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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167223 | Shredder and auto feed system An auto feed shredding apparatus has cutter elements for destroying articles and a mechanism for advancing articles from a tray and into the cutter elements for shredding. A method for advancing articles to be shredded is also described. A feed mechanism is used to ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8141802 | Brush chipper A control mechanism for the feed of a brush chipper is disclosed. A lower feed stop bar, located under a feed table, pivots on a pivot axis located below and toward the brush chipper from the control bar of the lower feed stop bar. The center of gravity of the lower... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7954736 | Brush chipper in-feed system A wood chipper has a pair of feed rollers, a first of which has a fixed axis position, and a second of which is moveably toward and away from the first feed roller. Springs are provided to urge the moveable roller toward the first feed roller and to a reference posi... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7854405 | Document disposal apparatus There is provided a document destruction apparatus including: a destruction section that destroys documents; a conveyance section that conveys documents to the destruction section a page at a time; a reading section that is disposed partway along the conveyance sect... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7850104 | Inferential pulverized fuel flow sensing and manipulation within a coal mill The subject matter herein relates to coal mills and, more particularly, inferential pulverized fuel flow sensing and manipulation within a coal mill. Various embodiments provide systems, methods, and software to manipulate a primary air flow rate and a coal feed rat... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7828235 | Shredder auto feed system The present invention is generally related to an apparatus having cutter elements for destroying articles such as paper sheets and a mechanism for advancing at least a top sheet from a stack of paper in a tray into the cutter elements for shredding. In one embodimen... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7721981 | Mechanical brush chipper feed control bar A mechanical control mechanism for the feed of a brush chipper is disclosed. The feed control bar has four positions: (1) forward or feed, (2) neutral, (3) reverse, and (4) stop. The hydraulic control valve has the three usual positions: ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7600704 | Pulp crushing apparatus An absorbent product manufacturing apparatus including a pulp feed mechanism (2) for feeding a pulp sheet along a lower surface of a pulp guide part (2411) and a pulp crushing mechanism (3) for crushing the pulp sheet from the pulp feed mechanis... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7523879 | Crushing apparatus A rotary crushing apparatus having a hydraulic motor for driving a crusher includes a load detector for detecting a loading state of the hydraulic motor, a load judging device for judging the loading state of the hydraulic motor, a feeding amount controller that sto... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7481386 | Chipper feed mechanism with pulsating down pressure A wood chipper includes an engine and a cutting assembly. A rotatable feed wheel and a gap-bounding member define therebetween an adjustable gap through which feed material moves toward the cutting assembly. An electronic control unit (ECU) controls force applied to... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7441718 | Wood reducing apparatus having hydraulically controlled material feed system A wood chipper or grinder includes counter rotating upper and lower feed drums driven by a hydraulic motor at variable fluid pressure to produce variable torque to the feed drums. Wood debris fed to a gap between the rollers is advanced toward a grinder or chipper t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7365955 | Material processing machine A material processing machine such as a wood chipping machine, a press, a cane cutting machine or other machine comprising an operating region having at least one processing element and an access region through which material passes to the operating region, has at l... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7337994 | Rope-on-spool uncoiler and granulator Rope made of cellulose fibers, the polymeric chemical structure of which fibers has not been modified (referred to as “raw” cellulose fibers), are subjected to intense electron beam irradiation insufficient to degrade their chemical structure but sufficient to m... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325757 | Plastics recovery system A transportable system for separating materials in a waste stream. An arrangement of separation and grinding devices is mounted on a transportable platform. The devices are configured and arranged to produce three or more product streams from a plastic-rich feed mix... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325759 | Method for minimizing damage to a waste fragmentation machine A method for reducing impact damage to a waste fragmentation machine is provided in various embodiments. In general, material that is potentially ungrindable, e.g., unacceptably dense, may be inadvertently allowed to enter into the grinding chamber within the machin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322536 | Control system The present invention relates to a control system for a rock crusher which is adapted for use with Vertical Shaft Impact rock crusher which divides the rock it processes into a stream which is supplied to a central rotor and a stream which cascades past the rotor. T... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311277 | Shredder apparatus and shredding method When a printing paper to which an IC chip storing secret information is attached is discarded, a shredder applied voltage to the IC chip by a discharging unit to destroy the IC chip and to make it impossible to read the secret information therefrom. Thereafter, a sh... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293726 | Device for grinding coffee beans A grinding device for coffee beans includes a grinding mill and a storage container positioned above the grinding mill. The storage container includes a separating wall defining at least two compartments for different types of coffee bean. The storage container has ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284715 | Shredding machine A shredding machine having a plastics loading section and a paper loading section. The two loading sections feed material to be shred into a single cutting section. The plastics loading section may include a ram that urges loaded materials into the cutting section f... