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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360728 | Hay bale processor A hay bale processor (10) having a cylindrical rotatable drum (14) adapted to displace a bale of hay (156-157) over a grill (26) which has a plurality of spaced-apart parallel slot openings (27) which are adjustable to defin... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7216824 | Shredder with oscillating side walls A shredder for shredding a by-product, such as sprue, runner and the like generated when molding a thermoplastic synthetic resin product, into recyclable shredded pieces, is structured such that front and rear oscillating side walls are openable, right and left stat... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7156333 | Bale processor with fork lift An apparatus for disintegrating bales of agricultural materials such as hay. The apparatus includes a processing tub and is provided with a novel adjustable fork-lift adapted to raise bales of different size and configuration into the processing tub. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150169 | Lubricant-supplying apparatus for dry-lubricated aluminum-clad wire drawing, and method of supplying lubricants The present invention is to provide a lubricant-supplying apparatus for dry-wire drawing, and a method of supplying the same, which effectively prevents a lubricant tunnel phenomenon, thus allowing an easy supply of the lubricants during high-speed dry-wire drawing,... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140566 | Ring and disk refiner A refiner that reduces solid material to a particulate form includes a rotatable sidewall, a bottom, at least one exit hole, and a rotatable toothed disk. One or more baffles may be attached to the chamber sidewall to form one or more surfaces that extend into the c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7066417 | Bale processor Disclosed is an apparatus for disintegrating bales of agricultural material such as hay. The apparatus has a chassis, a processing tub with a discharge opening located in one of its side walls, a disintegrator mounted in the processing tub to disintegrate baled crop... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7017842 | Bale manipulator drive system for a bale processor A bale processor with a processing chamber includes a manipulator driven by a drive system that includes a hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor of the drive system drives a drive shaft with an axis of rotation offset from a driven shaft of the manipulator. A rotatio... | 03/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6913380 | Continuous preparation of heat-vulcanizable silicone compositions High levels of treated fumed silica, processing fluid and high molecular weight silicone polymer are continuously compounded into a homogeneous silica filled heat-vulcanizable silicone composition by forming a premix in a continuous annular layer mixer and continuou... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6745965 | Timber crusher A timber crusher capable of sufficiently exhibiting an effect of preventing timber pieces from scattering to an outside and also preventing damage to the crusher is provided. To this end, in the timber crusher comprising, on a base, a crusher for crushing timber int... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6708911 | Bale processor Disclosed is an apparatus for disintegrating bales of agricultural material such as hay. The apparatus has a a chassis, a processing tub with a discharge opening located in one of its side walls, a disintegrator mounted in the processing tub to disintegrate baled cr... | 03/23/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6517019 | Cover for tub grinder A tub grinder is used for grinding industrial wastes, including large stumps, lumber chunks and the like. A cover member is pivoted alongside the tub, and is made in two sections. An upright frame section is pivoted near a plane along the bottom of the tu... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6454195 | Industrial waste crushing bit The invention relates to an industrial waste crushing bit capable of sufficiently exerting wear resistance from the initial stage of service and improving the service life at low cost. A super-hard member to be inserted in an opening formed in the tip of ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6412715 | Method for decreasing the likelihood of an object being thrown from a tub grinder A tub grinder includes a tub mounted for rotation about a vertical axis. A grinding member is positioned within a floor of the tub grinder. A deflection plate partially covers the floor to define a narrow trajectory area for debris being ejected from the ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6308905 | Size reducing machine with serrated top wear plate The present invention comprises a size reducing machine with a rotor having a plurality of hammers arranged to size reduce waste material upon impact. The rotor is contained with a tub that includes a tub floor for feeding the waste material toward the ro... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6261410 | Process for separating compressed material containing paper fibers Process and apparatus for separating compressed material containing paper fibers where the apparatus includes at least three hammer rollers arranged essentially in a same plane and each hammer roller includes rotatable hammers. The process includes rotati... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6260778 | Tub grinder with adjustable swing diameter hammer mill An improved tub grinder includes a hammer mill having a swing diameter which is adjustable. The tub grinder includes: first and second sets of interchangeable hammers, the second set being shorter than the first; first and second interchangeable semi-cyli... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6158681 | Low shearing curved surface granulator for bulk feeding A low shearing curved surface granulator for bulk feed consists of a feeding mechanism and a granulating mechanism; wherein the mainbody of the feeding mechanism is a cylindrical body, the main part of the granulating mechanism is a groove pipe with flang... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6059207 | Process for recovering high value polymer from carpet selvage waste The present invention provides an inexpensive process which can be placed in the carpet mill to add value to carpet selvage waste by segregating the various materials used to manufacture the selvage waste. The process for segregating at least one componen... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5996913 | Method and device for feeding and operating a facility for comminuting recyclable scrap material A method and a device feed and operate a facility, such as a hammer-based crusher, for comminuting recyclable scrap materials, with the scrap material being drawn in with a driven roll and fed to be comminuted as an essentially uniform quantity. Data are ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5984216 | Windshield stripper A device for recycling automotive windshields. An automotive windshield is comprised of two layers of glass and a plastic liner sandwiched in between The present invention strips the glass from both surfaces of the inner plastic liner, comminutes the glas... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5950942 | Tub grinder A tub grinder includes a tub mounted for rotation about a vertical axis. A grinding member is positioned within a floor of the tub grinder. A deflection plate partially covers the floor to define a narrow trajectory area for debris being ejected from the ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5941316 | Stalk puller and chopper assembly A stalk puller and chopper assembly 10 drawn behind a tractor 11, the stalk puller and chopper assembly comprising a puller means in the form of a pair of contra-rotating rubber wheels 12 and 13 on a shaft 21. The wheels are located upstream of a feeder m... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5927624 | Comminuting chamber and attachments therefor A comminuting chamber (24) and attachments therefor for comminuting solid material into a particulate form is disclosed. The chamber includes a rotatable sidewall (40), a bottom (41) disposed across an end of the sidewall, and a toothed disk (32) rotatabl... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5918824 | Direct drive material volume reduction apparatus A material volume reduction apparatus having a frame, a motor supported by the frame, a drum supported by the frame and having an interior and an exterior, a drive shaft operably connected to the motor, a comminuting wheel assembly including a disk like b... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5895001 | Bale shredder A bale processor has a horizontal rotor mounted at the center of an upwardly concave bale support. The bale support rocks from side to side across the rotor to bring new parts of the bale against the rotor. The rocking action produces a rolling, sliding o... | 04/20/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5878968 | Tub grinder apparatus Tub grinding apparatus is described for grinding bulk materials (e.g. forage products such as hay) in a manner such that far fewer "fines" are produced. As a result, the ground forage materials are of higher quality and are more palatable for animals than... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5803380 | Tub grinder A tub grinder includes a tub mounted for rotation about a vertical axis. A grinding member is positioned within a floor of the tub grinder. A deflection plate partially covers the floor to define a narrow trajectory area for debris being ejected from the ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5730830 | Fiber panel manufacturing method and apparatus Apparatus and method for forming structural panel members from fiber crop material such as rice, straw and the like. The fiber crop material is bailed into circular or rectangular bails which bails are placed in a debailer/shredder. The fiber material is ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5720440 | Cover rotating drum grinding machine A covered rotating drum grinding machine having a frame, engine assembly and hammermill assembly mounted to the frame is provided. Sitting atop of the hammermill assembly is a rotating drum assembly, which is used to agitate and feed material to be ground... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5660339 | Rotary grinding mill A rotary grinding mill is disclosed including a hopper for holding a product to be milled, a mixing chamber having a grain inlet and a separate air inlet for mixing grain and air prior to grinding, a grinding mechanism for grinding the grain and a dischar... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5626298 | Tub grinder with rear discharge hammer mill and angled shear plates A tub grinder for grinding animal feed and the like of the type having a hammer mill extending below a stationary floor about which a tub side wall rotates, incorporates a rear discharge opening formed in a rear side wall of the hammer mill and includes d... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5590842 | Conveyor with extending shroud A transportable conveyor system for use primarily with a pivot tub type hammermill having a frame, a conveyor means installed within the frame, for transporting the material to be ground or pulverized to the hammermill, sideboards or rails located on eith... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5573190 | Method and apparatus for shredding a large bale A bale shredder for shredding a large bale of forage, bedding, or mulching material is provided wherein a cutter is mounted to a frame for moving with a cutting action for shredding a bale. Further, an oscillating carriage is mounted to the frame for osci... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5570849 | Tub grinder A tub grinder which includes a comb on the floor adjacent the opening. The comb is movable toward and away from the rotor to adjust the size of the opening and to regulate the rate at which bulk material is impacted by the rotor. The comb also assists in ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5560551 | High speed skip hoist system A high speed skip hoist handles heavy payloads, such as bulk solids, and includes a bucket for handling the bulk material and a control system which regulates the acceleration and deceleration of the payload as it moves between a first position to a secon... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5542617 | Mobile paper shredder A truck mounted mobile paper shredder with high shredding rate incorporates a hammer mill, with a sweeping arm in a tub feeding the mill. A lifting arm lifts paper containers to an inverted position over the tub to feed paper into the tub. The hammer mill... | 08/06/1996 |
