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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113452 | Roller mill A roller mill for grinding particulate material such as cement raw materials, cement clinker and the like includes a grinding table and a set of rollers rotatable about a vertical shaft. The set of rollers include a number of rollers rotating about separate roller s... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8061637 | Grinding unit with mill as a complete and independent module The invention concerns an impact mill suitable for installation in a container. To this end, the container must have an opening, e.g. a manhole with flange. The mill is designed as a complete and independent module without a separate mill housing, all functional com... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7905434 | Powder processing apparatus In order to manufacture the compound powder or the porous granulated substance in an efficient manner, a powder processing apparatus has an accumulating face on which the processing target powder is to be accumulated and a processing face disposed in opposition to t... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7497394 | Method and system for the treatment of waste In a method for treating waste products and recycling products of solid organic or inorganic materials or composite materials or mixtures thereof, a breaking-up or separation of the components by means of an impulse is effected in the composite material or the mixtu... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7441716 | Aluminum recovering dry system and process A closed circuit, dry processing system for processing aluminum containing products and producing reusable particles of aluminum, and a process thereof. The aluminum containing products are crushed into chips which are then separated into iron-based and ironless chi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7384010 | Process for producing crushed product, apparatus therefor and crushed product A process for producing an oxygen-free, non-denaturable, cooled and dried crushed product of superior quality by effecting efficient crushing by a simple apparatus in an easy operation while preventing a decrease in qualities such as flavor, taste and masticating fe... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7364100 | Apparatus for comminuting material with a separate air supply An apparatus for comminuting material includes two disks arranged coaxially to one another inside a housing that encloses a comminuting room. At least part of the opposing surfaces of the disks are provided with interacting comminuting tools thus forming a comminuti... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7341416 | Machine and method to feed filled bags, open the bags, empty the bags, and dispose of the empty bags A filled plastic bag may contain insulation. The bags are stacked in a loader. A pair of reciprocating arms rotate a bottom-most bag causing that bag to fall through an opening of a base. A conveyor receives the bag and moves it through a transverse knife and a long... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331374 | Method and apparatus for assisting removal of sand moldings from castings Disclosed is a method for dislodging a mold from a casting formed within the mold. The mold may be removed from the casting by scoring the mold and applying a force sufficient to cause the mold to fracture and break into pieces. Additionally, the mold may be fractur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331540 | Dispersing device In a device for the dispersion of, in particular, low-viscosity to high-viscosity mixtures of substances, including a container having one or more openings for introducing the substances to be dispersed and one or more openings for discharging the dispersed substanc... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7294227 | Method and system for the treatment of pulp prior to ozone bleaching A system for treating pulp comprises a dewatering device (2) for dewatering the pulp to a fiber concentration of at least 20%, a closed pulp-shredding vessel (16) for shredding the dewatered pulp, and an outlet pipe (22) from the pulp-shredding ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275582 | Methods and apparatus for heat treatment and sand removal for castings A system and method for heat treating castings and removing sand cores therefrom. The castings are initially located in indexed positions with their x, y, and z coordinates known. The castings are passed through a heat treatment station typically having a series of ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267295 | Shredding machines A shredding machine includes a housing which defines a passageway through which a sheet of material to be shredded may pass, a punching mechanism comprising a plurality of punch members, a mechanism to move the punch members from a retracted position in which the pu... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7240868 | Dynamic ring classifier for a coal pulverizer The present invention is directed to, among other things, a classifier assembly for mounting on the center shaft of a rotary coal pulverizer which includes a labyrinthian sealing arrangement operatively associated with the shaft for limiting the egress of unacceptab... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7204462 | Expanding hose holder An insulation delivery apparatus has a hose holder and a nozzle section holder, the nozzle section holder being mounted on an extensible section of the hose holder. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201825 | Process for making a flowable and meterable densified fiber particle Discrete particles of cellulosic material are flowable and meterable. They are easily dispersible in an aqueous or a dry medium. The particles comprise singulated cellulose fibers that have been densified. The particles have a density of at least 0.3 g/cc. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198212 | Sheet shredder The sheet shredder includes a cutter block pair equipped with plural cutter discs arranged in parallel with each other at a specified distance, cutting units to cut sheets by rotating the cutter discs of the cutter block pair in the different directions respectively... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195743 | Waste treatment Disclosed is a combination instrument steriliser (13, 210) and biomedical waste processor (15, 211). Both units are supplied steam from a common steam boiler (30, 212). In preferred embodiments, the waste processor utilises a shredder comprising... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7168645 | Lift wall for a tube mill A lifting wall for a tube mill which has a discharge means with lifting vanes in order to transport the material being ground to discharge openings by the rotary movement of the tube mill. The lifting vanes are disposed obliquely with respect to the radial direction... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156331 | Fluidized bed pulverizing and classifying apparatus, and method of pulverizing and classifying solids A fluidized bed pulverizing and classifying apparatus is disclosed having a vessel that includes a pulverizing section having a pulverizing nozzle spraying compressed air to pulverize a powder, a classifying section located over the pulverizing section, including a ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152823 | Disc mill assembly for pulverizing system A disc mill assembly for a pulverizing system includes: a flywheel, a water jacket, two disc blades, and two ring clamps. In alternate embodiments, the disc mill assembly also includes: an air inlet to provide input air from an external air supply and an improved bl... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7118057 | Horizontal roller mill A horizontal roller mill to increase production yield. An example horizontal roller mill includes a cylinder and rollers. Each end of the cylinder includes an end cover, the end cover of one end includes an inlet and an end cover of the other end includes an outlet ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104481 | Combination cabinet and shredder A combination including a cabinet and a shredder. The cabinet including a cabinet housing having a top, a front, a back and two sides, a drawer supportable by the cabinet housing and operable to selectively support materials therein, the drawer being movable between... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7032849 | Fluidized bed pulverizing and classifying apparatus, and method of pulverizing and classifying solids A fluidized bed pulverizing and classifying apparatus is disclosed having a vessel that includes a pulverizing section having a pulverizing nozzle spraying compressed air to pulverize a powder, a classifying section located over the pulverizing section, including a ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028931 | Dynamic ring classifier for a coal pulverizer The present invention is directed to, among other things, a classifier assembly for mounting on the center shaft of a rotary coal pulverizer which includes a labyrinthian sealing arrangement operatively associated with the shaft for limiting the egress of unacceptab... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018277 | Device for grinding workpieces To improve the grinding action when grinding workpieces in a device equipped with a container and a rotary disk rotating relative thereto using abrasive granules, according to the invention there are ribs in the upper area of the container. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011260 | Raw garbage treatment apparatus and a cutter thereof A raw garbage treatment apparatus including a treatment tank 10, a rotating shaft 32 which rises in an upright attitude from the center of the bottom of the treatment tank, a motor 36 which rotates the rotating shaft from beneath the treatment t... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004414 | Blade for food processors A blade for food processors is provided on at least one surface with a plurality of spaced cutting teeth, which are slantingly or perpendicularly projected from the surface of the blade. Each of the cutting teeth includes a substantially pyramidal projection and a s... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6991190 | Process for producing dispersions A finely divided, stable dispersion of a solid is produced by: spraying at least two streams of a preliminary dispersion, each through a separate nozzle by pumps, onto a collision point in a reactor chamber enclosed by a reactor housing; passing water vapor through ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6928799 | Apparatus for fine pulverization of dry leaves and garden debris An apparatus for finely pulverizing lawn debris has a central drive shaft driven by a gasoline or electrical power source. Lawn debris is drawn into a suction and grinding chamber by the rotation of a distribution plate which has a plurality of curved impeller blade... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6915969 | Method and installation for making flour from ozone-treated grains The present invention relates to a method for making flours having a high food safety level comprising the grinding of grains previously cleaned and moistened, characterized in that, prior to or simultaneously with said grinding, said grains are brought into contact... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6880772 | Process and apparatus for combined milling and drying A process of both milling and drying a solvent-moist material (e.g., water-moist methylhydroxyethylcellulose) is described. The process includes, (a) providing a mill-dryer (100) which includes, in series, a heat exchanger (1), a mill (2) and a ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6860440 | Hammermill A hammermill for singulating cellulosic fibers from a pulp sheet comprises a cylindrical housing, a feed slot with a breaker bar positioned therein and a rotor mounted for rotation in the housing. Feed rolls are provided to feed a sheet of pulp into the feed slot up... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6827303 | Fine powdered sand gathering system in dry condition A dry type fine powder collecting system enables a crusher and triturator which process materials under dried condition, to efficiently collect the fine powder generated during processing. In addition, the same washing effect as is obtained in wet conditions is acqu... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6820829 | Method and apparatus for separating material An apparatus for sorting particles composed of a mixture of particles with differing physical and chemical characteristics. The apparatus includes a comminutor or a pulverizer for reducing the size of the particles. The apparatus includes a mechanism for separating ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6745960 | Centrifugally rolling granulating device and method of treating powder and granular material using the device A centrifugal tumbling granulating apparatus 1 comprises a fixed wall 7 having a grain contact portion 7a which is in contact with powder grains 2 and of which a horizontal section is formed in a circular shape, and a rotating disk... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6732962 | Waste treatment apparatus A waste treatment device includes a sealable chamber having an inlet for receiving waste to be treated and an outlet through which the treated waste is discharged. A cutting mechanism within the sealable chamber shreds the waste and delivers the shredded waste to th... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6685117 | Method for milling raw materials In a mill drying plant with a roller grinding mill and preferably in a cement production plant operated in compound with a clinker burning process and having a kiln fan and a fan downstream of a filter, a mill fan is connected upstream of the roller grind... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6679443 | Garbage disposal machine The present invention provides a garbage disposal machine and includes a body and a disposal tub installed in the body to put in garbage and garbage disposal materials that decompose the garbage. An agitator agitates the garbage and garbage disposal mater... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6634574 | Method and device for obtaining vegetal fibre material and the use thereof A low-fiber method for obtaining a fiber material (21) that is suitable for use as a raw material for insulation purposes, for the production of fiber mattresses or as a filing or padding material, from the fruits of poplars, willows, composites or simila... | 10/21/2003 |