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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341631 | Nozzle assembly for spray-on dry fibrous insulation Nozzles for converting clumps and nodules of dry or substantially dry fibrous insulation to pils and for spraying on the so treated and accelerated air entrained insulation pieces to form thermal and acoustical insulation in building cavities. The nozzles comprise a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7299929 | Closed air force type grain sorting mechanism A grain dropping passage constituted below a husking unit(D) serves as a winnowing room(A). A winnowed grain conveyor(1) is provided as the sole conveyor below the winnowing room(A). A winnowing wind blown by a winnowing fan(F) through a blowing room(B) passe... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7278592 | Processing apparatus and method for fluid, and deaerator therewith A processing apparatus for fluid with a simple structure, high productivity, ability of precise dispersion, emulsification and grinding, is provided. The apparatus of the present invention comprises at least two processing faces of a first face and a second f... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7268142 | Tetrahydroisoquinolinyl derivatives of quinazoline and isoquinoline The invention pertains to substituted quinazoline and isoquinoline compounds that serve as effective phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors. In particular, the invention relates to said compounds which are selective inhibitors of PDE-10. The invention also relates to in... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252036 | Rotor blades for food processing machines A rotor for food pulping or straining machines is equipped with a plurality of blades (2) designed to act on the food product to force at least part of it out through a sieve (3) that surrounds the rotor (1) and is characterised in that the blad... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7217901 | System for transporting and selectively sorting particles and method of using the same A system for transporting and selectively sorting particles includes a first wall and a traveling wave grid extending along the first wall. The system includes a second wall having a passage extending therethrough and a gate operatively associated with the passage. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213777 | Public access information destruction system performing pay-per-use shredding A pay-per-use shredding system for public use for destroying documents and media containing private or personal information. The system includes a shredder, a feed chute for receiving material and an outlet feeding the material to the shredder inlet, and a storage b... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201339 | Method and apparatus for producing wood shavings A heavy flywheel disc having a radially spaced apart array of pockets in which are mounted knives. Short logs, which have been de-barked, are fed in with their long axis parallel to the face of the flywheel. A hydraulic ram translates the logs sideways into the plan... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7180026 | Device for a reverse vending machine for bottles and cans In a reverse vending machine the feed opening (22) in the front cover (14), for bottles and cans, is without a fixed connection to pipework, etc. At the same time, an opening (26) for emptying remnants is formed in the front cover (14), i... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159807 | Granular material grinder and method of use A granular material grinder and method of use includes a hammer mill for reducing incoming granular material into particulate material, a microgrinder for reducing the particulate matter into microground powder by particulate matter to particulate matter collisions,... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7074126 | Discharge device for a harvesting machine A crop discharge device for discharging crop from a harvesting machine, comprising a rotatatable rotor mounted in a housing having a movable a bottom. The bottom can be put into a reciprocating motion in order to convey the crop to be discharged to the crop discharg... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7018485 | Apparatus for subjecting rare earth alloy to hydrogenation process and method for producing rare earth sintered magnet using the apparatus An apparatus for subjecting a rare earth alloy block to a hydrogenation process includes a casing, gas inlet and outlet ports, a member arranged to produce a gaseous flow, and a windbreak plate. The casing defines an inner space for receiving a container. The contai... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7001512 | Closed loop processing system for waste and crops A process for treating waste products discharged in a waste water from an animal operation, such as a swine confinement facility includes a holding tank for receiving waste water from the flushing of the facility in which solids to accumulate at the bottom thereof; ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997598 | Impact-type rotary fining, homogenizing and emulsifying device An impact-type rotary fining, homogenizing and emulsifying device is constituted by a casing body disposed on a base, a feed port and a discharge port disposed in the casing body, and a power shaft disposed inside of the casing body. The power shaft is equipped with... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6948912 | Heat dissipation device and its impeller thereof A heat dissipation device and a blade structure thereof are employed to increase input air volume, A new impeller, mounted on the driving means, includes a hub and a plurality of rotor blades arranged around the hub. Preferably, the inner side of each rotor blades e... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6716401 | Infectious waste treatment system A system for treatment of infectious waste including an impactor coupled to a mixing drum that can be pressurized. Infectious waste is introduced directly into the impactor, where the waste is pulverized, then introduced into the mixing drum through its inlet end fo... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6641066 | Filter system for environmentally-safe portable apparatus for disposing of cylindrical light bulbs A portable unitary apparatus, preferably wheeled, is provided herein for disposing of hazardous light bulbs, e.g., fluorescent light bulbs. The apparatus is in the form of a housing which includes an upper compartment, and a lower compartment. The top of ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6607150 | Method and apparatus for crushing material The disclosed method and apparatus for crushing material such as ice include a controller to actively control the speed, volume, temperature, and humidity of airflow to improve the crushing efficiency.... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6572038 | Machine for shredding compacted fibrous material and pneumatically conveying resultant shredded materials A machine for separating a compacted fibrous material and pneumatically impelling separated fibrous material generally comprising a hopper having a trough at a lower end thereof provided with an outlet, a pair of augers disposed in the trough operable to ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6561445 | Hulling apparatus A hulling apparatus that can improve hulling efficiency and hulling roll durability. A first air nozzle and a second air nozzle to cool surfaces of hulling rolls by blowing compressed air thereto are provided at a vicinity of the hulling rolls of the hull... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6540165 | Process for handling particulate material at elevated pressure A process comprising the steps of: (1) pressurizing a particulate material in bead or pellet form in a vessel to an elevated pressure with a first gas, (2) reducing the particulate material under the elevated pressure to a fine consistency, (3) conveying ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6506311 | Method and apparatus for processing wet material A wet material treatment apparatus includes an inlet hopper for introducing the wet material into the apparatus. The hopper feeds the wet material into an injector auger that physically directs the wet material into a high velocity air stream produced by ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6467707 | Control logic for use in controlling grinding mill systems A closed loop control system for monitoring and regulating operation of a grinding mill to reduce material in quantity to exactly match a processor material demand. The control system regulates the operation of components of a grinding mill at in response... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6354938 | Straw-cutting machine for the chopping of stalks A straw-cutting machine serves to chop stalks, preferably to chop straw behind the straw-walker end (1) of a combine harvester. It possesses a straw-cutting machine housing (4) in which a rotor (5) provided with cutting tools (7) and a drive is pivoted, a... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6340125 | Apparatus for breaking chips and system for treating chips An apparatus for breaking chips into fragments, including an outer structure which is fixedly provided such that a center line of the outer structure is parallel to a reference direction having a vertical component, an inner structure which is provided in... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6126098 | Chopper for breaking up stalks A chopper for breaking up stalks, chiefly straw is provided with a chopper housing in which a rotor equipped with cutting tools and a drive are housed and which is positioned under a feed hopper. A baffle plate forms a chopping floor in the area of which ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6092747 | Automatic pneumatic conveying machine In the broader aspects of the invention, there is provided a new and improved pneumatic conveying machine comprising a vertically sided hopper, and a material agitator/conditioner within the hopper. The hopper has a discharge opening at the bottom of the ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6092748 | Blade ring for air-swept roller mills To reduce the manufacturing costs of air-swept roller mills and comparable mills and for optimizing the grinding and classifying processes via the flow direction of the fluid-grinding material mixture, according to the invention a blade ring is provided, ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6086002 | Balanced comminuting, vacuum and loading and/or spreading system The present invention relates to a hydraulic assisted comminuting, vacuuming and loading system for debris and includes: a self propelled vehicle having a bed for either (i) feeding native material, commercial mulch and the like into the system, or (ii) r... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6079646 | Blade ring for air-swept roller mills To reduce the manufacturing costs of air-swept roller mills and comparable mills, according to the invention a segmented polygonal blade ring is provided, which is manufactured from a plurality of polygon segments, which have planar surfaces and are prefe... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6070815 | Grain milling machine In a grain milling machine, a milling chamber 25 is defined by a gap between a cylindrical body 24 and a rotating body 23, and grinding plates 27 and 28 are arranged on both facing surfaces of the milling chamber 25. On the surface of at least one of the ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6045069 | Rotary mill A rotary mill for reduction of ore to particles is described. The rotary mill comprises a primary reduction chamber, a secondary reduction chamber and an outlet chamber. Material entering the primary reduction chamber is deflected by an impact rotor, whic... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6036125 | Wood chipper A wood chipper includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet and a cutting assembly disposed within the housing between the inlet and the outlet and a chute disposed about and overhanging the outlet to form a space therebetween.... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5865381 | Surface treating apparatus for solid particles, surface treating method therefor and method for producing toner An apparatus for treating the surfaces of solid particles has at least a first cylindrical treating chamber and a rotary shaft and a first rotor having two or more blades on its front face, contained in the first cylindrical treating chamber. A powder cha... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5826807 | Method and apparatus for comminuting of solid particles A cylindrical vessel has a drive shaft rotatably mounted therein and extending along substantially the entire longitudinal extent thereof. This drive shaft is rotatably driven by a motor at a speed of 3,000-10,000 rpm. The output of a roller mill or the l... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5823450 | Ring roller mill The present invention relates to a ring roller mill which, among other things, can be used in connection with the manufacture of cement for grinding of mineral clinker materials, slags, and similar materials. The mill has a grinding ring 1 and a roller 2.... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5816509 | Apparatus for continuously supplying fine powder in minute and quantitative amounts An apparatus for continuously supplying fine particles (powder) in minute and quantitative amounts in a dispersed manner, is disclosed. An orifice throat 5 is formed in an orifice tube, and a powder carrying tube 7 is connected to the orifice throat. A po... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5791568 | Leaf vacuum/chopper An apparatus for vacuuming up and chopping material such as leaves has a housing having a main chamber centered on an axis, an inlet port opening axially into the chamber, and an outlet port opening tangentially of the chamber. A rotor disk in the chamber... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5716015 | Ring roller mill The present invention relates to a ring roller mill which, among other things, can be used in connection with the manufacture of cement for grinding of mineral clinker materials, slags, and similar materials. The mill has a grinding ring 1 and a roller 2.... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5704558 | Automated recycling center for aluminum cans Cans can be loaded into the automated recycling center by placing the cans into an input slot on the front of an outer container. The cans then fall into a chute, where air pressure from a blower blows the cans upward and rearward through the chute to a s... | 01/06/1998 |
