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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177152 | Asphalt shingle recycling system The asphalt roofing material is delivered into a treatment chamber of a processor. Hot oil is passed through a jacket surrounding the treatment chamber. Heated asphalt forms a hot solid and/or a liquefied slurry. The hot solid and/or the liquefied slurry is then rem... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8152084 | Drier for food waste disposal system A drier for a food waste disposal system. A hollow drum has a charge port and a discharge port for food waste. An agitating screw has a rotating thread which is rotatably disposed in an inner space of the drum and agitates and crushes the food waste, and a rotating ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152083 | Apparatus for preparing food Apparatus for preparing food, for instance baby food, the apparatus (1) comprising a receptacle (3) for receiving food to be prepared, a blending assembly comprising a blender element (10) for blending the food and heating means arranged for hea... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8136747 | Apparatus for separation and treatment of solid biomass An apparatus to separate components of a solid feedstock is described. The apparatus may include a threaded shaft that has a plurality of reaction zone segments along the length of the shaft that are separated from each other by dynamic plug segments. The threads of... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8109456 | System to accelerate stabilization of drill cuttings An integrated unit (1) for the treatment of drill cuttings, comprising one or more drill cutting inlets (2), one or more water inlets (4), one or more binder inlets (3) and one or more additive inlets (6). One or more measuring dev... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7954741 | Apparatus for grinding biological samples Apparatus for grinding biological samples contained in tubes (12) carried by a turntable (10) driven with oscillating motion, the zone in which the tubes (12) oscillate being surrounded by cooling means (30) enabling the samples in the tu... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7886997 | Materials crusher and bottom dump feeder A machine for quenching, crushing and feeding material that includes a continuous loop drag chain conveyor. A first portion of the conveyor travels through a quenching tank and a second portion travels beneath the tank's bottom wall. Large blocks of hot material are... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883040 | Drier for food waste disposal system A drier for a food waste disposal system. A hollow drum has a charge port and a discharge port for food waste. An agitating screw has a rotating thread which is rotatably disposed in an inner space of the drum and agitates and crushes the food waste, and a rotating ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883039 | Continuous granulating and drying apparatus including measurement units A continuous granulating and drying apparatus includes a granulator and a dryer. Measurement of product and process parameters is carried out by means of measurement units positioned at critical locations in the apparatus. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7845586 | Food garbage disposer Disclosed herein is a food garbage disposer including: a reaction vessel which includes a hopper into which food garbage is introduced, a heating tank filed with heat-medium oil to heat the hopper, and at least one heater to heat the heat-medium oil in the hopper; a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7815135 | Ice shaving machine The present invention aims to provide an ice shaving machine that can produce a quantity of shaved ice powder without a fuss and that makes less noise. An ice shaving machine has an ice shaving chamber in which is provided a slit that a shaving blade faces, a rotary... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7775466 | Production of glass powder from waste glass, and products made using the same, especially concrete A clean dry glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a substantial fraction of non-glass items... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7735761 | Food waste disposal apparatus A food waste disposal apparatus decomposing organic waste by inputting microbes during a process of drying the food waste, characterized in that the food waste disposal apparatus comprises a mixing basin installed in a housing, and a rotational shaft with a pluralit... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7717364 | Apparatus for the separation and treatment of solid biomass An apparatus to separate components of a solid feedstock is described. The apparatus may include a threaded shaft that has a plurality of reaction zone segments along the length of the shaft that are separated from each other by dynamic plug segments. The threads of... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7712691 | Wood hogging apparatus A hogging, sometimes known as reducing, apparatus for reducing wood waste into hog fuel, though some embodiments may also be used for reducing other materials including demolition timber, demolition masonry, mild steel scrap (thin sections), soft metal scrap, recycl... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7621475 | Mechanism for shaving ice in a refrigeration appliance An ice shaving mechanism may include a blade arranged with an edge to engage an ice mass to shave a layer of ice from the ice mass. A support may be provided upon which the blade may be mounted. An opening may be arranged adjacent to the edge of the blade to permit ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7600707 | Apparatus for the separation and treatment of solid biomass An apparatus to separate components of a solid feedstock is described. The apparatus may include a threaded shaft that has a plurality of reaction zone segments along the length of the shaft that are separated from each other by dynamic plug segments. The threads of... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7523880 | Shutter mechanism for open type ice bin An ice bin apparatus includes a case with an open upper portion for receiving pieces of ice. A guide within the case guides the received ice pieces and an auger adjacent to the guide transfers the guided ice pieces. A grinder for grinds the transferred ice pieces an... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7494079 | Refuse recycling plant A recycling plant comprises a main conveyor that rotates horizontally near ground level. Collected mixed refuse is brought in by trucks on a driveway surrounding the main conveyer. Loaders or dozers are used to move the refuse onto the main conveyer where it will en... