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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056840 | Nanotization of magnesium-based hydrogen storage material The invention utilizes a carbon nano material to nanotize a magnesium-based hydrogen storage material, thereby forming single or multiple crystals to enhance the surface to volume ratio and hydrogen diffusion channel of the magnesium-based hydrogen storage material.... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7757975 | Device and method for drying and deagglomerating The invention relates to a device and method for drying and deagglomerating moist feed material, whereby the feed material is kneaded, mixed and broken up by the action of at least one roller rolling on a driven plate and is dried by means of hot gas supplied theret... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7624936 | Granular material grinder and method of use A granular material grinder and method of use includes a hammer mill for reducing incoming granular material into particulate material, a microgrinder for reducing the particulate matter into microground powder by particulate matter to particulate matter collisions,... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7377955 | Method and apparatus for treatment of metallurgical slag and the like A substantially dry and dust free method of recovering ladle slag is allowing hot ladle slag to cool to powder form in a controlled environment and collecting the powder in a receiver therefor. A vessel having a chamber containing in an upper portion a screen throug... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7361325 | Methods for making XF•nHOcompounds A substantially dried XF•nH2O2 product is produced by method(s) wherein a feed solution comprised of (i) a XF composition wherein X is K, Na+ or NH4+ and n is an integer from 1 to 3, (ii) hydrogen peroxide (H | 04/22/2008 |
| 7311279 | Self cleaning shredding device having movable cleaning rings A self cleaning cutting assembly is provided, having an array of counter rotating cutters in which a plurality of cutters rotating in a first direction are mounted on a first shaft and a plurality of second cutters are mounted on a second shaft for rotating in an op... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308847 | Perforating gun loading bay and method A perforating gun loading bay is described for protecting adjacent areas from an accidental explosion during gun loading. The bay can be an insert-type arrangement or a stand-alone structure. The bay includes metal plate walls, a floor and a roof. ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300541 | High defiberization chip pretreatment A chip pretreatment process which comprises conveying the feed material through a compression screw device having an atmosphere of saturated steam at a pressure above about 5 psig, decompressing and discharging the compressed material from the screw device into a de... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7258291 | Destructive device, foam gas collecting device, and foam gas separating and collecting system A destructive device, wherein treated material (1) including a foam body is pre-compressed in thickness direction and fed to the opposed part of a pair of compression rolls (21, 22), partition walls forming independent air bubbles in the foam body is d... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252250 | Method and apparatus for extracting toner from toner cartridges The invention provides a method and apparatus for recycling toner cartridges. A shredder breaks up the toner cartridges into pieces, thereby releasing any toner from within the otherwise substantially sealed cartridges. The toner pieces along with any free toner pow... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247633 | Pyrimidine compounds and their use A compound of the general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, X, Y and Z are as described in the specification. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240864 | Helical cutting 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... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237733 | Method and apparatus for producing mechanical fibers The purpose of this invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for producing thermomechanical fibers using less energy per ton that has previously been required for similar type of production. The invention is based in that at least two refiners are combined ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226010 | Method and apparatus for solid fuel pulverizing operation and maintenance optimization A system for use with a roll bowl type mill for the pulverizing of solid fuels such as coal. The system includes hardware in the form of sensors and other components and software to among other things monitor the operating condition of the mill's moving parts and pr... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226714 | Process for producing polymerized toner A process for producing a polymerized toner, comprising a step 1 of preparing a polymerizable monomer composition comprising at least a polymerizable monomer and a colorant, and a step 2 of polymerizing the polymerizable monomer composition in an aqueous medium to f... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7208441 | Polymerization catalyst systems and processes therefor and therewith A copolymer of ethylene and a higher alpha olefin, preferably 1-hexene, can be produced using an activated chromium containing catalyst system and a cocatalyst selected from the group consisting of trialkylboron, trialkylsiloxyalutninum, and a combination of trialky... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204439 | Apparatus and process for control of rotary breakers Efficient process control of a rotary breaker is dependent upon the rate at which aggregate material is delivered to the rotary breaker. An improved pre-screening apparatus provides enhanced control of the amount of undersized material allowed to bypass the rotary b... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7178748 | Method of recycling plastic material of process cartridge It is an object of this invention to efficiently recycle a plastic resin material used in a process cartridge. To achieve this object, in a method of recycling a plastic material of a process cartridge, the process cartridge is crushed in a crushing step while parti... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7156235 | Apparatus for and method of classifying particles discharged from a vertical mill A classifier for separating coarse particles from a stream of gas and particles discharged from a vertical mill. The classifier includes a generally cylindrical outer casing having a vertical axis and a vertically oriented sidewall disposed on the mill, an inner cas... