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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7246763 | Comminution apparatus A comminution apparatus for reducing a particle size of a material includes a cutting chamber defining an interior volume, wherein the cutting chamber includes first and second member forming an angle therebetween. Each of the first and second members include a plur... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7166561 | Lubricant-carrying substrate for maintenance of paper shredders Paper shredders are maintained using lubrication substrates that have been treated with or that carry a lubricant. The lubrication substrate is fed through the shredding mechanism of a paper shredder. Rather than requiring disassembly of the paper shredder, maintena... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7137421 | Chipper knife The invention relates to a chipper knife with at least one cutting edge (6) along at least one of its side edges. The chipper knife is adapted to be mounted in chippers of the kind which are used to cut chips of a desired size and shape from pieces of wood or... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7083039 | Conveyor cleaning apparatus A conveyor apparatus has a conveyor cleaner assembly proximate the delivery end. The cleaner assembly has first and second parallel rotating brushes having an axis of rotation substantially transverse to the conveyor direction of travel and rotating in the same dire... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077348 | Vertical shaft impactor with suspended impeller A vertical shaft impact crusher having an upright main frame; a hollow shaft journalled within and suspended by an antifriction bearing supported by a flexible supported housing; an impeller attached to said hollow shaft similar to gun lock means. A second frame wit... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6666395 | Apparatus for wiredrawing vegetables or dicing them into three dimensional shapes An apparatus for wiredrawing vegetables or cutting them into three dimensional shapes, comprising a base frame, a first container supported by said base frame for collecting residues, a drum mounted for rotation about an axis on the surface of die cells, ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6561885 | Ring cutter for cutting chips A ring cutter that cuts chips with a ring of knives. Two carrier rings enclose a collar of knife packets. Each knife packet includes a knife clamped between a knife carrier a clamping plate with a cutting edge of the knife pointing to the inside of the ri... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6558237 | Knife ring machining tool for machining chips A knife ring machining tool for machining chips, with a knife ring comprising a crown of knife packets as well as two carrier rings carrying the packets, which rings are arranged on the ends of the knife packets. Each knife packet includes a knife that is... | 05/06/2003 |
| 5937923 | Chip slicer A chip slicer has pivotably mounted chip-forming knives located so that the knife edges are in a plane which passes through the axis of rotation of the knives, as well as through the axis of pivoting. Another improvement is to employ a knife which has a b... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5673863 | Size reduction apparatus for the production of prismatical and particularly cubical particles from cuttable materials An apparatus for cutting cuttable pieces, especially of animal or vegetal origin, into prismatic, preferably cubical shape, includes two concentric knife rotors, inner and outer knife rotors. The inner knife rotor carries a first cutting tool for cutting ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5470023 | Crushing apparatus for waste material A crushing apparatus for waste material comprising a housing and a drive shaft for driving counter-rotating rollers which mesh with each other and which are hollow and open at one end. The rollers are fitted with cutter elements spaced at intervals around... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5306131 | Pelletizing roll A mill roll for pelletizing material having first and second counter-rotating, cylindrical rollers, the second roller having a solid exterior at its central portion, a hollow core and a series of perforations at each end. The first roller has a solid exte... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5273220 | Apparatus and methods for comminuting Comminuting apparatus comprising a housing, a rotatable spindle, first and second members each having a hole through which the spindle passes, the first and second members each also having at least one additional hole extending therethrough, at least a po... | 12/28/1993 |
| 4972888 | Blade-carrying drum assembly for chip slicing machines A drum assembly for wood chip slicing machines in which the slicing blades are clamped at the discharge openings in a rotary drum between clamping plates and the trailing ends of combination plates have wear plate and clamping functions. Studs anchored in... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4858834 | Chip slicer improvement Apparatus and a process for use in preparing pulp for papermaking and particularly the preparation of wood chips including a rotary anvil with vanes forcing wood against a cutting knife and an infeed chute directing wood into the radial interior of the ro... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4796818 | Chip slicer improvement A method and mechanism for slicing oversize wood chips including a housing, a cylindrical drum rotatable within the housing, an anvil rotor rotatable within the drum and having a plurality of arms with a blade mounted on each of the arms to move chips alo... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4637094 | Apparatus for collecting flesh of fish An apparatus for collecting the flesh of fish comprising an endless belt for conveying a material and two rotatable hollow rolls for collecting the flesh of fish each having a multiplicity of flesh collecting holes in its peripheral wall and being closed ... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4448357 | Rotary macerator An improved macerator adapted to shred crop material and having an annular perforated die ring and a roller operative within the die ring to extrude crop material through the perforations as the die ring and roller are power-rotated. The roller is journal... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4366929 | Process and apparatus for grinding materials A process for grinding materials comprises driving a plurality of unground particles in a grinding zone in a predetermined direction, abruptly reversing the direction of motion of part of the particles in a subsequent grinding zone so that they impact wit... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4235382 | Method and apparatus for rechipping wood chips A wood chip rechipping method and apparatus are provided wherein a slotted, cylindrical drum rotates about a concentrically mounted rotatable anvil rotor having a plurality of arms, each of which has a blade at its outer extremity. The drum and anvil roto... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4226370 | Soil processing device and method In a device and method for particulating conglomerated materials, and especially soil samples, a revolving drum is mounted for eccentric rotation about a vertical axis. A grating or screen comprises the cylindrical wall of the open ended drum. The materia... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4185786 | Rotary extrusion apparatus Apparatus carried on a self-propelled vehicle field processes alfalfa to obtain therefrom fiber and protein components and a deproteinized liquid component which is simultaneously applied on the field as the vehicle advances. A specially-designed macerato... | 01/29/1980 |