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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172167 | Crushing plant and method for controlling the same There is described a crushing plant and a method for controlling the same. The crushing plant involves a gyratory crusher (1) with means for controlling a minimum gap in a crushing chamber, and is driven by a diesel engine (18). A load value is retriev... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172166 | Roll mill with automatic control of roll-to-roll distance and inter-roll pressure A roll mill for a milling-dispersing treatment has a fixed roll fixed to a frame, and a transfer roll displaceable into and out of contact with the fixed roll in a direction perpendicular to the fixed roll by a servomotor and a ball screw. A laser sensor disposed be... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8128012 | Apparatus for reclamation of molding sand An apparatus for the reclamation of molding sand by which the quality of the reclaimed molding sand is enhanced. The apparatus for reclamation of molding sand includes a part for feeding the molding sand 1, which part has a sand falling port at its bottom, a ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8070081 | Pressure monitor for pulverizer Load cells are placed in the pre-compression systems of spring suspended rollers in coal/ore crusher/classifiers to produce electrical signals representing actual forces generated in the suspension system during crusher operation. This permits forces to be closely m... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8038084 | Roller mill The invention relates to a roller mill having a mill housing, a mill path which is supported so as to be rotatable about a mill axis inside the mill housing, and at least one mill roller which can be rotated about a mill roller shaft and which is engaged with the mi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8020797 | Device for aligning the refining disc of a refining apparatus A device for aligning the refining disc of a refining apparatus, in which refining apparatus lignocellulose-containing material is disintegrated and refined, which device is intended to be arranged in a support (701) for the axle package of the refining appar... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7954738 | Ice dispenser Provided is an ice dispenser. The ice dispenser dispenses ice pieces have various sizes such as chunks, fragments, and shavings to users, and the size of ice pieces discharged from the ice dispenser can be conveniently adjusted. The ice dispenser includes a rotatabl... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7543769 | Blasting medium picking-apart device The present invention provides a blasting medium picking-apart device comprising: a hopper-shaped container having an upper opening through which a blasting medium is put in; a blade attached to a rotary shaft which is mounted along the central axis of the container... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7364104 | Cutting machine for organic plant materials, especially for tobacco A cutting machine for organic plant materials has a frame in which a cutterhead of a drum having sets of cutting knives (16, 18) symmetrically arranged on its perimeter surface is mounted. At least two separate knife extension arrangement (10, 10a | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365006 | Semiconductor package and substrate having multi-level vias fabrication method A semiconductor package and substrate having multi-level plated vias provide a high density blind via solution at low incremental cost. Via are half-plated atop a circuit pattern and then a second via half is added to complete the via after isolation of elements of ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360726 | Method and control system for starting crushing in a gyratory crusher In a method for starting a crushing operation in a gyratory crusher in which rocks are passed through a crushing gap to be crushed, the following steps are carried out: (a) a driving device is started which causes a crushing head to execute a gyratory pendulum movem... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7344097 | Jaw-type rock crusher with toggle plate tension bar A jaw crusher where the tension rod includes an electronically-controlled hydraulic pre-load and an automatically releasable pre-load whenever adjustments to the size of the material output are made, together with a remote visual indicator of the setting of the size... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337995 | Kernel cracking assembly A kernel cracking assembly comprises two frames each supporting a respective one of two rollers between which kernels are crushed. A hydraulically operated actuator acts to move the frame relative to frame to set the separation of the rollers. A position sensor coup... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7309036 | Refining member clash control method A control system with a sensor mounted in direct mechanical connection to a non-rotating refining member so that the sensor is responsive to axial vibration movement of the support, and an analog to digital converter directly connected to the output of the sensor wi... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293725 | Control method of a gap adjuster of impact crusher and a gap adjuster In an impact crusher, a rise of an advancing-retracting portion (65) of a gap adjuster (60) caused when a rebound plate (33) touches a rotor (32) or the rotation amount of the rotor (32) is detected to determine a zero-point positi... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7255513 | Diamond trowel blade A diamond trowel blade 20 comprises diamond particles that will attach to a power trowel for surface preparation of hardened concrete surfaces. The diamond trowel blade includes a diamond bearing surface 22, for preparing the concrete surface; a backin... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7231757 | Method and apparatus for setting and maintaining reel-to-bedknife clearance A control system for a cutting reel unit includes a reel-to-bedknife clearance adjusting system. The reel-to-bedknife clearance adjusting system includes at least one actuator operatively connected between the reel and the bedknife, and a sound detector. A controlle... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222804 | Arrangement for the adjustment of a shearbar with respect to a chopper assembly and a method of adjustment thereof The invention concerns an arrangement for the adjustment of the position of a shearbar with respect to knives of a chopper assembly. The arrangement includes a first adjusting drive to position the first end of the shearbar at a predetermined first spacing from the ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7188792 | Refiner rotor assembly with a hub having flow-through ports A refiner including a material-admitting inlet and an outlet; and spaced apart first and second refining discs mounted in the chamber. The refiner further includes a rotary third ref refining disc disposed between the first and second discs. A first path for the mov... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182283 | Pulverizer real-time monitoring system A pulverizer monitoring system is applicable to at least one pulverizer having a rotatable bowl assembly, and at least one journal assembly having a grinding roll positioned proximal the rotatable bowl assembly, wherein the grinding roll is deflected by the feedstoc... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172144 | System for measuring wear in a grinding mill The system for measuring wear in a grinding mill has at least one bolt passing through the shell and a wear plate. The bolt has an elongated oblong-shaped bolt head extending through the wear plate, flush with a surface of the wear plate. The bolt head is exposed to... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7104480 | Refiner sensor and coupling arrangement A sensor assembly and coupling arrangement for a rotary disk refiner. The sensor assembly includes a housing formed by a base and frustoconical cap that has a sensing element carrying bulb extending outwardly therefrom. The coupling arrangement includes a conduit ar... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7064536 | Transducer for distance measurement A transducer (10) for distance measurement, especially between a stator and a rotor in a refiner for paper pulp production, in which the transducer is of the magnetic type and has a tubular casing (17), the one end of which forms a measuring head (1... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048211 | Flexible processing apparatus for isolating and purifying viruses, soluble proteins and peptides from plant sources A flexible automated apparatus for isolating and purifying viruses, proteins and peptides of interest from a plant material is disclosed, the apparatus being applicable for large scale purification and isolation of such substances from plant material. The flexible a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6955309 | Method of diagnosing and controlling a grinding mill for paper and the like This invention relates to a method of diagnosing or controlling a grinding mill for paper pulp, wood chips, or other fibrous materials, by measuring the incremental change in power related to an incremental change in the gap, and using the ratio of the two differenc... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953168 | System for positioning the rotor and indexing a percussive comminutor The rotor (2) being operatively associated with an indexing member (13) in the form of a prism, coaxial and secured in rotation with the rotor, said indexing member having a number of projecting edges equal to the number of beaters (3), the inde... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6932289 | Dynamic tramp iron relief system A jaw crusher having a dynamically adjustable tramp iron relief system is disclosed. A moveable jaw and a stationary jaw define a crushing chamber, with a lower portion of the moveable jaw cooperating with a lower portion of the stationary jaw to define a closed sid... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931828 | Harvesting machine comprising a monitoring device for monitoring the sharpness of cutting blades and/or their distance to a counter-cutter A harvesting machine includes a pick-up unit for picking up the harvested crop, a cutting device that is equipped with at least one cutting edge that cooperates with a counter-cutter for cutting and/or chopping the harvested crop, and a monitoring device, which can ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926216 | Material crusher A material crushing device including rotating rotors having first and second crushing surfaces which converge to a nip. One or both of the crushing surfaces may include projections and one or more of the crushing surfaces includes channels disposed at the nip for ej... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920772 | Pinch roll unit A pinch roll unit for either propelling or retarding a product moving along the pass line of a rolling mill comprises a pair of levers mounted for rotation about parallel first axes. Roll shafts are carried by the levers with each roll shaft being journalled for rot... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915711 | Method and means for measuring stress forces in refiners Methods and apparatus for measuring the stress forces in refining disks are disclosed. The method includes providing a measuring surface comprising at least a portion of a plurality of refiner bars on the refining surface of a refining disk, resiliently mounting the... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6910651 | Material crusher A material crushing device including rotating rotors having first and second crushing surfaces which converge to a nip. One or both of the crushing surfaces may include projections and one or more of the crushing surfaces includes channels disposed at the nip for ej... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6906172 | Flexible processing apparatus for isolating and purifying viruses, soluble proteins and peptides from plant sources A flexible automated apparatus for isolating and purifying viruses, proteins and peptides of interest from a plant material is disclosed, the apparatus being applicable for large scale purification and isolation of such substances from plant material. The flexible a... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6827301 | Crushing—breaking apparatus A crushing breaking—apparatus is shown having opposed jaw like members between which work to be crushed is placed; the jaw like members are brought closer to each other and in so doing the work becomes crushed; during loading and crushing of the work the lower end... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6779747 | Intelligent document shredder device A method for shredding a document which renders the information unintelligible and prevents or minimizes reassembly of the shredded document reconstruction of the information contained in the document. The ability to reassembly a shredded document is greatly reduced... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6726135 | Device for comminuting feed material A device for comminuting feed material has a rotary blade ring rotating about an axis of rotation. A comminution chamber is enclosed by the rotary blade ring and receives the feed material in an axial direction parallel to the axis of rotation. A counter abutment pr... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6669123 | Crushing device A crushing device which is suitable, in particular, for chips, including a hopper for filling the chips therein, a tearing arm serving as a coarse breaking mechanism, and a fine breaking mechanism. The fine breaking mechanism has a grinding mechanism with... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6634579 | Method of and apparatus for sharpening orbiting knives The orbiting knife or knives on a rotary knife holder in a tobacco shredding machine is or are automatically adjusted relative to a sharpening tool in response to signals indicating changes of one or more variable parameters which are indicative of the ne... | 10/21/2003 |
