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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8042754 | Laboratory vibration grinding mill having inclined grinding bowls A laboratory vibration grinding mill comprising a circular oscillating drive that operates in at least two dimensions, at least one support, and a respective elongated grinding bowl held in each support. The grinding bowl has a filling of grinding bodies and is prov... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8016218 | Linear specimen shaker Disclosed is a linear shaker apparatus capable of effectively mixing a wide variety of large volume liquid samples that provides a near linear mixing motion so as to allow for the easy break up of solids suspended in the fluid sample. The longer shaking distances an... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7448566 | High throughput comminution/mixing method and apparatus The invention is a laboratory mill that allows small samples to be shaken, mixed, ground, homogenized or comminuted effectively within a small vial. The design is similar to a planetary mill but unlike those devices, neither axis of rotation is centered on the axis ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7396152 | Bladeless mixer with planetary motion A bladeless mixer/mill for agitating and mixing a compound/product. The mixer/mill comprises a driving shaft rotatable about a first vertical axis of rotation, and a motor unit operatively coupled to the driving shaft for rotating the same. A support plate is mounte... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7294165 | Method of forming nano-crystalline structures and product formed thereof A product in which at least a portion of the product has a nanocrystalline microstructure, and a method of forming the product. The method generally entails machining a body in a manner that produces chips consisting entirely of nano-crystals as a result of the mach... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7240800 | Vibratory sand reclaiming apparatus having normal and reject modes An attrition mill for reclaiming foundry sand from deposited material having lumps of used foundry sand and included material includes a housing defining a chamber for receiving the lumps of used foundry sand and included material. A base is disposed within the hous... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7105985 | Megasonic transducer with focused energy resonator A transducer comprised of a resonator and a piezoelectric crystal for cleaning single items such as semiconductor wafers and flat panel displays. The resonator is an elongated piece of material having a cross section that is trapezoidal in shape. The parallel sides ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7070134 | Centrifugal grinding mills The present invention relates to a centrifugal grinding mill comprising a vertical axis of revolution (1), a nutating axis (2) intersecting axis (1) at a point of nutation symmetry (3), a grinding chamber (4) symmetrical about axis... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6887135 | Ball finishing apparatus and process An apparatus and process of surface finishing golf balls prior to painting is provided. The apparatus and process make use of nylon loops as a finishing material that is used to abrade the surface of adjacent moving golf balls. Optionally, the abrading process betwe... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6886764 | Device and process for pulverizing solid materials A device and process for pulverizing solid materials is provided, which generates vertical and horizontal motion of grinding beads in multiple tube samples containing a sample to be pulverized. ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6880771 | Axially reciprocating tubular ball mill grinding device and method A tubular vessel is loaded with a combination of grinding media and a material to be ground. The vessel is capped to contain the grinding media and material therein. Grinding of the contained material is effectuated by reciprocating the capped vessel in a direction ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6821191 | Ball finishing process An apparatus and process of surface finishing golf balls prior to painting is provided. The apparatus and process make use of nylon loops as a finishing material that is used to abrade the surface of adjacent moving golf balls. Optionally, the abrading process betwe... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6494393 | Mill for grinding loose materials A mill for grinding loose materials, which comprises a closed container provided with at least one opening for introducing and removing the materials and has, at its two poles, a first coupling shaft and a second coupling shaft articulated thereto, a fixe... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6334583 | Planetary high-energy ball mill and a milling method A Planetary High-Energy Ball mill is for producing nanosized powders and it includes: (a) a main axis which can not only rotate but also up and Down, (b) a roll-bearing to be fixed on nether end of the main axis, a revolvable plate to be fixed on the top ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6267310 | Process for separating particles of cohesive material according to size A process for separating particles of a cohesive form of a polydisperse compound or composition comprising nevirapine, nevirapine hemihydrate, mexiletine or mexiletine hydrochloride according to size is disclosed which comprises milling and sizing the par... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6247659 | Milling and pulverising apparatus and method The specification describes a method and associated apparatus for pulverising materials, wherein the pulverising apparatus includes a receptacle, two or more pulverising weights and a driving mechanism linked to the receptacle wherein the pulverising weig... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6126097 | High-energy planetary ball milling apparatus and method for the preparation of nanometer-sized powders In accordance with a preferred embodiment, a rolling-type planetary ball mill apparatus for producing nanometer-scaled powders is disclosed, the apparatus comprising (a) a main rotary wheel comprising supporting members, (b) a plurality of mill pots which... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6098906 | Vibratory mill and method of use for low contamination grinding The present invention provides a vibratory mill for grinding dental filler having a grinding chamber, preferably coated with an abrasion resistant polymer, the grinding chamber being charged with glass beads having a diameter in the range of about 0.1 mm ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6086242 | Dual drive planetary mill A mill for grinding and/or mixing a material. In one presently preferred embodiment of the present invention, the mill includes a first container rotatably mounted at a first end of a gyration arm. The container rotates about a first axis, and the gyratio... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6036126 | Apparatus for separating particles of cohesive material according to size and process Milling/sizing apparatus which includes individual and/or nested sieves each of which may also include a quantity of beads, disks and/or other geometric or non-geometric shapes. The sieves can be rotated, vibrated or agitated in any and all combinations b... