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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5553793 | Combination pill crushing and dispensing cup Two pill crushing/dispensing cups are provided, each having an interior and an exterior abraded surface on the cup bottom. A pill is placed within a first of the cups and a second cup is nested within the first such that the pill is positioned between the... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5540394 | Adjuster mechanism for gyrasphere crusher concave Apparatus for adjusting a conical concave crushing bowl of a gyrasphere crasher relative to a conical convex crashing head of the gyrasphere crasher includes a plurality of lugs connected to the conical concave crashing bowl; a bushing i) connected to the... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5540393 | Gyrasphere crusher with bladder operated bowl lock mechanism A gyrasphere crusher includes a crusher frame, a crushing head, and a crusher bowl which is selectively locked to and released from the crusher frame via operation of a bowl lock assembly including a clamping ring or locknut and an inflatable bladder devi... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5538192 | Plunger can and spring compressor A plunger can structure and a mated spring compressor system. The plunger can includes a plunger tip and an indicator rod extending from the plunger tip through the plunger can and out the opposite end of the plunger can. Removal and replacement of a shim... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5526989 | Method of operation of positive guidance system for a tank-cleaning device A guidance system and method for positively guiding a tank sludge-removal unit or the like around the inside of a tank, including a plurality of winch assemblies mounted at radially spaced locations on the top perimeter of the tank each having a control l... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5513808 | Thermoelectrical insulation for high temperatures and electric currents manufactured from amorphous natural graphite This invention refers to improvements to thermoelectrical insulation for high temperatures and electric currents manufactured from amorphous natural graphite, and more specifically to a procedure that consists of the grinding, mixing and classifying by pa... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5500088 | Automatic refiner load control The load on a refiner motor is controlled by adjusting the motor load setpoint by monitoring load applied by the refiner and the plate gap between the refiner plates to define the curve of the load versus plate gap relationship. This slope of load versus ... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5490634 | Biological method for coal comminution A method for reducing the size of coal particles includes the steps of inoculating a coal sample with an anaerobic bacteria or decarboxylating enzyme therefrom and incubating the inoculated sample. The microbes and/or decarboxylating enzymes biochemically... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5485965 | Automatic product feed and method for controlling a milling roller mill The invention proposes a novel automatic product feed in which an analog signal is formed and at least one other digital signal which is adjustable independently of the analog signal is generated and used for the automatic product feed for supervising the... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5482218 | Rock crushing apparatus and method The invention provides an apparatus for crushing material such as rock and includes a support structure having an inlet and an outlet. A powered rotor shaft rotates with respect to the support structure about a shaft axis, and a rotor mounted eccentricall... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5462235 | Aggregate producing machine An apparatus for producing shredded aggregate from, e.g., boards of expanded polystyrene, is described. The apparatus includes a shredding box defining a shredding chamber; a rotor housed in the shredding box; means for driving the rotor; a plurality of s... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5454520 | Method for controlling the material feed to a roller press for grinding particulate material For controlling the material feed to a roller press, a method is described, whereby the difference between the operating values of a roller press before and after a forced change in the material feed is used to establish whether the material feed should b... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5449123 | Method and apparatus for pulverizing scrapped fiber reinforced thermosetting plastic materials A method and apparatus for pulverizing into fine powder in one step scrapped difficult to crush plastics of fiber reinforced thermosetting plastics by using a rotating diamond wheel having diamond grits of rough grain size of more than 270 mesh on the out... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5424077 | Co-micronized bicarbonate salt compositions This invention provides a co-micronized bicarbonate salt composition which is a blend of ingredients having a particle size between about 0.01-1.0 micron. The composition is produced by mill co-micronization of a crystalline bicarbonate ingredient and a c... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5419500 | Method for creating plastic slivers The invention concerns itself with an apparatus and method for producing plastic slivers from plastic infeed stock. The splinters produced are especially suitable for use in plastic or cellulosic/plastic composites. The invention will readily accommodate ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419498 | Material handling system and method A material feeding system and method generates a specified continuous output from a variable quantity of discrete and separated units of input. The conversion from discrete units of input to a continuous stream of output is facilitated by a dispersing whe... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5417374 | System and method for pressure treatment of granular material An improved roller press for the high pressure interparticle crushing of a pulverulent material and the method of operating including opposed parallel horizontal crushing rollers forming a high pressure crushing nip between them and forcing air from the m... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5415496 | Stabilization of pre-existing landfills Landfill waste is transferred to a controlled composting plant where it is aerated, moistened and mixed to enhance and accelerate the composting of the landfill which is then returned to the landfill. When the existing landfill is unlined the returned com... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5415355 | Method for functional monitoring of mechanical paper shredders The invention presents an easily carried out method for functional monitoring of mechanical paper shredders. The actual slow-down behavior of the cutter blocks is determined and compared with the slow-down behavior of well-functioning cutter blocks. Devia... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5386945 | Method for controlling a roller mill The present invention provides a roller mill control method capable of automatically controlling a roller mill which is comparatively difficult to operate for operation in an optimum operating condition, and a roller mill controller for carrying out the r... