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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8006926 | Knife bank assembly of a counter knife assembly of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester A knife bank assembly of a counter knife assembly of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester that includes an elongated bracket member that extends between opposed knife bank end plates and has a plurality of spaced retainment mounts securable therealong... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7611084 | Container-grater for a friable food product The container-grater comprises a base (10) on which an inverted cup-shaped element (12) having a polygonal cross-section is mounted rotatably so as to define a chamber (14) for containing the food product. The base (10) includes a grating... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7252252 | Food processor lid A lid for a bowl of a food processor for processing a relatively large size or large volume of foodstuff including a top lid wall and a feed tube extending from the top lid wall along a feed axis. The feed tube including an inner feed surface defining a feed cavity ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7240871 | Clean-in-place mill housing A clean-in-place housing for use is a material processing mill including a screen inside the mill housing that moved from processing position to cleaning position with a screen carrier without disassembling the housing. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7222805 | Shredder with cage relief A materials processing system adapted for the reduction of metallic materials including a material feed portion configured to convey materials to a mill portion comprising a motor driven rotor in close running fit with a cage mounted grate through which reduced mate... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7134623 | Hammermill A hammermill having a housing, a rotor assembly, a plurality of hammers, and a attrition plate assembly is provided to reduce oversized particulate material to a desired size. The housing has a sidewall that extends between an inlet end and an discharge end which de... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7096900 | Tree cutting attachment for work vehicle A tree cutting attachment for a skid loader or other types of self-propelled work vehicles to be used at construction and landscaping sites. The device is used to cut down brush and trees of up to about 12 inches in diameter. The tree cutting attachment is made up o... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082743 | Land clearing apparatus An apparatus for cutting and clearing brush, trees and land debris includes a housing adapted for mounting to a carrier and a rotor assembly with a predetermined plurality of cutting tools mounted for rotation within the housing and driven by a gearbox and a motor c... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6978955 | Mill box for materials grinder A grinder having a grinding structure and a sizing screen is disclosed herein. A top cover covers the grinding structure. The sizing screen can be removed from the grinder by opening the cover, and lifting the sizing screen through the opening left by the cover.... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6955312 | Apparatus and method for comminuting rock An apparatus for comminuting rocks, comprising a frame having a restrictive passageway with an inlet and an outlet end for relative displacement of rocks from the inlet to the outlet end. A rotary impacting device is secured to the frame in the passageway so as to b... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6945025 | Shredder head with protective elements, and mobile sylvicultural apparatus including the same A shredder head, and a mobile apparatus including the same, for carrying out various sylvicultural applications, such as land clearing and the like. Each of the shredding assemblies of the shredder head includes a protective element also operatively connected to the... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926215 | Hammermill A hammermill having a housing, a rotor assembly, a first plurality of hammers, and a first attrition plate assembly is provided to reduce oversized particulate material to a desired size. The housing has a sidewall that extends between an inlet end and an discharge ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6886763 | Bale processor Disclosed is an apparatus for disintegrating bales of agricultural material such as hay. The apparatus has a chassis with a bale receptacle mounted thereon. A disintegrator is mounted in the bale receptacle and is adapted to disintegrate baled crop material in the b... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6786439 | Retractable rod screens An improved grinding apparatus or hammermill utilizing retractable bars as a hammermill screen, or as a support to a conventional hammermill screen. The ability to retract these bars which make up the screen of the hammermill assembly reduces the down time associate... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6648253 | Method for operating the air circuit and conveying stock flow in the casing of a hammer mill To operate the air circulation and convey the stock flow of scrap material comminuted in the housing (1) of a hammer mill, the airflow generated by the blower effect of a rotor (2) and the stock flow passing through an upper classifying grate (4) are dive... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6641065 | Wood processing systems and methods of constructing and using them A generally horizontal wood comminuter has a crosswise rotor with comminuting knives moving in a path of rotation and a crosswise coacting anvil. A feed works provides a material support surface and a power-driven feed member above it for feeding material... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6474579 | Wood processing systems and methods of constructing and using them A generally horizontal wood comminuter has a crosswise rotor with comminuting knives moving in a path of rotation and a crosswise coacting anvil. A feed works provides a material support surface and a power-driven feed member above it for feeding material... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6415711 | Cheese shredder apparatus Improvements are provided in an apparatus and a method for shredding blocks of cheese. The apparatus includes an elongated cheese chamber having an open side face for the admission of a block of cheese, which is urged into the elongated cheese chamber by ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 5904306 | Slow speed hammermill for size reduction of wood chips A hammermill having a rotor assembly and a screen bar assembly is provided to reduce oversized wood chips. The hammermill may also be used to reduce wood and/or bark, the rotor assembly includes flexible hammers which are pivotally attached to allow each ... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5887808 | High efficiency grinding apparatus A grinding apparatus optimizes grinding efficiency within the grinding chamber by providing grinding action over a 360° range encompassed by a set of breaker bars and one or more arcuate screening elements. Arcuate screening elements have an inside radiu... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5713525 | Horizontal comminuting machine particularly for recyclable heavy wood randomly carrying non-shatterable foreign pieces A horizontal comminuting machine for reducing recyclable waste wood and other comminutable material which may have non-reducible foreign objects incorporated with it has a generally horizontal rotary drum mounting a plurality of peripherally spaced commun... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5628467 | Hammermill with intersticed multilength hammers A hammermill-type shredding apparatus having a rotor assembly disposed in a housing, the rotor assembly including hammer elements of longer and shorter lengths mounted in an intersticed or alternating manner thereon, a grate having thicker and thinner por... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5593096 | Method and apparatus for separating adhered paper from paper covered gypsum board Adhered paper is separated from paper covered gypsum board by hammermilling the gypsum board through holes of a hammermill grate, the hole size being selected to produce a screenable mixture of pieces of paper and separated gypsum board particles. The mix... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5558281 | Recycling and solid material conversion apparatus A motor driven grinding apparatus, and a system incorporating the inventive grinder, for reducing the size of waste material. The apparatus includes a housing having an interior, an exterior, an inlet for introducing material into the interior, and an exi... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5526988 | Comminuting apparatus with tangentially directed discharge A comminuting apparatus is provided for use in an impact pulverizer. The comminuting apparatus includes a cover defining a grinding chamber and a support frame connected to the cover and defining a discharge space. A series of spaced-apart bars is circumf... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5472147 | Comminuting machine with comminution grates The comminuting machine includes a housing provided with a rotary impact mechanism. A conveyor conveys infed material to the rotary impact mechanism which cooperates with an impact plate in disintegrating the infed material. A first comminuting grate foll... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5454521 | Balanced comminuting, vacuum and loading system The system of the invention includes: a self propelled vehicle having a bed for receiving debris after comminution has occurred. The bed includes a cover. The cover has a filter of filter area A connected across an output opening of the cover; a frame att... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5429314 | Scrap processor A scrap processor includes a rotor supported within a chamber in a housing for rotation relative to the housing. Hammer means on the rotor comminute scrap material in the chamber. A deflector box having first and second deflector portions is connected to ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5381971 | Grinding apparatus Apparatus for reducing material in which a rotor is formed with a plurality of material impact hammers and fan elements mounted on the rotor for simultaneously reduced material upon impact and moving the reduced material through the rotor, and a housing e... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5284514 | Apparatus for coating food with bread crumbs The invention concerns an apparatus and process for making foods coated in bread crumbs. The apparatus has a crumbing apparatus for converting loaves, of bread into breadcrumbs; a coating location whereto fresh crumbs are delivered from the crumbing appar... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5221052 | Household separating compactor A household compactor and separator utilizes linear motion in crushing glass and metal refuse for comminution and separation. A crushing element disposed on a worm shaft crushes refuse against a steel grate, broken glass falling therethrough into a glass ... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5199653 | Discharge assembly for chipper/shredder A discharge assembly controls the discharge of shredded and macerated materials from a chipper/shredder device. A discharge screen of the discharge assembly has a pair of fasteners on opposing ends of the discharge screen for removably mounting the screen... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5165611 | Wood size reduction apparatus A comminutor for reducing large diameter wood products and stumps to size, comprised of a reduction chamber, with an impact rotor positioned concentrically therein, in combination with a housing, drive motor and infeed chute. The impact rotor is formed wi... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5062575 | Comminutor with impact, shear and screening sections A reversible hammermill with breaker blocks or plates and one or more adjustable cages equipped with distinct shearing and screening sections, and having a shearing section of greater than normal length having a commencement point above the 3 o'clock posi... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5044567 | Scrap crushing machine A scrap crushing machine comprises crushing device including a crusher rotor and at least one associated anvil, a housing accommodating the crushing device, the housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a base arranged substantially under the... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5018674 | Grate assembly in a down draft impact mill A rotary hammer grinding mill having the rotary hammer rotor exposed in a housing between a material inlet and a ground material outlet in which the grate assembly on the outlet side of the rotor is composed of a series of spaced cradle ribs curving aroun... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4919344 | Grinding mill apparatus Grinding mill apparatus for grinding biomass, said apparatus including a substantially box-like steel housing having a top inlet and a bottom outlet; a plurality of anvils pivotally engaging the housing and held in a fixed position by shear pins; a rotor ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4836457 | Screen for comminuting machines A comminuting machine for comminuting waste, recycleable material, ores, stones, coal and the like, comprises a rotor carrying comminuting tools and mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis in a housing. The housing has an inlet and at least one outle... | 06/06/1989 |