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7252033 | Automatic coffee maker A coffee maker includes a valve mechanism having a micro switch, an electromagnetic valve, a magnetic covering board activated by the electromagnetic valve for opening or closing a powder path, and a spring interconnecting the covering board and the electromagnetic ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246763 | Comminution apparatus A comminution apparatus for reducing a particle size of a material includes a cutting chamber defining an interior volume, wherein the cutting chamber includes first and second member forming an angle therebetween. Each of the first and second members include a plur... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243867 | Coffee grinder with coffee bean container A coffee grinder with a coffee bean container 9 divided into at least two compartments 13, 14, with a bottom-side output shaft 20 common to both compartments 13, 14. The coffee bean container has a grinding mill 10 disposed beneath... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240863 | Method of refining wood chips or pulp in a high consistency conical disc refiner A method is proposed for improving pulp quality at high production rates on conical disc refiners. It permits a reduction in refining intensity by enabling fibre residence time to increase by increasing consistency, while avoiding the problem of plate plugging norma... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234656 | Paper shredder paper feed mechanism A paper shredder paper feed mechanism, characterized in having a paper insert opening structured from two movable paper feed tubes, which are configured above paper shredding cutters. Two ends of each of the paper feed tubes are respectively positioned in W-shaped e... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232083 | Method of operating brush chippers An improved brush cutter having an upper feed control member with stop, forward, neutral, and reverse positions also has a lower feed stop member with selectable sensitivity. Another aspect of the invention is to predict the feed roller shutoff point according to th... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226778 | Apparatus for natural recycling of protein waste An apparatus and process for naturally recycling poultry carcasses for use as a nutritional supplement, the apparatus generally consists of four modules: an enzymatic digest medium mixing assembly that self adjusts for pH; a mobile grinding assembly mounted on a tru... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226011 | Stacker reclaimer method and apparatus This invention provides an apparatus for handling bulk material as located at circular or linear storage site. More specifically, a reclaimer apparatus is described having a platform mounted on one or more wheel track assemblies arranged to roll on at least one rail... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223427 | Beverage maker interface The present disclosure relates to a system and method of use for storing and communicating information such as beverage preparation parameters including but not limited to beverage recipes, advertisements or operator information. The present disclosure provides a sy... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222805 | Shredder with cage relief A materials processing system adapted for the reduction of metallic materials including a material feed portion configured to convey materials to a mill portion comprising a motor driven rotor in close running fit with a cage mounted grate through which reduced mate... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223086 | Golf ball manufacturing apparatus A golf ball manufacturing apparatus comprises a mold including a cavity for forming a golf ball, an injection molding machine for supplying a molten resin to the mold, a supply portion for supplying a resin pellet to the injection molding machine, and a crushing mac... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7210511 | Intermediate product, method and device for producing wood chips The invention relates to an intermediate product, a method for processing the intermediate product and a wood chipping device for processing the intermediate product. The intermediate product is substantially rod shaped and is sized in a range that includes between ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207507 | Process and apparatus for the granulation of sludges The invention relates to a process for the granulation of sludge- and optionally dust-form material, in which the material to be granulated is mixed with hydratable or hydraulically settable solids and water, which solids react exothermically with water and act as b... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204439 | Apparatus and process for control of rotary breakers Efficient process control of a rotary breaker is dependent upon the rate at which aggregate material is delivered to the rotary breaker. An improved pre-screening apparatus provides enhanced control of the amount of undersized material allowed to bypass the rotary b... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7182330 | Intelligent autonomous sheet feeder for the infeed of a printer Disclosed herein is a sheet feeder for a printer. The sheet feeding device feeds a single sheet into an infeeder of a printer without communicating with the printer. The sheet feeder is equipped with a sensor for detecting when the printer is able to accept a sheet.... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178976 | Blender for ingredients into soft-serve freezer products An assembly is mounted to a soft serve confection freezer. It includes a set of modules in a circular array and separately replaceable in a magazine. Each module supports a container storing a dry food ingredient in particulate form, and has a motor driven product i... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168640 | Method and apparatus for comminuting waste In a method and apparatus for comminuting waste to minimise the risk of damage to the apparatus and to provide quick flexible reaction to changing operating conditions the comminuting apparatus includes a drive unit having at least one electric motor in the form of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166164 | Vehicle powder coating system An apparatus for applying powder coating material onto large objects such as automotive, truck or other vehicle bodies includes a powder spray booth defining a controlled area within which to apply powder coating material onto the vehicle bodies, a powder kitchen lo... | 01/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7147175 | Crushing system In a crushing system, an interlocked operation of operation units including a grizzly feeder, a crusher and a delivery conveyor and so on is stopped by depressing an interlock OFF switch (94). For this, after stopping the grizzly feeder, a stop command sectio... | 12/12/2006 |
