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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7883041 | Media mixing mill Disclosed is a media mixing mill, which is capable of obtaining a high-quality product while ensuring adequate pulverization/dispersion functions. The media mixing mill of the present invention includes a grinding container having a material inlet and a spherical-sh... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7823818 | System and method for producing weighed portions of powder from at least one biological material at cryotemperatures A system and a method for producing a quantified defined portions of powder from at least one biological material at cryotemperature is shown, comprising means for grinding the biological material deposited in at least one first vessel to the powder; means for loose... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7490788 | Grinding machine with spherical grinding surface An exemplary grinding machine includes a grinding unit and a receiving unit. The grinding unit includes a rotor, a first spindle, and a first driver unit connected in series. The first spindle has a first end coupled to the rotor. The first driver unit is coupled to... | 02/17/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7195187 | Rolling mill system A rolling mill system has oppositely driven, temperature-controlled first and second rolls, each having a first roll half with a first end face, a second roll half with a second end face, and a roll center. The first roll has a peripheral surface with open grooves a... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7165881 | Methods and apparatus for high-shear mixing and reacting of materials Methods and apparatus for high shear reacting and/or mixing of moving fluid streams of materials employ an interdiffusing and reacting zone formed in the space between two stationary surfaces, the surfaces being spaced apart a maximum distance of the sum of the thic... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7121486 | Crusher A crusher for crushing cooked wood chips or the like finely. A raw material to be crushed such as the cooked wood chips is delivered into a housing and clamped between stationary blades attached to a stationary plate housed in the upper end of the housing and rotary... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7098360 | Processes employing multiple successive chemical reaction process steps and apparatus therefore The invention provides processes and apparatus for the production of materials requiring a plurality of chemical reaction steps. In the prior art the number of reaction vessels is minimized by performing two or more reactions together in the same vessel. Instead eac... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7048215 | Comminuting apparatus having screen and access tray A comminuting apparatus is provided with a housing, at least two intermeshing scissor rolls, a screen, and an access tray. The housing has an entrance opening for receiving waste material and an exit opening for removing subdivided waste material. The scissor rolls ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6994330 | Process for high shear gas-liquid reactions A reactor produces a gas-in-liquid emulsion for providing increased interfacial contact area between the liquid and the gas for improved reaction of the gas with the liquid, or more rapid solution or reaction of a difficulty to dissolve or immiscible gas in or with ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6976646 | Method and apparatus for grinding rubber A rubber grinding machine and method is provided for ambient temperature grinding of rubber material to form finely ground rubber particles. The rubber grinding machine includes a feed tube, a grinding module, a conveyor, a screening module and a vacuum system. Rubb... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6969017 | Comminuting apparatus A comminuting apparatus is provided having a frame, a set of overlapping scissor rolls, a shear outtake manifold, and a pneumatic conveyor. The frame has an enclosure with an entrance for receiving waste material. The set of overlapping scissor rolls includes a feed... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6951050 | Process and apparatus for recovering materials from installation cables with a bunched conductor A process and apparatus for recovering conductor material from an installation cable with bunched conductors and plastic insulation cuts the installation cable into segments, presses and rolls the segments at an increased temperature ranging from 70° to 130° C. wi... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6938687 | Apparatus for transfer of heat energy between a body surface and heat transfer fluid In apparatus for heat exchange to and from a body surface using a heat transfer liquid a heat exchanger comprises a plurality of elements within a casing connected axially against one another with spacer tube elements. Each element has its periphery spaced from the ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6902383 | Apparatus containing cooling and warming devices for the preparation of a polymer solution A novel apparatus for the preparation of a polymer solution includes a stirring device, an extruder connected to the stirring device, a cooling device connected to the extruder, and a warming device connected to the cooling device. The extruder is a fiber or membran... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6648251 | Device and method for disaggregating derived timber products The invention relates to a device for disaggregating pieces of derived timber products from cellulose and/or lignocel-lulose-containing products, especially particle boards, medium-density fiber boards and the like, with a transport device and at least on... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6630277 | Toner production system Coarsely crushed toner particles comprising at least a binder resin and a colorant are effectively pulverized by a mechanical pulverizer including a generally cylindrical rotor rotating about an axis and a stator surrounding the rotor with a minute gap fr... | 10/07/2003 |