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7481387 | Ice-crushing device for refrigerators Disclosed herein is an ice-crushing device for refrigerators that is capable of crushing ice by torque of rotary blades relative to stationary blades wherein the stationary blades are selectively operated according to selected ice mode, i.e., crushed ice mode or ice... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7438244 | Method and apparatus for separation and recycling plastic An apparatus and method for separating contaminated plastic material from various types of contaminants, including paper, includes a grinder for reducing the size of the contaminated plastic material to a reduced size of pieces and an eductor for receiving the piece... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7422168 | Ice bin of refrigerator An ice dispenser apparatus includes an ice bin to receive ice cubes; a shutter mechanism located near a bottom of the ice bin to selectively dispense ice cubes or crushed ice; an ice crusher located above the shutter mechanism to crush ice cubes into crushed ice; an... | 09/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7347391 | Waste processing apparatus and method The present invention includes an apparatus and method for processing solid waste products. The apparatus comprises a rotatably mounted cylindrical vessel having a first end, a second end and an interior surface, at least one end terminating in a hatch that may be o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344098 | Method and device for producing highly active rubber powder from rubber wastes A method for the production of highly-active rubber powder from old tires and scrap vulcanised rubber articles based on various rubbers by 2-stage thermo-mechanical treatment in an extruder. This involves (a) fine pulverisation and (b) sharp reduction of the volume ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7328805 | Method and system for beneficiating gasification slag The present invention provides a method of beneficiating slag, including mixing the slag with water to form a slurry. The slurry is screened through a first screen to remove a first portion of material and then screened through a second screen to remove a second por... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7308734 | Cotton seed cleaner A cotton seed cleaner includes an initial airwash, a shaker deck with a series of cascading shaker trays, and a plurality of pin mill drums for more efficient and thorough cleaning of seeds to be used in industrial and commercial products. The result is a more effic... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302999 | Scraper blade and method for scraped-surface heat exchanger A curved scraper blade for a scraped-surface heat exchanger pivots about an axis off the centerline of the blade. The profile of the blade is chosen to provide a low initial scrape angle and to change gradually if at all as the blade wears away in service. The off-c... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290725 | Extrusion head for crushed ice making machine with combined breaker and cutter An extrusion head where continuous formation of crushed ice is formed by radially extending cutters which notch the ice rods as the rods move from the channels formed by externally protruding bosses. The extrusion head breaks ice into uniformly shaped pieces. The ex... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7267146 | Chipper bed knife The invention relates to a chipper (1) bed knife (2) attached detachably to the chipper frame (3), the chipper (1) having a chipper disc (5) supported on its shaft (4), which shaft is fitted rotatably to the chipper frame ( | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267473 | Transfer system for coloring agents A system for transferring coloring agents for concrete to a ready mix truck or the like, includes a tank for receiving coloring agents. The tank includes lines for supplying it with water and a pump for transferring the coloring agents to the ready mix truck through... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258288 | Process and apparatus for comminuting phytosterol particles A process and an apparatus for the comminution of foodstuff, especially phytosterol, particles to a particle size suitable for inclusion in liquid or solid foods. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7243866 | Agitator mill An agitator mill comprises an annular cylindrical exterior grinding chamber which is defined by an inner wall of a grinding receptacle and an outer wall of a rotor; and an interior grinding chamber which is defined by an inner wall of the rotor and an outer casing o... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240866 | Systems and methods for recycling asphalt Systems and methods for receiving used asphalt materials, heating the materials, dynamically tumbling the materials into a recycled granulized form, and selectively providing the recycled asphalt for use. An asphalt recycling system is used that is configured to rec... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240865 | Apparatus for food waste treatment An apparatus for food waste treatment which efficiently treats sewage and odor generated from food wastes. The food waste treatment apparatus includes a body (10), a hopper (30) to put the food wastes into the body (10), a crusher (14) in... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237737 | Process plant for recycling powder coating fines The present invention provides a process for recycling fines produced during the production of powder coatings comprising the steps of heating the fines for a sufficient time and a sufficient temperature such that a reusable product is obtained, cooling such product... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229034 | Seed crusher A seed crusher e.g. useful in methods for high throughput analysis of seeds, comprises a horizontal well plate with at least one well for receiving a tube; an open-topped tube for lining each well wherein each tube is oriented for receiving a vertical reciprocating ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226006 | Treatment of municipal solid waste An apparatus and process for the separation, recovery and recycling of municipal solid waste (MSW) in which hot water 48 is added to shredded and homogenized MSW 2 as it enters a rotating feed preparation drum 34 equipped with internal lifter bl... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207509 | Electric cheese processor A hand-held electric cheese grinder includes a body having a cheese grinder cylinder rotatably mounted within a chamber of the body and driven by a motor through a transmission mechanism the motor and transmission mechanism are operatively mounted inside the grindin... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
