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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896270 | Drums for hogging apparatus A hogger and reducing apparatus and considers issues associated with fibrous other materials clogging screening apertures A paddle arrangement having an open framework rotates relative to the screening apertures provided on a drum. Either or both the paddle arrangem... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7658342 | Auto-feed buit-in a paper shredder Disclosed is an auto-feed built-in a paper shredder, including a pair of bisecting lids that are each provided at an inside thereof with a paper press, a paper receiving compartment, an auto-feed, and a paper shredding device located exactly below the auto-feed, whe... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7520455 | Device for reuse of plastic materials and paper fibers rejected in previous recycling A device reuses several plastic materials and paper fibers rejected in previous recycling performed by paper industries, by compacting the fragments of the plastic materials inside of a conventional container. The device uses three interlinked modules, comprised by ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7350725 | Crusher and a method of crushing material A method of crushing material includes the steps of feeding a first flow of material to be crushed to a rotor rotating around a vertical axis, the rotor accelerating the first flow of material towards an impact wall section, and feeding a second flow of material to ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350727 | Roller mill, particularly air-swept roller mill, and method for grinding materials with magnetizable, particularly iron-containing constituents, E. G. slag The invention relates to a roller mill, particularly an air-swept roller mill provided with a device for separating magnetizable constituents, particularly iron particles from the milling area. The invention also relates to a method for grinding materials with magne... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7325757 | Plastics recovery system A transportable system for separating materials in a waste stream. An arrangement of separation and grinding devices is mounted on a transportable platform. The devices are configured and arranged to produce three or more product streams from a plastic-rich feed mix... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7275710 | Aircrew restraint system A mobile aircrew restraint system includes a track system and a trolley which runs along the track and carries a retractor which releases a webbing strap attached to a harness. The track is preferably an extruded or sectioned track which follows contours of an aircr... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264190 | Material breaker system A vehicle for breaking material is disclosed. The vehicle includes: an elongate vehicle frame; a feeder having a feed end portion and a discharge end portion, wherein the feeder is configured to convey the material from the feed end portion to the discharge end port... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7186390 | Brine maker An improved brine maker includes a hopper having open upper and lower ends, a solids screen, and a receiving tank having an open upper end and closed lower end. The solids screen and receiving tank are pivotally secured to the hopper adjacent its lower end. The rece... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7143968 | Mobile rock crushing plant A rock crushing plant including rock crushers, screens and conveyors. The assembly is modularized whereby major components and associated support structures are organized into movable modules that are independently movable from site to site over public roadways. The... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7118054 | Pressure differential material transport and disposal system A pressure differential material transport system to transfer materials with an airflow to a sewer system. Embodiments of the pressure differential material transport system may be used for residential or industrial applications to dispose of materials to the sewer ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108500 | Process and apparatus for recycling of PET-material Within a process for recycling of PET-material and/or objects of PET, the PET-material to be processed is heated and dried in the course of a pre-treatment step and simultaneously is crystallized at elevated temperature. This pre-treatment step is followed by a main... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7040562 | Rotating feed distributor A rotating feed distributor for use in connection with rock crushers and other devices is disclosed. The feed distributor has a platform for receiving rocks and a chute having an inlet and outlet wherein the rocks pass through. The feed distributor is designed to re... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028935 | Apparatus and method for shredding wet chip materials A shredder apparatus and method for shredding wet chip materials in which the shredder utilizes a shredder mechanism having a shaft attached to a frame, a bearing assembly disposed on the shaft, and a rotatable rotor disposed on the bearing assembly. First shredder ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7007874 | Shroud assembly for waste processing machine A shroud assembly for a waste processing machine includes a shroud for attachment to an engine of the waste processing machine. The shroud assembly also includes a plurality of fasteners for attaching the shroud to the engine of the waste processing machine, whereby... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004411 | Transport locking for a vibrating feeder of a mobile crushing unit A transport locking arrangement is disclosed for a vibrating feeder of a mobile crushing unit, the transport locking arrangement utilizing the downward rotatable sidewalls of the feeder hopper of the vibrating feeder that are hingedly mounted on the framework of sai... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6966506 | Method and apparatus for harvesting crops A method and system of harvesting crops involves cutting and threshing the crop, separating graff (a mixture of grain kernels, chaff, weed seeds, and other organic matter) from straw (plant stalks), and returning the straw to the field. This is preferably carried ou... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962300 | Stationary cone over tub An apparatus for assisting in loading material to be ground into a rotatable drum assembly and protecting the rotating means of the assembly. A stationary drum assembly having a frustoconical stationary sidewall is configured to aid in feeding material into the rota... | 11/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6899294 | Hatchery eggshell waste processing method and device A method and apparatus for separating the organic membrane portion of waste egg shells from the hard inorganic mineral portion thereof, so that each can be used or further processed as desired, thereby addressing the environmental and economic issues associated with... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6817462 | Recycling device A return device for containers, such as bottles, cups, cans, or the like, comprises an insertion opening for receiving the container and at least one distributing means for transporting the container from the insertion opening to a selectable processing means of the... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6739532 | Method for separating adhered paper from paper-covered gypsum board A method and apparatus for separating adhered paper from paper-covered gypsum board, involving passing the gypsum board past a magnet to automatically remove ferrous materials from the gypsum board without stopping the process/apparatus, pulverizing that gypsum boar... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6644572 | Laminar polyolefine plastic material recycling installation Equipment for the recycling of polyolefinic plastic sheeting material that comprises: breakers (6) for plastic material; separating devices (10) for separating material of higher density; crusher mills (26); and water separating tanks (62, 68), with a low... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6576140 | Commercial kitchen sink drain improvement A food disposal system for installation on a drain of a commercial kitchen sink enables segregation of oil/grease from effluent flows from the drain. A housing collects effluent flows containing water, oil/grease, and solids from the drain, and a macerati... | 06/10/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6481651 | Method and plant for disintegrating crude material in lumps into a granular material according to particle size distribution A process for the grain size reduction of a raw material in piece form, wherein: all or part of the material in piece form is subjected to a grinding operation, capable of enabling to be obtained at its output a material in grain form having a requisite g... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6422494 | Methods of controlling the density and thermal properties of bulk materials Methods of controlling the bulk density, permeability, moisture retention and thermal properties of bulk materials are provided by selectively sizing the bulk material. Preferably, the bulk material is sized into a bi-modal size distribution to control th... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6412405 | Peeling device for the inner-embryo membrane of coffee bean A device inside a grinder to peel the inner embryo membrane of coffee beans is disclosed. It has a motor with a motor shaft, a positioning cylinder located on the lateral side of a motor and having a lower exit inside a conveyor base, and a conveyor base,... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6409105 | Corn milling and separating device and method A table separator is provided, wherein the table separator comprises a plurality of solid-bottomed trays and a plurality of dimples for facilitating separation of degerminated corn into endosperm and germ fraction, the dimples being aligned in linear juxt... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6354524 | Mobile crushing machine A self-propelling crushing machine comprises a machine body (2) provided with a travelling body (1); a hopper (4), a feeder (5), a selective feeder (6) and a crusher (3) which mounted to the machine body; a conveyer (7) disposed below the machine body; an... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6343753 | Recycling device for chips-containing coolants and lubricants A separating device for coolants or lubricants, containing chips, is described. This is provided with a supply line (11), a container (10) as well as a pump (20), which is connected with the container (10). The pressure side of the pump is connected with ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6311905 | Screen cleaning and comminuting system A sewage cleaning and comminuting system is provided with a transverse semi-circular concave filtering screen that extends across an influent channel which intercepts all solids too large to pass therethrough. A combined screen cleaning and comminuting gr... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6260777 | Method and equipment for manufacturing predetermined low bark content wood chips and a high bark content fuel fraction from wood chips with bark attached A method and equipment manufacturing predetermined low bark content wood chips and a high bark content fuel fraction from wood chips with bark attached, includes mechanical bark removal treatment, in which the bark is removed from the chips and their size... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6209812 | Method of and apparatus for treating wood chips An apparatus for improving the pulping characteristics of wood chips. Several chip compressors are used to treat the wood chips in the desired manner.... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6199777 | Flour milling method having a sorting step for raw wheat grains and flour milling system adopting the method A flour milling method and a flour milling system are provided, in which a plurality of milling steps whose milling degrees are different from one another are performed sequentially from an upperstream to a downstream, each of the milling steps including ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6176443 | Integrated diverter and waste comminutor An integrated system for diverting and reducing the size of waste materials in an effluent stream comprising a frame having a bottom housing and a top housing and mountable in the stream. A grinder unit is mounted to the frame bottom housing and comprises... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6170770 | Process and apparatus for preparing feedstock for a coal gasification plant A process and apparatus for coal gasification plant feedstock preparation. A raw feedstock slurry is fed to a hydrocyclone which separates and provides a primary carbonaceous-rich overflow. The primary overflow is further separated by a dewatering screen ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6129520 | Mobile pumping station A mobile pumping station includes a mobile base frame designed to be moved across the ground and a slurry vessel mounted on the mobile base frame and connected to a liquid supply. A primary feed hopper also mounted on the mobile base frame receives a mine... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6126099 | Pumping station for a cooling and lubricating fluid containing particulate matter A pumping station for pumping a cooling and lubricating fluid containing particulate matter such as machining chips has a compact structure with a relatively low total structural height, while still assuring that the chips are conveyed with the fluid to t... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6079647 | Plant material processing system A system for processing plant material is provided which separates plant fibers from the woody portions of the material to produce a commercially desirable length of fiber and to grind the shorter woody portions that have been separated from the longer fi... | 06/27/2000 |
