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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434756 | Rotor and counter knife for a rotary grinder The present invention relates to a single shaft rotary grinder with an improved cutter and combination “comb” rotor and counter knife configuration for reducing film, fibrous material and other material which has a tendency to wrap around the rotor, rubber, soli... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431230 | Apparatus and method for bone morselization for surgical grafting A bone morselization apparatus and method according to which a cutter bit is mounted to a casing containing a motor; and the casing is manually grasped and positioned over a plurality of bone segments. When the motor is activated, the cutter bit reciprocates and the... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7360727 | Apparatus and method for the mechanical comminution of semiconductor materials A mechanical crushing apparatus for comminuting a polycrystalline silicon ingot, has a base and opposed comminuting and mating chisels, the chisels having longitudinal axises oriented at right angles to a longitudinal axis of the base and parallel to the surface of ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7267295 | Shredding machines A shredding machine includes a housing which defines a passageway through which a sheet of material to be shredded may pass, a punching mechanism comprising a plurality of punch members, a mechanism to move the punch members from a retracted position in which the pu... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264190 | Material breaker system A vehicle for breaking material is disclosed. The vehicle includes: an elongate vehicle frame; a feeder having a feed end portion and a discharge end portion, wherein the feeder is configured to convey the material from the feed end portion to the discharge end port... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7228806 | Biomass gasification system A biomass gasification system for efficiently extracting heat energy from biomass material. The biomass gasification system includes a primary combustion chamber, a rotating grate within the primary combustion chamber for supporting the biomass during gasification, ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7140168 | Device for packaging continuous webs of materials such as selvedges generated on thermoforming units The device for packaging continuous webs of materia1, such as selvedges generated on thermoforming units, includes an input regulator of webs, driving guide for the webs, a cutting unit and, downstream thereof, a collector for bits of webs. The cutting unit has at l... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121487 | Screening apparatus with hammermill A screening machine on a frame with a hopper having a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt discharges particulate material poured into the hopper into a rotating barrel screen or vibrating planar screen for sifting the material. A hammermill apparatus is pivotably mount... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7093538 | Wooden debris compressor A wooden debris compressor includes a storing tank, and a poking device under the storing tank provided with plural poking rods fixed spaced apart in a definite angle. Then alternate back-and-forth rotation of the poking rods controls the volume of wooden debris fal... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7063284 | Apparatus for roughing edges of concrete casted blocks An apparatus for roughing edges of solid concrete casted blocks that includes a block support conveyor for supporting and conveying a series of blocks and at least one roughing device disposed at a given distance from a block to be roughened; the device includes at ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6598815 | Breaker of reinforced glass The present invention relates to a breaker of a reinforced glass, including a power source for driving a breaking cylinder to compress a strong spring. When the compressed strong spring is released, the strong spring may produce an instantaneous bounce fo... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6585179 | Chopper for chopping up food A chopper for chopping up food has an upper portion and a push rod, displaceable therein, with an actuation head and a blade. A lower portion is connected to the upper portion, and a chopped material cup serves to receive the chopped material. Inserted in... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6568613 | Method and device for breaking up bulk materials which have solidified in a container The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for performing the method by means of which accumulations of a bunkered powdery or granular bulk material which are compacted in a silo or in the conical section (15) of a container (10) are comminuted fo... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6561446 | Device for supplying and discharging powder particles A device for supplying and discharging powder particles, wherein the amount of powder particles being supplied and discharged is controlled by holding the particles in a reserve container having an outlet with a plurality of control parts disposed on supp... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6357681 | Spring cutter-separator A cutter-separator. Product is fluidized under pressure, forced through the bore of a spring and thence through the gaps between the coils of the spring while in its extended condition. When the spring returns to its compressed, or relaxed, condition the ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6347756 | Candle forming kit A candle forming kit comprises a container having a cylindrical side wall, a closed bottom, and an open top. A lid is threadably coupled to said side wall so as to cover the open top. The kit includes a shaft extending through the lid and adapted to rotat... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6328235 | Process and apparatus for decomposition of articles The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for decomposing articles, especially contaminated articles, by means of a decomposition device. To make it possible to the use an easily manipulated decomposition device while avoiding bulky devices, and... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6138930 | Apparatus for removing ice from the cables of electric power transmission lines An apparatus for removing ice from an electric cable is disclosed. This apparatus comprises an impact actuator, an impact member in the from of a rod, and a fastener to hang the apparatus from the electric cable. The apparatus can be remotely activated an... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6129299 | Bulk material handling system with a sloughing wall A reciprocating slat conveyor (22) conveys a body of bulk material (16) to the outlet end (21) of a container (12). The body of bulk material (16) is moved against a sloughing wall (10). The sloughing wall (10) includes a plurality of slats (40) that are ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5924637 | Oversize tire and rubber debris shredder The tire shredder includes a frame, a conveyor assembly depending from the frame defining a feed path for the tires and debris from an input end to a discharge end, a carriage supported with respect to the conveyor assembly to have a reciprocating linear ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5839676 | Cutting machine for extraction of silage from flat silos A cutting machine for extraction of silage from flat silos includes a frame which has an underside of straight, L-shaped or U-shaped configuration for supporting a cutter assembly, and is swingably guided upwardly and downwardly by rockers or vertical gui... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5782417 | Tire shredder The tire shredder has a frame supporting two parallel, vertically spaced rails on which are mounted a wheeled carriage. A variable speed, bi-directional motor provides reciprocating movement of the wheeled carriage on the tracks. The wheeled carriage supp... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5772128 | System for acoustically detecting and/or removing jams of flowable material in a chute, and air hammer for performing the removal A method for detecting the presence of and removing jams in a chute used for transporting a flowable material includes a jam breaking device which travels within the chute. An acoustic detector detects acoustic signals associated with movement of the mate... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5726394 | Apparatus for charging a weighing device arranged upstream of a packing device with fragile foodstuffs of irregular size and similar products, in particular potato chips The invention relates to an apparatus for charging a weighing device arranged upstream of a packaging device with fragile foodstuffs of irregular size, in particular potato chips (4), comprising a dosing trough (1) with a free discharge side (8), a weighi... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5558285 | Apparatus for lifting and dropping a drop hammer An apparatus for lifting and dropping a drop hammer in a crushing or compaction process allows the drop hammer to fall completely freely, without being retarded by an attached cable or other element, and allows the height to which the hammer is lifted to ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5536203 | Vibratory drum machine for treating articles A vibratory drum machine for treating articles includes a cylindrical drum body supported resiliently by springs; and a circular or elliptic vibratory force generating mechanism fixed on the peripheral wall of the cylindrical drum body above the horizonta... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5482217 | Method of and apparatus for fine, very fine, and microfine comminution of materials having brittle behavior Brittle material (1) is ground batchwise as a bed of particles by compression between non-yielding hard surfaces at a pressure of at least 50 MPa. In order to reduce the energy requirement and machine expenditure needed for fine, superfine and microfine c... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5467930 | Solid waste processing device The solid waste processing device has an infeed plate with an infeed aperture to receive material into the processing device and has a knife with a knife hole. The knife abuts the infeed plate in sliding engagement and slides between a first position whic... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5458417 | Universal kitchen appliance A kitchen appliance for processing food by chopping, mixing, whipping, kneading, pressing, and preparing emulsions from food has a horizontally positioned cylindrical vessel for receiving food. A tool for processing food in the vessel has a diameter that ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5456738 | Portable metal extraction machine and method of using A process and apparatus for extracting gold from circuit boards, gold fingers and gold pins is described comprising the steps of applying liquid nitrogen directly to the surface of the circuit boards, gold fingers and gold pins, thus freezing the gold. A ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5410929 | Device for recycling a tube such as a core The present invention discloses a device for recycling a tube such as a core having housing which has an upper side, a lower side, and a first side. Attached to the upper side is an input chute. The input chute receives the core. The bottom end of the cor... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5351896 | Fluorescent tube breaking apparatus A housing organization arranged to complementarily accommodate a fluorescent tube permitting its breakage is provided, wherein the housing includes a guide tube having an impact rod directed through the guide tube for communication with the housing to eff... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5346304 | Apparatus for mixing propellant charge powder rods An apparatus for mixing propellant charge powder rods. The apparatus comprises a flexible band (1) which is suspended freely in a loop between two paraxial, radially spaced drums (2,3) and is movable back and forth between the drums (2,3) by drive motors ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5340039 | Medical waste disposal apparatus The medical waste disposer has a frame and a receiving chamber connected with the frame. The receiving chamber has a discharge port and an anvil is connected with the receiving chamber adjacent the discharge port. The anvil has an anvil aperture extending... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5340038 | Material reduction apparatus A material reduction apparatus has a material loading bin for receiving material to be reduced. Below the bin is located a plurality of substantially parallel cutter bars with opposing ends and cutting tips thereon. The cutter bars are supported below the... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5340042 | Reciprocating blade bale cutter A horizontally oriented three sided frame is adapted to hold a round hay bale. An endless chain driven conveyor in the floor of the frame causes the round bale to rotate about a longitudinal axis while simultaneously urging a portion of the perimeter of t... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5290100 | Method of mixing propellant charge powder rods A method for mixing propellant charge powder rods utilizes a flexible band (1) which is suspended freely in a loop between two paraxial, radially spaced drums (2,3) and is movable back and forth between the drums (2,3) by drive motors (6,7). The band (1) ... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5263654 | Pallet shredding apparatus A pallet shredding apparatus comprising an inclined chute having an open upper end to receive pallets to be shredded and having an open lower end. The chute is moved in a reciprocating path of travel by a hydraulic cylinder unit. A stop is connected to th... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5197684 | Device for tearing-up and stoking straw A device for tearing-up and stoking straw into a burner unit. A reciprocating slide is provided under a magazine shaft for straw bales, the slide having mutually staggered teeth on its upper side in a forward part of the slide and elongated fins extending... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5104048 | Access door for coal crusher feed chute A coal crushing facility having a coal crusher with an inlet feed chute and a feeding mechanism interposed between the crusher and a storage hopper wherein a top wall of the feed mechanism discharge chute includes a hinged door which is responsive to back... | 04/14/1992 |