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5383610 | Method of operating a material bed roll mill The invention relates to the comminution of brittle material for grinding in a material bed roll mill with two grinding rolls, in which the material for grinding is comminuted between the cylindrical surfaces of the grinding rolls by the application of a ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5383611 | Direct in-line injection of particulate compositions in spraying systems A method and apparatus for direct in-line injection of solid particulate compositions into conventional spraying systems, the apparatus including a screw designed to meter and reduce the particle size of the composition as it is transported from an inlet ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5379949 | Method for treating particles of a bulk material and method for controlling a roll mill An apparatus for sorting particles of a bulk material moving on a transport ribbon (38) comprises an electro optical monitoring unit (101) above transport ribbon (38) for detecting the particles to be sorted out. Jet nozzles (45, 46) are controlled by a s... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5379950 | Method and system for controlling a layer thickness in a grinding operation A method is described for controlling the grinding of a dispersion of solid particles in a doughy-pasty mass, such as a chocolate mass, on a roller mill line having at least one preceding and one postponed roller mill (1 or 4), of which at east the postpo... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5373994 | Ball mill can positioning device An automatic positioning device for a ball mill can allows an operator to set a ball mill can on the rollers of a ball mill stand without centering or modifying the position of the can. The positioning device includes a mounting fixture secured to the bal... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5372315 | Method and system for the pressure treatment of granular material A high pressure roller press for interparticle crushing of material including opposed crushing rollers with at least one roller being movable, a gate controlled material feed to the nip of the rollers, means measuring the nip width by measuring the distan... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5368238 | Adjustable rotary drum bale cutter apparatus and method A horizontally oriented three sided frame is adapted to hold a round hay bale. An endless chain driven conveyor encircles the floor of the frame to cause the round bale to rotate about a longitudinal axis thereof while simultaneously urging a portion of t... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5366166 | Mechanical alloying of brittle and hard materials by use of planetary mills In a planetary mill, the ratio between the angular speed of a planetary wheel and the angular speed of the sun wheel is selected based upon the ratio between the inner radius of a grinding drum connected to the planetary wheel and the radius of the sun wh... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5361995 | Automatic product feed and method for controlling a milling roller mill The invention proposes a novel automatic product feed in which an analog signal is formed and at least one other digital signal which is adjustable independently of the analog signal is generated and used for the automatic product feed for supervising the... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5361996 | Method and arrangement for finely-grinding minerals The invention relates to a method for finely grinding minerals and similar materials in an essentially dry state to particle sizes at which the ground material can be used as a filler. The method is characterized by effecting at least the final grinding p... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5360169 | Process and apparatus for the disposal of articles containing metals or metal vapors Described are a process and device for recycling articles containing metals or metal vapors, in particular mercury-vapor lamps. The articles are fed into a container containing a liquid which converts the metal or metal vapor into harmless compounds, in p... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5353999 | Particulate amorphous precipitated silica A statistically large population of particles of amorphous precipitated silica is substantially free of particles of amorphous precipitated silica which are retained on a 20 mesh sieve screen, and is characterized by at least 90 percent by weight of said ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5330109 | Control operation of a clutch drive system A motor-driven drive shaft is coupled to a grinding mill or other unbalanced rotatable member through a clutch arranged to accommodate misalignment, the clutch being so controlled during start-up as to be initially engaged to effect a first limited rotati... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5324138 | In situ process for increasing the capacity of a municipal solid waste landfill The in situ process for increasing the capacity of a municipal solid waste landfill involves disturbing the municipal solid waste present within a landfill site, adjusting the moisture content of the waste material, adding a lime reagent, stockpiling the ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5323513 | Safety apparatus for a traveling unit of a textile machine and method of operating the textile machine A bale opening machine is provided with a safety apparatus, by means of which there are produced safety barriers or fences parallel to lengthwise sides of a row of bales to be opened and/or substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement of the b... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5318228 | Sodium dispersion and organohalide reaction processes A process for the production of an alkali dispersion includes charging a mixing vessel with a solid alkali metal, a liquid which is inert to the alkali metal and a grinding media. The vessel is connected to a vibrating driver which is vibrated until the a... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5316224 | Method and apparatus for recovering elastomeric material A method for recovering elastomeric material such as rubber from tires comprising the steps of soaking the tires in a mixture of liquids in tanks which soften the rubber, subjecting the softened tires to shear conditions in the rubber, and recovering the ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5312053 | Cone crusher with adjustable stroke A gyratory crusher includes a bowl assembly with a concave crushing surface and a crusher head of conical shape which extends into the concave portion of the bowl assembly. A central crusher axis extends centrally through the bowl assembly. The crusher he... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5306205 | Method for producing mincemeat The method of producing mincemeat in accordance with the invention by comminution of meat of slaughtered animals is characterized in that immediately after each other pieces of meat from freshly slaughtered and dismembered animals are comminuted, prior to... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5302021 | Method of preventing the formation of an air pocket in a blender An air pocket is often formed in fluid (F) in the pitcher (14) of a blender around the rotating mixing blade assembly (24) thereof. The air pocket is of a cross-sectional size defined by an air channel defining member, shown in the form of a bearing housi... | 04/12/1994 |
