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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7201340 | Method and device for treating articles in the form of sheet-like material The invention relates to an apparatus and corresponding method for processing, i.e. testing, sorting and/or destroying, sheet material, in particular bank notes, comprising a processing device (10) having at least one means (13, 14, 41) for generating ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7159809 | Waste food processor A waste food processor has a housing with an upper room and a lower room communicated with each other, a first grinding assembly and a second grinding assembly respectively received within the upper and lower rooms, and a cleaning assembly connected to the first gri... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134371 | Apparatus for guiding continuous fibers The present invention is directed towards an apparatus for guiding continuous materials. In one embodiment of the invention, the apparatus comprises first and second conveyors, each comprising a continuous conveyor belt carried by a set of pulleys including a drive ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128285 | Disintegrator with rotative disk cutters An object of the present invention is to diminish the sizes of most disintegrated material effectively, said sizes being determined by the box seats made on the surface of the under roll (7). In a disintegrator (1) having a case (4) with ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111801 | Destroying non-homogeneous loads using zero-clearance cutting systems, double-secondary shredders in zero-clearance cutting systems, and other zero-clearance systems True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7032850 | Used-can processing system and method A used-can processing system includes a shredder for cutting a used drum can, and a pelletizer for pelletizing cut pieces of the used can. The shredder includes a pair of rotary blade units which rotate with their blades meshing each other so as to cut a used drum c... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6722593 | Method and apparatus for recovering an elastomeric material A method for recovering elastomeric material such as rubber from tires comprising the steps of soaking the tires in a mixture of an oil and a volatile solvent to soften the rubber, subjecting the softened tires to shear conditions in a separator having at least two ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6581861 | Unit for processing industrial rubber and plastic waste The unit for processing industrial rubber and plastic waste consists of a gasproof chamber (1), in which upper rollers (2) and lower rollers (3) are located in rows. The processed waste (4) passes between them, between the input and the output of the cham... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6565022 | Apparatus for and method of recycling chopped strand mat edge trim An apparatus for and method of recycling the edge portion of a chopped strand mat are disclosed. The method includes the steps of trimming an edge portion of the chopped strand mat, transporting the edge portion to a shredder assembly, and shredding the e... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6481441 | Apparatus and process for threshing tobacco An apparatus for threshing tobacco includes a rotatable stripper and a feeder which includes a pair of cooperating counter-rotatable elements for delivering tobacco leaves to the stripper. The feeder and the stripper are arranged such that, in use, the to... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6439486 | Method and apparatus for disposing of waste In a method for disposing of waste matter such as waste tire pieces by using first and second shredding members each having shredding blades, the waste matter is introduced into a space between the shredding blades of the first and second shredding member... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6311908 | Crushing method for waste containing materials unfit for crushing and apparatus for its practice The present invention is designed to perform a primary crushing operation including hooking and crushing of the top face part of waste through cooperation of a supporting projection and a first crushing roller. The first crushing roller also conveys the w... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6293478 | Milling device with double milling passage, apparatus using the device, and method using the device Device for milling food products, including two separate milling passages and a sifting member (18, 19) interposed between the two milling passages. The sifting member (18, 19) includes a rotating member (18) which affects the product that leaves the firs... | 09/25/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6168103 | Apparatus for processing rubber-based materials An apparatus for processing articles such as types that include a metal reinforcement embedded in a rubber-based material. The apparatus continuously and sequentially disintegrates the rubber-based material in order to separate it from the metal reinforce... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6092749 | Dual motor drive system A new dual motor drive system for a roller grinder. The inventive device includes a roller grinder having top and bottom sets of rollers extending between the sides of the roller grinder. Each set of rollers has a front roller and a back roller. Each roll... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6039276 | Apparatus and method for crushing sugar cane An apparatus for crushing sugar cane to extract the juice has opposed crushing rolls at least one of which is formed with juice channels which are temporarily plugged by bagasse after the juice has entered into the channel. Further rotation of the rolls r... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6032882 | Method for circulation grinding of brittle grinding stock and grinding apparatus therefor In order to enable grinding, with the lowest possible specific energy requirement, of brittle grinding material, in particular moist ores and/or other moist minerals, with the use of an interparticle crushing high-pressure roll press in which the roll sur... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6015107 | Roller alignment system A new roller alignment system for permitting quick and precise alignment of the rollers. The inventive device includes first and second side subassemblies, and an elongate linking rod. Each side subassembly comprises an adjustment bracket and threaded elo... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5984214 | Multiaxes roll type of crusher A multiaxes roll type of crusher comprises four rolls. The four rolls respectively have teeth for directly crushing materials. There would be virtually 6 pairs of rolls in mathematically. There are really at least three relations given for crushing. Raw m... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5970582 | Method for separating kenaf into core and fiber A method and apparatus for separating kenaf into fiber and core uses a modified stick machine conventionally used in the cotton industry for removing trash from unginned cotton. Lengths of kenaf are delivered onto the periphery of a saw cylinder so the to... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5950938 | Method and apparatus for treatment of hay before dried on spot A fixed roller is laterally axially supported by a movable body so as to ow an axial center line of the fixed roller to extend in parallel to a lateral direction, and driven to rotate an upper peripheral surface of the fixed roller backward, and a plural... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5927627 | Continuous crumbing machine for recycling rubber tires An improved continuous crumbing machine for recycling rubber tires and other materials such as polyethylene containers, gypsum, hardboard, tin cans, glass jars and bottles. The device comprises a pair of rotating rolls having negative rake teeth of interl... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5813324 | Needle destruction device A needle destruction device has a main frame, a lateral plate, a motor, a motor shaft extending from the motor, a drive gear connected to the motor shaft, a follower gear engaging with the drive gear, a first upper roller, a second upper roller, a first l... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5697560 | Fiberglass cutting apparatus and method Fiberglass filaments are cut into fiberglass staple fibers having a maximum predetermined length with an apparatus comprising a cutter to cut the filaments into fiber segments; a fiber aligner to align the fiber segments in a given direction; and a choppe... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5662281 | Medical waste disposal device An apparatus for destroying medical waste material is provided including a transportable container member, a processor having rotatably driven roller members for breaking the medical waste materials into smaller particles, a removable receptacle for conta... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5645233 | Apparatus for recycling scrapped polylon Disclosed is an apparatus for recycling scrapped POLYLON which mainly includes a scrap crashing and feeding unit, a scrap melting unit and a waste gas treatment unit. The scrap crashing and feeding unit includes a top, a left, and a right rollers with too... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5580006 | Sprocket crusher A crusher adapted to process a feedstock. The crusher includes a pair of crusher rolls for processing a feedstock, the crusher rolls being disposed in a spaced apart relationship with an axis of each crusher roll parallel to one another. Each crusher roll... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5566894 | Slab breaking apparatus and method of use A thermoplastic slab breaking apparatus comprising a housing with a slab receiving aperture and an exit aperture on the base of said housing; a conveyor for conveying a continuous hot melt thermoplastic slab from a hot zone to a cool zone within said hous... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5547133 | Manufacture process for ground oat cereal A ground oat-based cereal provides a nutritional, hot meal with improved flavor, textural taste, and keeping qualities. That is, the ground oat cereal maintains its consistency and heat over a longer period of time than conventional oatmeal. The oat-based... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5544823 | Mill for the production of milled grain products and grain milling system The invention is directed to a new method for producing milled grain products such as flour, semolina, middlings, etc., wherein the material is repeatedly ground by means of rolls and sifted with the system of advanced milling. It is suggested that the ma... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5509612 | Process and device for the continuous shaping of particulate materials The device for continuous mechanical shaping of a particulate material includes a housing; a pressing roll pair forming a pressing space and enclosed in the housing; a rotating element which can be a size reduction roll or a rotor with screen insert arran... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5495989 | Apparatus for milling clay without substantial generation of powder An apparatus and method for crushing clay to reduce the size of the clay to a uniform particle size distribution without generating a substantial percentage of undersized particles. Oversized clay particles are fed to a first roller mill between a first p... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5485965 | Automatic product feed and method for controlling a milling roller mill The invention proposes a novel automatic product feed in which an analog signal is formed and at least one other digital signal which is adjustable independently of the analog signal is generated and used for the automatic product feed for supervising the... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5447276 | Crushing mechanism According to the present invention a crushing mechanism having at least two pairs of co-acting rollers, each roller having a hub with a plurality of teeth extending from a circumference thereof, the pairs of rollers being mounted in open cage fashion and ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5429315 | Medical waste disposal device An apparatus for destroying medical waste material is provided including a transportable container member, a processor having rotatably driven roller members for breaking the medical waste materials into smaller particles, a removable receptacle for conta... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5407138 | Method for measuring the fineness or bulk density, apparatus for carrying out the method and control system with such an apparatus The fineness of bulk material, particularly of material to be ground, is determined by means of a flow measurement (DIN 66126) and by using a calibration correlation between medium particle size and permeability of the sample. The medium fineness of a con... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5379950 | Method and system for controlling a layer thickness in a grinding operation A method is described for controlling the grinding of a dispersion of solid particles in a doughy-pasty mass, such as a chocolate mass, on a roller mill line having at least one preceding and one postponed roller mill (1 or 4), of which at east the postpo... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5373997 | Method for the production of milled grain products and grain milling system The invention is directed to a new method for producing milled grain products such as flour, semolina, middlings, etc., wherein the material is repeatedly ground by means of rolls and sifted with the system of advanced milling. It is suggested that the ma... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5368239 | Roller mill for milling grain products In an apparatus for producing milled grain products by means of repeated roll grinding and sifting of specific product fractions, the material to be milled is at least partially guided via double-grinding passes without intermediate sifting. An eight-roll... | 11/29/1994 |
