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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7971810 | Food 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 |
| 7600705 | Feeding 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 |
| 7575185 | Beverage 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 |
| 7360728 | Hay 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 |
| 7357340 | Destruction 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 |
| 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 |
| 7217207 | Tensioner 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 |
| 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 |
| 7147361 | Methods 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 |
| 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 |
| 7097123 | Bale 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 |
| 7077345 | Control 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 |
| 7059551 | Fluid 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 |
| 7004411 | Transport 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 |
| 6942161 | Painting 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 |
| 6588688 | Grinder 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 |
| 6405949 | Shuttle granulator Method and apparatus for recycling plastic materials includes the movement of hoppers along cutting edges.... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6259222 | Device 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 |
| 6016979 | System 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 |
| 5901535 | Feed 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 |
| 5833150 | Mobile 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 |
| 5797548 | Self-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 |
| 5611494 | Isolated 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 |
| 5472146 | Infeed 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 |
| 5417375 | Material 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 |
| 5367952 | Apparatus 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 |
| 5308000 | Water 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 |
| 5207390 | Operation 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 |
| 5170949 | Apparatus 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 |
| 5076156 | Grain 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 |
| 4886576 | Method 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 |
| 4874024 | Wood 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 |
| 4844363 | Hopper 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 |
| 4804148 | Crusher 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 |
| 4783011 | Method 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 |
| 4635858 | Methods 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 |
| 4616786 | Plant 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 |
| 4598745 | Feeding 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 |
| 4597535 | Method 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 |
| 4529134 | Self-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 |