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Class 241/35 - By speed or torque of comminutor drive


Subclass of Class 241 - Solid material comminution or disintegration
Definition: Apparatus in which the condition to which the feed control
No. of patents: 58
Last issue date: 07/05/2011


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NumberTitleIssue Date
7971810Food waste disposer with PWM based control of grinding profile
A food waste disposer has a motor driven with pulse width modulation (“PWM”). A grinding profile is controlled based on PWM values of the PWM controller driving the motor. In an aspect, controlling the grinding profile includes varying the speed of the motor bas...
07/05/2011
7600705Feeding mechanism auto-adjusting to load for use in automatic high-security destruction of a mixed load, and other feeding systems
A inventive feeding mechanism continuously feeds and continuously subjects to shredding, cutting, recycling, sorting, or other processing, a load consisting of a mixture of different-thickness materials, such as a mixture of paper, compact disks (CDs), cassette tape...
10/13/2009
7575185Beverage and ice dispenser capable of selectively dispensing cubed or crushed ice
A beverage and ice dispenser that dispenses both beverages and cubed or crushed ice. Beverages are dispensed from dispensing heads. Cubed ice is stored in a bin. A duct leads from the bin. The duct has first and second outlet openings. A chute leads from the outlet ...
08/18/2009
7360728Hay 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
7357340Destruction method with 45 degree feeding
True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int...
04/15/2008
7252033Automatic 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
7217207Tensioner
A tensioner comprising a base having a toothed portion, a pivot arm pivotally engaged with the base, a pulley journalled to the pivot arm, a spring disposed between the base and the pivot arm for biasing the pivot arm in a first direction, a mechanism disposed on th...
05/15/2007
7156333Bale 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
7147361Methods for injecting dry bulk amendments for water and soil treatment
The present invention includes methods for introducing a dry material into a fluid stream in a way that ensures a predictable, highly accurate and consistent application of the material. The invention applies variable amounts of dry material regardless of whether th...
12/12/2006
7147175Crushing 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
7097123Bale processor with grain mixing attachment
A bale processor on a wheeled vehicle has a hopper converging inwardly and downwardly to a lower disintegration area at which is located a flail roller rotatable about an axis extending generally along the hopper and including a drive roller or rollers in the hopper...
08/29/2006
7077345Control of a feed system of a grinding machine
A horizontal grinder is disclosed herein. The grinder includes a grinding structure and upper and lower feed conveyors for feeding material toward the grinding structure. The upper feed conveyor is positioned above the lower feed conveyor such that the material fed ...
07/18/2006
7059551Fluid coupling for mobile equipment
In an assembly including a diesel engine, a fluid coupling connected to the flywheel of the diesel engine, a comminuting machine and a conveyor for feeding the comminuting machine, a fluid coupling module is common to various output power train assemblies. Slip spee...
06/13/2006
7004411Transport locking for a vibrating feeder of a mobile crushing unit
A transport locking arrangement is disclosed for a vibrating feeder of a mobile crushing unit, the transport locking arrangement utilizing the downward rotatable sidewalls of the feeder hopper of the vibrating feeder that are hingedly mounted on the framework of sai...
02/28/2006
6942161Painting machine for use with powder paint
A painting machine includes a powder paint spray gun, a mixer for mixing a plurality of powder paints having different colors, and a control device controlling an amount of each powder paint supplied to the powder paint spray gun so that a mixing ratio of the powder...
09/13/2005
6588688Grinder for comminuting waste material
A grinder for comminuting waste material comprises a frame structure (18, 20). A grinding rotor (24) is rotatably carried by the frame structure (18, 20.) The grinding rotor (24) carries a plurality of cutting tools (36) cooperating with a counter blade (...
07/08/2003
6405949Shuttle granulator
Method and apparatus for recycling plastic materials includes the movement of hoppers along cutting edges....
06/18/2002
6259222Device and method for regulating maximum loading on an electric motor in an aggregate feed replenishing system
A device for controlling load on a first motor whose load is affected by a second motor, comprises a controller having a first input for being connected to a horsepower transducer connected to the first motor being monitored and an output for being connec...
07/10/2001
6016979System for processing big refuse such as a spring-containing mattress and the like
A system of processing big refuses such as spring-containing mattresses according to the present invention includes a crushing process for crushing big refuses such as spring-containing mattresses by a single axial crusher capable of crushing them into a ...
01/25/2000
5901535Feed control device for a harvesting machine method of controlling
The harvesting machine includes an attachment, a feed device for material to be harvested, a cutting drum for the material to be harvested, an ejection means for conveying the material from the cutting drum, an advantageously hydrostatic drive for the fee...
05/11/1999
5833150Mobile crusher and crusher control method
The present invention is a mobile crusher and a method for controlling the same, wherein the most suitable amount of crushed substances can be always secured so as to obtain crushed substances having a desired particle size distribution. To this end, the ...
