5018342 | Method for shear bar adjustment in a forage harvester In a forage harvester, a shear bar is adjusted relative to the knives of a rotating cutterhead by selectively energizing first and second motors to move one or the other end of the shear bar toward the cutterhead. A vibration sensor senses vibration of th... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4813614 | Method and apparatus for treating waste products to recover the components thereof Used products, which would otherwise be disposed of as waste, are subjected to low temperature lowering the temperature of the product to approximately the temperature of crystallization of the components thereof. The product at this lowered temperature i... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4799625 | Method and apparatus for adjusting a shear bar relative to a cutter head Under the control of a microprocessor first and second motors alternately drive first and second ends of a shear bar for adjusting the position of the shear bar relative to cutter head. The shear bar is adjusted so that it is substantially parallel to the... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4763845 | Mobile crusher system A mobile crusher installation having a supporting framework which receives at least one crusher and can be lifted and relocated, corresponding to the advance or the removal of material, by a transport mechanism, preferably walking legs or extendable track... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4669674 | Feeder box for a mobile transfer station A feeder box for dumping bulk materials onto a conveyor of a mobile transfer station comprises at least one feeder device located adjacent a side of the conveyor, each feeder device including a box compartment and a support structure for the box compartme... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4646757 | Harvester-thresher In a combine harvester which conveys the straw which has been separated from grain to the rear outlet by means of a shaker, and wherein grain which is still present is fed to a sieve box, the straw is supplied to cutter means for comminuting purposes, sai... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4637406 | Chaff and straw spreading attachment for combines The discharge hood of an agricultural combine has a housing suspended from the bottom thereof in disposition for receiving straw from straw walkers of the combine into a rotary chopper which impacts the straw and propels it rearwardly out through a spread... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4597253 | Forage or picking harvester unit A forage or picking harvester unit includes a cylindrical cutter followed by an impeller fan with a crushing device in the path between the cutter and the fan. In the cylindrical cutter, the cutting wheel shaft is arranged perpendicularly relative to the ... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4594841 | Forage cutter or chopper In a forage cutter, a cutting wheel is rotatably mounted within a housing. For an angular portion of the wheel relative to the housing, its outer circumferential periphery is positioned adjacent to a backing wall of the housing. Alternating knives and bla... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4544105 | Separating device for a wood chipper In a separating device for a wood chipper comprising a chipper rotor housing and a chipper rotor rotatably journalled therein it is proposed in accordance with the invention to provide the separating device with a plurality of ribs defining between themse... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4509862 | Feed processing system An industrial and feed mixing system including a mixing tank being supplied in part by a hammermill. A pair of vertical augers rotatably mounted in the tank convey feed upwardly. A bottom horizontal auger includes inner and outer auger flights of opposite... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4420119 | Horizontal silage unloader This invention pertains to horizontal silage bag unloaders in general, and more specifically to an unloading mechanism which surrounds the open end of the bag, discharges the contents of the bag, slits the sides of the bag and rolls the bag up as it trave... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4319718 | Forage harvester cutterhead and method of sharpening A forage harvester having a cutterhead with underbeveled knives thereon is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, each knife has a lateral cross sectional configuration closely resembling an isosceles trapezoid with the initial cutting edges formed by the ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4312481 | Cutterhead crop redirectors A forage harvester including an imperforate peripheral shield for the cutterhead extending from the shear bar in the direction of rotation and a plurality of parallel elongated bars mounted on the face of the shield adjacent the cutterhead periphery and d... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4308997 | Recutter screen baffle A forage harvester having a cutterhead housing, a rotary reel cutterhead, a recutter screen mounted adjacent the cutterhead periphery and a crop blower for generating an air suction in the outlet of the cutterhead housing is provided with a transverse baf... | 01/05/1982 |
