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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7134623 | Hammermill A hammermill having a housing, a rotor assembly, a plurality of hammers, and a attrition plate assembly is provided to reduce oversized particulate material to a desired size. The housing has a sidewall that extends between an inlet end and an discharge end which de... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6962300 | Stationary cone over tub An apparatus for assisting in loading material to be ground into a rotatable drum assembly and protecting the rotating means of the assembly. A stationary drum assembly having a frustoconical stationary sidewall is configured to aid in feeding material into the rota... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955313 | Hammer mills The present invention concerns improvements in hammer mills, secondary and tertiary, reversing and not, that allow to resolve problems tied to the shattering of the inert hammers. Through the use of a special device circular of rotation, endowed with blades of inter... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6948668 | Coffee grinder-dispenser A coffee grinder-dispenser comprising a base, a grinder located within the base, an electric motor for operating the grinder, and a hopper, or cup, for receiving the coffee beans to be ground. A funnel is secured to the base, to receive the ground coffee, or powder ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6932288 | Apparatus for removing frangible objects from a container Frangible objects that become packed in large containers are removed by crushing the objects while they are still in the containers. A motor-driven crushing assembly is lowered into the container, where rotating strikers come into contact with the frangible objects ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926215 | Hammermill A hammermill having a housing, a rotor assembly, a first plurality of hammers, and a first attrition plate assembly is provided to reduce oversized particulate material to a desired size. The housing has a sidewall that extends between an inlet end and an discharge ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6860440 | Hammermill A hammermill for singulating cellulosic fibers from a pulp sheet comprises a cylindrical housing, a feed slot with a breaker bar positioned therein and a rotor mounted for rotation in the housing. Feed rolls are provided to feed a sheet of pulp into the feed slot up... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6722592 | Apparatus for removing frangible objects from a container Frangible objects that become packed in large containers are removed by crushing the objects while they are still in the containers. A motor-driven crushing assembly is lowered into the container, where rotating strikers come into contact with the frangible objects ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6550702 | Apparatus for removing and chipping wood scraps An apparatus for receiving wood scraps from a work area and reducing the scraps to wood chips having a saleable consistency and size. The apparatus includes a combined chipper and a blower section, the chipper section being mounted on the intake side of t... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6524442 | Apparatus for forming and metering fluff pulp An apparatus for fiberizing bales of pulp into substantially dry fibers and fiber aggregates. One embodiment includes: a bale support member for supporting a bale of pulp, the bale support member defining two openings; two rotatable fiberizing assemblies ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6491240 | Pre-grinding system for reducing material A pre-grinding system for reducing scrape material to chips having a pre-crusher for impact grinding the material, a feed chute for collecting the material for impact grinding, and a hydraulic cylinder section for transferring the material from the feed c... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6092747 | Automatic pneumatic conveying machine In the broader aspects of the invention, there is provided a new and improved pneumatic conveying machine comprising a vertically sided hopper, and a material agitator/conditioner within the hopper. The hopper has a discharge opening at the bottom of the ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6086001 | Apparatus and method for processing, creating and dispensing a roughage ration A machine adapted to be towed by a tractor and powered by the PTO and hydraulic power system of the tractor for transporting, processing and blending two different types of roughage of substantial size and weight into a desired ratio for a more efficient ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6027054 | Self-propelled round bale straw blower A self-propelled machine that is used to break apart large round bales of straw and disperse the shredded material on a prepared seed bed. The machine includes an engine for power, a round bale chopper to dismember the round bale, a centrifugal fan and a ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5884855 | Paper feed structure for paper shredders Disclosed is a paper feed structure for paper shredders and more particularly a paper feed structure having a paper bearing device and paper feed adjustment device. The paper feed structure includes oblique paper bearing plate disposed above wheel cutters... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5797548 | Self-propelled crushing machine In a self-propelled crushing machine having a vehicle body, a traveling body mounted on the lower portion of the vehicle body, a crusher mounted on the upper portion of the vehicle body, and a hopper mounted on the upper portions of the vehicle body havin... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5794862 | Processing of waste material An apparatus and method for chemically and physically stabilizing contaminated soil is disclosed. The soil is homogenized in a homogenizer; dropped into a mixer below the homogenizer and mixed with an additive; then dropped to a processing terminus locate... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5785263 | Waste tire pulverizing and separation apparatus A waste tire pulverizing and separation machine including a machine body, and a roll-in mechanism, a pulverizing barrel, and a separation conveyer accommodated in the machine body. The roll-in mechanism is mounted at an input side at an upper side of the ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5732894 | Micronization apparatus and method A micronizer includes a housing having a chamber in which a vertical array of impeller discs is disposed. Impact members are disposed on the impeller discs. One, or more, of the impellers have impact members that overhang circular peripheral edges of the ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5683044 | Process-optimized hammer mill A hammer mill for batchwise operation has a mill housing having a perforated screening plate intended for discharging a fine fraction of the milling material. A coarse fraction of the milling material is emptied through an emptying flap. A supply shaft op... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5622322 | Self-propelled crushing machine A self-propelling crushing machine is constructed by mounting a hopper (11) and a crusher (8) connected to said hopper on a vehicle body (1) having a traveling device (19), wherein a bottom plate (51) of said hopper (11) is designed for reciprocal motion ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5597125 | Apparatus for fluffing bales of peat moss and other organic matter The present invention is directed to an apparatus for disassociating material such as peat moss from a compressed bale. The apparatus includes a housing having a plurality of substantially vertically stacked agitator assemblies. The agitator assemblies ar... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5535954 | Metered lamina air intake for a hammermill feeder A feeder for comminuting equipment which combines inlet air and feed in lamina flow to minimize turbulent mixing by minimizing the air and feed convergence angles within the feeder.... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5526990 | Apparatus for separating wood fibers from other fibers in fibremat residues Residues from fibermat materials are broken down and separated into wood fibers and other fibers so that the fibers may be recycled. If the fibermat residues are not recycled, they present a disposal problem due to the uncured resins that become toxic was... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5402948 | Comminuting device with face This invention relates to a comminuting device which processes small pieces of bulk materials, such as pieces of rubber tires, into crumb-sized particles. It is designed to operate at slow speeds, 50-350 rpm by having the work material move along the exte... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5379955 | Infeed hopper with pivotable throat for shredder or granulator An infeed hopper with a pivotable throat portion for feeding material into processing device. The pivotable throat portion has a first position in which it guides feed material from an inlet of the infeed hopper toward the processing device, and is movabl... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5368243 | Rotary collider mill An apparatus for breaking or crushing one or more objects into a plurality of smaller objects. The apparatus comprises a canister, an impeller disposed within the canister, and a means for rotating the impeller. The objects to be crushed are fed into the ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5205496 | Universal grinder with reciprocal feeder A hammer mill apparatus for comminuting materials such as wood, branches, twigs, leaves, grasses, hay, and the like, features a reciprocating batch feeder for feeding the materials to be comminuted into a rotary grinder. Adjustable and spring biased feed ... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5082188 | Apparatus for processing material Apparatus is disclosed for reducing the particle size of various materials (e.g., grains, forage materials, fibrous materials, bulk materials, disposed materials, etc.). The apparatus includes a housing including a circular interior wall, a rotor member w... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4896836 | Rotary feeder wth metal removing means A hammer mill (10) having a feeder section (14) connected vertically above a mill section (12) such that feed material from a feed supply containing tramp metal (46) is introduced into the feed section and is divided therein into discrete quantities which... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4813620 | Sorting apparatus for the material outlet of a machine for breaking-up scrap A sorting apparatus for the material outlet of a machine for breaking-up scrap. The machine has a horizontally disposed hammer breaker rotor that is disposed in a housing, the bottom of which is trough-shaped. A material inlet that extends to the rotor an... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4798345 | Hammer breaker In a hammer breaker for breaking and crushing scrap material, particularly scrap metal, in which a hammer rotor having a plurality of hammers pivotally mounted thereon is rotatably mounted about a horizontal axis in a housing having an inlet for the mater... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4795103 | Pulverizing apparatus Apparatus for producing pulverized glass which is free from non-glass particles, in which a glass supply is transferred to an impactor to pulverize the glass and also is subjected to magnetic means to remove metal and vacuum means to remove dust, paper, p... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4690338 | Solid fuel pulverizer for pulverized fuel burning system A solid fuel pulverizer especially useful in a system for pulverizing and burning solid fuel, such as coal or other fossil fuel, that is characterized by a possible turndown ratio of up to at least fifteen to one. The pulverizer is capable of both impact ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4619409 | Hospital waste disposal system A system for disposing of large amounts of infectious hospital waste includes a generally sealed enclosure containing an apparatus for delivery, disintegration, and decontamination of waste materials. A dual conveyor arrangement provides a positive delive... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4618103 | Hospital waste disposal system A system is provided having a generally sealed cabinet and separator. A blower is provided in the sealed cabinet to provide a negative pressure within the cabinet. A waste entrance is provided in the cabinet which provides a sealed, rotatable input for th... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4542856 | Hammer breaker In a hammer breaker for breaking and crushing scrap material, in which a hammer rotor having a plurality of hammers pivotally mounted thereon is rotatably mounted in a housing having an inlet for the material to be broken and crushed, a passage for receiv... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4504019 | Hammer mill having capped disc rotor The hammer mill for treating scrap metal including a rotary hammer means for delivering impact blows to scrap metal is shown. Discharge grates are provided for disposing of the scrap metal through discharge outlets for the hammer mill. The rotor is a disc... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4485976 | Material chopping apparatus An improved tub chopper is disclosed having a speed sensing device which automatically slows the tub sidewall speed responsive to slugging or slowing of the chopping apparatus. A positive drive to the tub sidewall is provided by means of an economically c... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4448361 | Self-loading bale disintegrating machine The machine has a normally upright, open top, rotary tub provided with a high speed, disintegrating rotor below the floor of the tub that projects through an opening in the floor to progressively reduce the mass of crop materials into disintegrated form a... | 05/15/1984 |