11/10/1998
5797548Self-propelled crushing machine
In a self-propelled crushing machine having a vehicle body, a traveling body mounted on the lower portion of the vehicle body, a crusher mounted on the upper portion of the vehicle body, and a hopper mounted on the upper portions of the vehicle body havin...
08/25/1998
5611494Isolated intelligent and interrelated control system with manual substitution
A boiler fuel distribution control system in which a boiler fuel demand signal is employed to regulate the rate of grinding of the fuel within predetermined limits of air supply so the grinding of the fuel material is accomplished at a desired mill grindi...
03/18/1997
5472146Infeed means for comminuting machine
The comminuting machine includes a housing provided with a rotary impact mechanism. Infeed apparatus including a conveyor and a revolving intake roll act upon the infed material for conveying the same to the rotary impact mechanism. An entrance gap is def...
12/05/1995
5417375Material reducing machine
An improved arrangement for feeding material through a material reducing machine. An inclined wall is positioned strategic to a material reduction unit and a plunger of the machine. A lower beveled edge of the inclined wall is positioned in close proximit...
05/23/1995
5367952Apparatus for handling lug scrap strips from metallic strip slitters
Apparatus for handling lug scrap strips produced by the slitting of metallic strips in a metallic strip slitter. The lug scrap strip handling apparatus includes air ducts for transfer of the lug scrap strips, a scrap cutter provided in the air duct for co...
11/29/1994
5308000Water saver control for disposers
A waste disposer having a rotatable shredding element for grinding waste in a flushing liquid, an outlet for discharging ground waste material in liquid to a drain, an electrically-powered motor for driving the rotatable shredding element and a source for...
05/03/1994
5207390Operation control system for a shredder
A control system for a refuse shredder composed of a refuse feeding section and a refuse shredding section detects a stagnating state of refuse to adjust the feed rate, detects idling of the feeding section and restores it to a proper state, detects a ten...
05/04/1993
5170949Apparatus and method for processing scrap film
An economical apparatus and method for reprocessing scrap film. The apparatus includes a film-air separation chamber for separating air from incoming strips of scrap film, a cutter for cutting the strips into fine pieces, and a storage tank or further rep...
12/15/1992
5076156Grain cleaning machine
A grain cleaning machine comprising a cleaning chamber including a cleaning roll for cleaning uncleaned grain white, a screw conveyor for feeding the uncleaned grain into the cleaning chamber, a discharge adjusting device disposed in a grain outflow regio...
12/31/1991
4886576Method and apparatus for producing uniform pulp yields by controlling the operation of a refiner
A method and apparatus for producing uniform pulp yields, wherein at least a refiner is controlled in accordance with the UV absorbance of the lignin dissolved in the digester cooking liquor, thereby to produce for a given quantity of wood chips a uniform...
12/12/1989
4874024Wood processing device having self-reversing feature
A wood cutting knife is provided for producing wood chips or flakes. The knife includes a central cutting member, and two wing members positioned on opposite sides of the central cutting member. The height of the wing members determines the depth of cut o...
10/17/1989
4844363Hopper ram for shredder
A shredder having a hopper for funneling material to the cutting blades of the shredder is provided with a ram assist within the hopper to push material into the cutting blades. The ram is shielded from the material passing through the hopper by an interm...
07/04/1989
4804148Crusher control system
A control system for a rock crusher in a rock crushing plant operates the crusher at optimum efficiency for increasing the throughput of the crusher. The horsepower of the motor that drives the crusher is sensed, and the level of rock within the crusher b...
02/14/1989
4783011Method and apparatus for the two-stage crushing of brittle material for grinding
A method and apparatus for the two-stage crushing of brittle material comprising a roll mill and a mill connected downstream thereof, the output of the second mill being delivered to a sifter in which a second branch stream of the grit obtained in the sif...
11/08/1988
4635858Methods of operating ball grinding mills
An electric motor operated rotary drum type grinding mill is operated at optimal efficiency by detecting and analyzing the motor current. The power signals are converted by signal processing equipment for presentation as pictorial display representations ...
01/13/1987
4616786Plant for processing surplus concrete
Surplus concrete or return concrete to be processed is poured into a high-capacity receiving bin and is transferred at a metered rate from said bin by means of a screw conveyor to a washing apparatus, in which fine components are separated from very fine ...
10/14/1986
4598745Feeding wood chipping
Wooden logs are chipped by alternating forward feed of the log towards a cutting device, to obtain cutting and retracting the log from the cutting device, either as instigated manually or when the cutter speed drops below a predetermined value....
07/08/1986
4597535Method and apparatus for regulating the operation of a crusher
A method of regulating the operation of a material-crusher (1) in which the noise emitted by the crusher, the power absorbed thereby and the supply and removal flow rates of the material therein are detected. The flow rate (2) of the material fed into the...
07/01/1986
4529134Self-clearing shredding apparatus and method of operation thereof
A self-clearing shredding apparatus for disposal of waste material which includes hard to crush or shred objects, in which the apparatus is provided with individually driven pair of cutter shafts in a common horizontal plane for reducing the waste materia...
07/16/1985
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