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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177153 | Side rail for a shredder with embedded fingers A side rail for installation in a shredder and method of fabrication in which the side rail has fingers that are partially embedded in a base. The fingers are made from steel and the base is made from cast aluminum. The fingers have a dovetail shape at an outer end ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7398936 | Top and side loading shredder with optional handle The present invention relates generally to shredder openings or throats. Specifically, this invention teaches a shredder housing with a top throat to allow material to be disposed of from above the shredder, as well as a side throat to allow for material to be dispo... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7240869 | Lubricating system for metal-demolition shears A lubricating system for a heavy-duty metal demolition shears provides lubricating lubricant to one of more wear parts. The system includes a hydraulic lubricant pump that is actuated by the main hydraulic control system that opens and closes the jaws of the shears.... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240871 | Clean-in-place mill housing A clean-in-place housing for use is a material processing mill including a screen inside the mill housing that moved from processing position to cleaning position with a screen carrier without disassembling the housing. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7052599 | Method and apparatus for reuse of abrasive fluid used in the manufacture of semiconductors An apparatus and method recycles the abrasive fluid or slurry effluent used in the polishing step in the manufacture of semiconductors. Agglomerations of abrasive grains built up in the slurry effluent are crushed using a mill, ultrasonic oscillation, or pressurized... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6786440 | Container for blender A container for blender includes a cup and a stainless steel hollow cylindrical member. The cylindrical member has an L-shaped upper rim and an annular bottom having an L-shaped inner edge. The cylindrical member is integrally fitted in a lower part of the cup when ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6783091 | Two-fluted housing liner A pulverizer housing liner for the housing unit of an EL pulverizer is made up of an arcuate liner body having an inner curved surface forming a segment of the circular housing unit and two circumferentially spaced flutes fixed to the inner surface. ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6761326 | Base for storing an electrical food processor accessories The invention concerns a box for storing the working accessories of an electrical food processor, comprising a base (3) including a lower resting surface and a lid including an upper surface designed to receive an electrical food processor. The invention is c... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6719227 | Grinding mill and methods for fabricating same A method for fabricating a gearless grinding mill motor includes fabricating a plurality of linear stator portions and assembling a grinding mill stator from the linear stator portions. ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6550706 | Pepper grinder A pepper grinder has a grinding assembly including an inner grinding member and an outer grinding member turnable relative to each other to grind pepper in between. The outer grinding member is secured in a lower housing member by means of a lower securin... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6499873 | Fruit/vegetable blender A blender includes a base on which a motor is connected and a plurality of ventilation holes are defined through a bottom of the base. An engaging collar is connected to the motor for rotating a blade device of a container mounted to the base. The heat ge... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6484955 | Shredding machine A shredding machine includes cutter holders and washers mounted in a base frame to hold two sets of circular cutters on two parallel shafts, a motor adapted to rotate the shafts through a transmission gear set, and baffle means installed in the base frame... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6415711 | Cheese shredder apparatus Improvements are provided in an apparatus and a method for shredding blocks of cheese. The apparatus includes an elongated cheese chamber having an open side face for the admission of a block of cheese, which is urged into the elongated cheese chamber by ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6227473 | Apparatus and methods for pulverizing materials into small particles An apparatus pulverizes material composed of wet or dry discrete objects into relatively smaller particles with shock waves created by flowing the material through a housing having alternating rotors and orifice plates. The housing includes a first end ha... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6203668 | Device for fastening a roll to a frame of a paper machine A device for fastening a roll to the frame construction in a paper machine, paper finishing machine, or equivalent, wherein the ends of the roll are provided with bearings. The bearing housings of the bearings, or fastening bases formed onto the bearing h... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6149085 | Housing for a rolling mill The present invention relates to a housing provided for a rolling mill. The housing includes two sidewalls and at least two horizontal beams for receiving a roll unit. This construction is characterized in having at least one further additional beam arran... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6082648 | Electric household appliance for processing food comprising a device for storing cooking equipment Electric household appliance for processing foodstuffs, comprising a housing (2) enclosing a motor and having a base (4) on which is removably mounted a bowl (6) whose bottom is traversed by a shaft of the motor, various rotatable tools (17,25-27,49-51) m... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6059208 | Buried plastic sewage sump An integrally molded plastic sump basin formed with two distinct portions including a constant depth, shallow dry well at the top defining a controls area that is isolated from a varying depth wet well below, said wet well defining a pump chamber. All ele... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6045071 | Machine for cutting out calibrated pieces of food products A machine for cutting a food product into dice-like sections that includes a two piece enclosure containing a chamber passing axially through said enclosure that is shaped to complement the cross-section of the food product. The two pieces of the enclosur... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6021968 | Roller mill The invention relates to a roller mill, particularly a modular air-swept mill, with a rotary grinding pan on which roll grinding rollers and having columns, on which are mounted by means of rockers the grinding rollers, the columns being in each case fixe... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5967432 | Mill This invention provides a non-ball mill, which makes the material to circulate at high speed within the mill so as to crush the material by means of the impact and friction among the material themselves. The mill includes base, motor, body for forming mil... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5967435 | Chip conditioner drive A single drive motor is connected by a speed reducer directly to the shaft of one roll of the two aggressive surfaced rolls which form a chip destructuring nip. One roll is dynamically positionable perpendicular to its axis of rotation to open and close t... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5961059 | Support for drive system in a paper shredder A shredder having a housing with a first wall and a second wall spaced from the first wall, and a support with a first cradle extending from the first wall and a second cradle opposing the first cradle and extending from the second wall. The shredder also... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5934584 | Base frame for paper comminuting devices A paper comminuting device or similar device, such as a paper shredder, is composed of two dimensionally stable side components extending parallel to each other and a bottom and a rear wall connecting the side components, and a cutting mechanism housing r... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5915638 | Positioning device for concaves of cone crushers An improved positioning device for concaves of cone crushers including a supporting surface formed above a tapered inclined surface of a top cell and projecting inwardly, the supporting surface having slots symmetrically provided thereon for receiving and... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5897065 | Collecting container for paper shredders of similar comminuting devices A collecting container for collecting cut material of paper shredders or similar comminuting devices in which the cutting mechanism of the paper shredder rests with its housing on a box-like or frame-like base frame having a fixed bottom, and wherein the ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5893524 | Paper shredder A paper shredder, particularly a small paper shredder, includes a shell-like lower housing part which includes the cutting rollers with their bearing plates at the end faces and the stripping elements, and an upper housing part which is provided with a ma... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5887809 | Clear-trajectory rotary-driven impact comminuter This invention relates to an apparatus for comminuting rock and other material and, in particular, to a rotary driven blade apparatus which comminutes rock, drilling materials and other material by impact rather than by grinding or crushing. More particul... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5829697 | Support for cylinders in a paper shredder A support placed in the cutting path of a multicylinder cutting assembly to prevent the shafts of the cutting cylinders from separating. In the preferred embodiment, the support comprises a base and two arm members extending upward from the base. The inve... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5826809 | Support for cutting cylinders in a paper shredder A support integral with a housing for a paper shredder having a plurality of cutting cylinders with cutting shafts. The support has at least one rib extending outward from at least one wall of the housing toward the cutting shafts of the cutting cylinders... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5816510 | Grinder pump station A grinder pump station is capable of having its height adjusted in the field during installation, and includes a substantially cylindrical inner wall having an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface of the inner wall defines a cavity for in... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5794866 | Cutter device for clearing and mulching trees A cutter device is provided for being attached to an end of a movable working arm of a self-propelled vehicle for clearing and mulching trees. The cutter device includes a rotatably mounted drum with a plurality of spaced cutter teeth attached to an exter... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5769340 | Positioning device for concave of cone crusher The present invention relates to an improved positioning device for the concave of a cone crusher. The concave is provided with a plurality of tabs which are symmetrically disposed and each of the tabs is provided with a inclined surface which directs to ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5692689 | Cutter device and method for cleaning and mulching trees A cutter device is provided for being attached to an end of a movable working arm of a self-propelled vehicle for clearing and mulching trees. The cutter device includes a rotatably mounted drum with a plurality of spaced cutter teeth attached to an exter... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5655725 | Retaining plate for gearing A plate for connecting gear shafts in a gear assembly, the plate comprising a rigid body having at least one aperture.... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5590840 | Medical waste collection and treatment system An apparatus for the treatment of medical waste, including solid and non-solid materials, permits the collection of such medical waste at the point and at the time of its generation in a solid container. The contained medical waste can be subsequently tra... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5580005 | Arrangement for crushing and cooling material passing out of a firing oven Arrangement for crushing and cooling the material passing out of a firing oven, wherein the crusher is arranged in the hot region, preferably immediately following the oven, in the path of the material upstream of the cooler. According to the invention th... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5547136 | Rotary grinding apparatus for recycling waste materials A heavy-duty grinder is disclosed having increased durability and longevity due to a construction that produces low mechanical vibrations and noises during operation. The grinder includes a pair of end plates, preferably solid steel, and a pair of cutting... | 08/20/1996 |