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152823 | Disc mill assembly for pulverizing system A disc mill assembly for a pulverizing system includes: a flywheel, a water jacket, two disc blades, and two ring clamps. In alternate embodiments, the disc mill assembly also includes: an air inlet to provide input air from an external air supply and an improved bl... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152819 | High pressure media mill This invention discloses a high pressure media mill (HPMM) and processes for use thereof. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7124968 | Method and apparatus for separating material An apparatus for sorting particles composed of a mixture of particles with differing physical and chemical characteristics. The apparatus includes a comminutor, a mechanism for removing particles from the inside of the comminutor which are intermediate in size betwe... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118057 | Horizontal roller mill A horizontal roller mill to increase production yield. An example horizontal roller mill includes a cylinder and rollers. Each end of the cylinder includes an end cover, the end cover of one end includes an inlet and an end cover of the other end includes an outlet ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108207 | Process and apparatus for comminuting particle rubber A process and apparatus for comminuting rubber particles. In this process and apparatus rubber particles at a temperature below the glass transition temperature are introduced into a comminuting device concurrent with the introduction of an inert gas coolant at a te... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100852 | Helical cutting 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... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090156 | Destroying planar material 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... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073737 | Tube grinder and method for comminuting lumpy grinding stock The invention relates to a rotary tube mill and to a method of comminuting lumpy mill feed material, in which at least a first and a second grinding chamber as well as a co-rotating partition disposed between the grinding chambers are used. The material ground in th... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7041318 | Milling process for the production of finely milled medicinal substances The present invention is a method of milling materials to form a fine powder with a median particle size below 10 micrometer which is suitable for inhalation and which has substantially no amorphous content generated during milling. The method is particularly suitab... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7010248 | Toner recycling method and toner recycling system A toner recycling method and a toner recycling system use two personal computers and a display. A personal computer carries out management of information of toner, which is collected at a toner collection site. Another personal computer generates recycling informati... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997407 | Decontamination of RPET through particle size reduction Contaminants are removed from RPET flakes by a process which includes the steps of comminuting the RPET flakes to produce RPET particles and driving the contaminants out from the RPET particles. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6958423 | Bromination process This invention relates to a novel process which comprises feeding a mixture formed from diphenylethane and bromine to a stirrable reaction mass comprised of bromine and a bromination catalyst to yield a decabromodiphenylethane wet cake which can be most economically... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6944926 | Method for disassembling refrigerator, compressing device, and device for disassembling the same A refrigerant gas is collected and a compressor is removed from a discarded refrigerator, a heat-insulating housing including a heat insulator is cut/processed and separated into a plurality of pieces, and the pieces are compressed/processed by compression rollers o... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939902 | Drag-reducing polymer suspensions A hydrocarbon-soluble drag-reducing suspension is described, along with a process for manufacturing the drag-reducing suspension. The drag-reducing suspension is easily transportable, non-hazardous, easily handled, and provides a significant increase in drag-reducin... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6939438 | Apparatus for loading fibers in a fiber suspension with calcium carbonate An apparatus for loading fibers in a fiber suspension with calcium carbonate has a housing with an inlet and an accept outlet. A rotatable distribution member is positioned within the housing. A rotor and stator assembly is positioned within the housing radially out... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938318 | Method for collecting a foam resin from a housing of a refrigerator A method for disassembling a discarded refrigerator that uses a foamed resin as a heat insulator according to the present invention includes the processes of cutting and separating a heat-insulating housing of a refrigerator into pieces having a predetermined size a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6929202 | Method and arrangement for feeding wood batches into a pressure grinder A method of feeding a wood batch into a pressure grinder, the method comprising first collecting the wood batch to be fed into the grinder into a separate batch chamber above a side feeding chamber, from which the wood batch is lowered vertically by means of a separ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6923392 | Freeze-grinding method of the waste materials using the cooled air In method for freeze-crushing waste resources, freezing gas is first created by collecting freezing heat source of liquefied petroleum gas during a heat exchange process between the liquefied petroleum gas and cooling gas, and then the waste resources stored in a fr... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915969 | Method and installation for making flour from ozone-treated grains The present invention relates to a method for making flours having a high food safety level comprising the grinding of grains previously cleaned and moistened, characterized in that, prior to or simultaneously with said grinding, said grains are brought into contact... | 07/12/2005 |