| 5494229 | Paper shredder with an improved lubrication system and method of lubricating This invention is directed to a shredding machine utilizing a lubrication process to increase the shredding capacity and service life of the machine. More specifically, the invention discloses a distribution manifold containing a plurality of uniformly di... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5419670 | Method and apparatus for opening and emptying bags containing recyclable materials A bag opener for opening bags containing recyclable materials includes a source of heat sufficient to melt the bags and an assembly that brings the bags into the vicinity of the source of heat to open the bags. In a preferred embodiment the source of heat... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5361994 | Apparatus and method for preparation for separation, recovery, and recycling of municipal solid waste and the like Apparatus and method for separation, recovery, and recycling municipal solid waste and the like by introducing solid waste materials into a pressure vessel having a rotatable section. The vessel is disposed for subjecting the waste material to heat and pr... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5186398 | Paper shredder This invention provides a method and a combination for automatically oiling a paper shredder with oil drops when it is running in the reverse direction, and after a predetermined running time in the forward direction.... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5078327 | Device for the processing of materials A device for processing materials such as rock, ore, clay, bulk materials and agglomerated pulverized materials includes at least two tools having working surfaces thereon of at least partially circular cylindrical cross section. The tools are oriented su... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4859482 | Method for producing a product from oil seed For the recovery of the protein from oil seeds, particularly from soy beans, grinding is effected under omission of a suspension liquid, i.e. substantially in dry condition of the oil seed, by applying pressure and friction until the cell walls of the oil... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4838493 | Concrete crusher An attachment for the boom structure and hydraulic system of a hydraulic excavator, including a pair of relatively swingable jaws for crushing concrete slabs and the like, each of the jaws having a grid like jaw structure with elongate rigid plates extend... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4824033 | Gap-type ball mill for continuous pulverization, particularly breakdown of microorganisms, and dispersion of solids in a liquid Three mill units are mounted axially in series in a mill housing with a cover. Each mill unit has a rotor disc between two stator discs. The rotor discs are secured to the rotor shaft at their radially interior region. The stator discs are secured to the ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4801097 | Food product ingredient dispensing apparatus Automatic apparatus for dispensing a food material such as pizza meat. The apparatus utilizes a rotatable valve for conveying a food material from a source thereof to an intermediate, or portioning, cylinder, to a main cylinder where it is introduced into... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4744521 | Fluid food processor The present invention relates to a fluid processing apparatus particularly useful for processing fluid foods in a highly uniform, "non-statistical" manner at controlled temperatures and high shear rates. The apparatus comprises a first means including an ... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4688727 | Fine grinding apparatus for laboratory experiments An apparatus for fine grinding of, in particular, material samples for laboratory experiments. The apparatus has a fixed grinding member and a rotating grinding member, which are disposed in such a way that each has a surface facing the other and slightly... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4641791 | Apparatus for material grinding Apparatus for grinding materials, particularly sticky materials of organic and inorganic origin. The apparatus has a cylindrical casing in which, along its axis, a rotor in the shape of a disc mounted, the disc being driven by a prime mover. The disc has ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4605175 | Precision coffee grinder A coffee grinder grinds a predetermined amount of roasted coffee beans based upon the weight of the beans. The beans fall from a hopper into a grinding head which grinds the beans in a two-stage process. The first stage includes a cracking cutter, consist... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4509695 | Tissue pulverizer A tissue pulverizer for pulverizing specimens of living tissues for facilitating chemical testing and the like. The pulverizer has a base, a guide member for emptying into a receiving tube and an elongated pestle member. The parts are cooled with liquid n... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4422581 | Apparatus for recovering rubber from rubber tires One aspect of the invention is a tire debeading machine (10). A tire is supported on a guide apparatus (15) and raised to an operative position by the action of a support arm (21). A cutting blade (33) is moved against the sidewall of the tire, cutting of... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4401277 | Apparatus for producing mechanical wood pulp The disclosure relates to apparatus for producing mechanical wood pulp of the type having a grinding stone with at least one wood supply chute in which the wood which is to be ground is pressed onto the grinding stone. A trough or a collecting channel is ... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4383650 | Method and apparatus for grinding rubber This invention relates to a method and apparatus for grinding with two toothed plates operating face to face, one of which plates is fixed and the other of which is rotated by a shaft, with an axial supply of material to be ground and peripheral evacuatio... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4277235 | Process of producing cool agglomerated solids In a process and plant for producing cool sintered particulate agglomerated solids of ore, the solids are moved in a continuous stream through a heat-treating zone to form a layer of the agglomerated solids and hot particles thereof are obtained from the ... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4257563 | Apparatus and process for producing wood pulp in a pressurized wood grinder The disclosure concerns both a process and an apparatus for producing wood pulp. Wood to be pulped is fed into a housing where the wood is ground. The housing is pressurized above atmospheric pressure. Water at a temperature over 100° C. is fed to the pr... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4250015 | Mechanochemical hydrogenation of coal Hydrogenation of coal is improved through the use of a mechanical force to reduce the size of the particulate coal simultaneously with the introduction of gaseous hydrogen, or other hydrogen donor composition. Such hydrogen in the presence of elemental ti... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4201346 | Device for crushing sinter and the like A device for crushing sinter and other material of like consistency is disclosed wherein the flow sinter material is deployed against an impact table which directs the sinter material downward onto a series of vertically disposed discs fixed to a common m... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4185784 | Heat treatment apparatus for waste containing thermoplastic material Apparatus is disclosed for the heat treatment of thermoplastics containing industrial and domestic refuse, as well as plastics waste. The refuse or waste is previously comminuted to a size capable of being treated in the process, then fed into the apparat... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4161295 | Blower beater mill A blower beater mill in which a rotor has a beater portion provided with beater arms in the form of two interconnected parts. Beater arm bases are fastened in hub rings of the shaft of the rotor, and fastening elements of two beater arm portions are locat... | 07/17/1979 |