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6016981 | Apparatus for producing hydrogen adsorption alloy A method and apparatus for producing a hydrogen adsorption alloy, the apparatus comprising a high speed ball mill in the form of a planetary ball mill mounted to a rotatable main shaft, wherein the planetary ball mill includes a plurality of mill pots eac... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5979805 | Vibratory mill and method of use for low contamination grinding The present invention provides a vibratory mill having a grinding chamber, preferably coated with an abrasion resistant polymer, the grinding chamber being charged with glass beads having a diameter in the range of about 0.1 mm to about 10.00 mm. There is... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5803800 | Vibratory finishing machine having a helical and tubular container A vibratory finishing machine includes a base having an upper face, coil springs mounted on the upper face of the base, a vibrator having an outer peripheral face and mounted on the base via the coil springs for vibration, a vibrating motor mounted on the... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5769339 | Conical gyratory mill for fine or regrinding A conical gyratory mill for regrinding, milling or fine pulverization of materials, having a milling media, such as milling balls, located in the milling space between a milling bowl and a milling head. The material to be milled is introduced into the top... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5702060 | High-energy high-capacity oscillating ball mill The present invention concerns a high energy oscillating ball mill, useful in the preparation of nanophase materials having crystallite sizes of the order of 5 to 20 nm, with high production capacity and consisting of a grinding jar (containing, in the wo... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5591074 | Vibratory tumbling apparatus with reduced force transmission A vibratory apparatus is provided and comprises a generally horizontally arranged container having a material supporting surface with means for resiliently mounting the container relative to a support surface. A bracket is resiliently mounted relative to ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5570848 | Eccentric vibrating mill An eccentric vibrating mill with at least one grinding container, to which is solidly attached the exciter unit as vibrating drive, and in which for the purposes of improving the grinding properties of conventional vibrating mills according to the present... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5556044 | Pulverising disc A pulverizing disc 10 is disclosed which comprises a main body 11 of a generally cylindrical shape with a circumferential wall 12, lower surface 13 and upper surface 14. The main body 11 is integrally formed with a second body 14 which is also of generall... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5513809 | Cryogenic vibratory mill apparatus A cryogenic vibratory mill designed to receive cooling fluid such as liquid nitrogen within a grinding chamber for grinding of feed material such as crumb rubber from vehicle tires for cryogenic comminution within a grinding chamber. Cooling within the gr... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5503337 | Process for dispersing, blending or homogenizing mixtures, and a device for executing this process In a process for dispersing, blending or homogenizing of solid/liquid and/or liquid/liquid mixtures, the dispersion or emulsion to be homogenized is introduced into a rotating grinding chamber (5) which is at least partially filled with grinding bodies an... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5464773 | Cell disrupting apparatus An improved apparatus for effectively disrupting biological samples contained in cuvettes to which beads have been added. In the apparatus, a special arm/bearing subassembly is driven and oscillated by a motor in a manner to attain cellular disruption of ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5375783 | Planetary grinding apparatus An improved planetary grinding apparatus is described that comprises a grinding tube holder that carries removable grinding tubes. The grinding tube holder undergoes planetary rotation and simultaneously contra-rotates at the same rate about its own axis ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5364036 | Comminution in a planetary mill The present invention relates to apparatus for comminuting a material. The apparatus comprises a support (4) which is rotatable about a primary axis, and a grinding vessel (17), defining a grinding chamber, which is mounted on the support (4) for rotation... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5314125 | Grinding method and apparatus A grinding method is provided which is capable of uniformly and precisely grinding objects for a short time, softening shocks produced when the rotation of a grinding barrel is changed between the forward direction and the backward direction to thereby el... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5232169 | Continuous air-swept type planetary ball mill A planetary ball mill in which a plurality of mill pots revolve by receiving a rotational force from a main shaft, while rotating on their own axes. A feed is continuously supplied to the mill pots so that ground particles are discharged out of the mill p... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5005773 | Sonic generator A sonic generator comprises a resonant bar, a housing and magnetic excitation units connected between the resonant bar and the housing. The magnetic excitation units are connected to the bar at highly stressed points using a mounting connection which is a... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4958776 | Centrifugal-force vibratory grinding machine The present invention relates to a centrifugal-force vibratory grinding machine having a container (3) which receives filling material consisting of workpieces and work bodies and the bottom (4) of which rotates relative to the container wall (5) around t... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4955551 | Intermittent epicyclic mill An intermittent epicyclic mill incorporating a housing (1) with a cover (3) contained wherein are revolvable barrels (27), having lids and carrying each a load of pebbles (64), and a carrier (18) which supports the barrels and is linked to an electric dri... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4850151 | Centrifugal treatment apparatus Centrifugal treatment apparatus for mechanical treatment, e.g. grinding, polishing, cleaning and deburring of workpieces, including a workpiece receiving container, which has a mainly cylindrical casing (1) and a rotating base (2) in the form of a plate o... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4779809 | Horizontal rotating type grinding machine A horizontal rotating type grinding machine comprises a grinding vessel into which material to be ground is charged, a grinding medium disposed upon the inner peripheral wall surface of the grinding vessel and rotatable in the grinding vessel, and a turni... | 10/25/1988 |
