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A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8016219 | Impact crusher wear components including wear resistant inserts bonded therein A wear component for use in an impact crusher having a forward depression on the face of the wear component which is exposed to aggregate wear. Wear resistant inserts, for example cemented tungsten carbide inserts, are bonded within the forward depression to prevent... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7997517 | Cushioning element for mill liner A cushioning element suitable for use in a liner assembly for a grinding mill, the liner assembly including a mounting element having a recess therein, the cushioning element being located within the recess, and a wear element operatively connected to the cushioning... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7306178 | Grinding chamber side liner for a coal pulverizer The present invention is directed to, among other things, a grinding chamber side liner for attaching to the interior of a coal pulverizer housing that includes an overhanging rim for covering gaps between parts installed adjacently with respect to each other within... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7198217 | Apparatus for tumbling concrete products A tumbler for tumbling concrete products comprises a rotatable cylindrical drum having an input end that is slightly elevated relative to an output end. Tire retread strips are placed side-by-side on the radially inner surface of the drum and extend along its length... | 04/03/2007 |
| 6913215 | Method and apparatus for tumbling concrete products A tumbler for tumbling concrete products comprises a rotatable cylindrical drum having an input end that is slightly elevated relative to an output end. Tire retread strips are placed side-by-side on the radially inner surface of the drum and extend along its length... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6098906 | Vibratory mill and method of use for low contamination grinding The present invention provides a vibratory mill for grinding dental filler having a grinding chamber, preferably coated with an abrasion resistant polymer, the grinding chamber being charged with glass beads having a diameter in the range of about 0.1 mm ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6082646 | Fastening system for liner assemblies of ore mills A segmented liner assembly and liner segment fastening system is disclosed for the rotatable shell of an ore grinding machine, the shell having a plurality of mounting bores formed therethrough. The liner assembly consists of a plurality of liner segments... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6027057 | Wear-resistant, self-replenishing magnetized grinding mill liner A grinding mill liner having inward and outward layers. The outward layer is formed of a relatively soft, shock-absorbent material and the inward layer is formed of a relatively hard, impact and abrasion resistant material. A plurality of magnets are embe... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6010085 | Agitator mill and method of use for low contamination grinding The present invention provides a mill having an agitator and grinding chamber which is coated with a non-pigmented, abrasion resistant polymer and a method of using this mill to provide substantially pure ground particles. The polymer coating is typically... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5979805 | Vibratory mill and method of use for low contamination grinding The present invention provides a vibratory mill having a grinding chamber, preferably coated with an abrasion resistant polymer, the grinding chamber being charged with glass beads having a diameter in the range of about 0.1 mm to about 10.00 mm. There is... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5865385 | Comminuting media comprising martensitic/austenitic steel containing retained work-transformable austenite Comminuting media comprising a martensitic/austenitic steel which contains at least about 40 percent by volume retained austenite, a portion of which is work transformable to martensite. The steel contains sufficient alloy content such that the steel has ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5832583 | Grinding mill liner adapter An adapter for mounting a liner to a first mill having an inner diameter with a first contour. The liner has a back face with a second contour shaped for mating with a second mill. The adapter includes a top face and a bottom face. The top face supports t... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5814273 | Trunnion liner apparatus A trunnion liner apparatus includes a main body portion in the form of a rubber boot which forms a main pocket and a pair of cavities. A magnetic block is held within the main pocket for attaching the trunnion liner directly to an inside surface of a trun... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5782677 | Continuous process blast mill for finishing cast metal parts A workpiece cleaning mill that is useful for cleaning castings includes a hollow housing that is established by arranging plural elongated manganese flights side-by-side to establish a cylinder, and attaching the flights to opposed entrance and exit rings... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5638887 | Tumbling unit having cylindrical liner A retaining rod is provided for forcing a tight interfit between adjacent segments of a liner of a casting shake-out unit, sand reclaimer, rotary media drum, or a tumbling unit. The adjacent edges of the liner segments have triangular grooves which combin... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5630558 | Wear protective means A shelf for protecting the inner surface of a vertical shell of a pulverizer against wear. It is partially replaceable. The shell accommodates a screw shaft and is filled with a pulverizing medium and a material to be pulverized. At least one of them is m... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5360174 | Arrangement for registering the instant grinding charge volume of a grinding drum An arrangement for recording the instant volume of grinding charge in the mill drum of a rotary drum mill of the kind provided with an internal lifting device. In order to enable the volume of grinding charge to be used in a better way as a parameter for ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5114084 | Crushing machine The present invention is a crushing machine including a rotatable housing having an inlet port and a discharge port and including an independent crushing means inside the housing. Support rings each of which is at least 1.8 times larger than the housing, ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4907752 | Ball-tube mill A ball-tube mill includes a rotatable drum enclosed at the opposite sides by bottoms having a charging port and a discharge port, the drum accommodating an even number of perforated walls having the form of an ellipse, arranged at an angle to the centerli... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4830289 | Centrifugal fluidized grinding apparatus A centrifugal fluidized grinding apparatus having balls as a grinding medium therein, comprises a parting vessel having a vertical axis, composed of inner and outer vessel parts both forming a circumferential groove. The circumferential groove has a conti... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4664324 | Grinding mill liner plate support A cylindrical grinding mill liner plate support comprising a base portion; means for securing the base portion to the shell of the grinding mill; replaceable corner bumpers detachably secured to each interior longitudinal edge of the base portion; and at ... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4645133 | Liner for the outlet port of a rod mill A liner for the outlet port of a rod mill including a cylindrical body provided on the peripheral edge of an opening of the liner and projecting outwardly through the outlet port to prevent a rod from exiting the liner. The projecting length of the cylind... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4609158 | Composite grinding mill liner A liner assembly for the interior shell of a grinding mill includes a holder segment having first and second ends and a first surface adapted for mounting engagement with the inner surface of the shell. A second surface of the holder segment faces into th... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4580734 | Rotary pulverizers/ball mills A sectional liner for use on the interior of a ball mill liner or rotary pulverizer. The sectional liner has a rubber base that is undulating or sinuate in contour. Means are provided in the rubber base to facilitate the securing of the base to the shell ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4569648 | Self-cleaning rotating drum The invention relates to a rotating drum having a lining which avoids caking-on, the rotating drum being lined with movable elastic material basic webs fitted at a distance from the inner side of the drum and the securing positions of the basic webs being... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4559986 | Barking drum with at least one bearing ring A barking drum has a substantially cylindrical drum shell (1) with an essentially horizontal axis and at least one bearing ring (3) or similar device. The ring (3) surrounds an annular portion of the shell (1) and forms an interjacent gap (5). Further, th... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4485975 | Anchorage of the liner plates in tumbling mills by means of wedge-shaped elements Apparatus for lining the shell of a tumbling mill and anchoring liner plates by wedge-shaped elements include a lining system including a plurality of spaced liner rings constituted by interfitted liner plates and securing rings each having a wedge-shaped... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4424938 | Wear-resistant liner for rotary grinding mills The invention comprises resilient lining panels formed preferably from polyurethane of certain specified hardness and provided with leading and trailing sides between which a material-engaging surface is formed which has a smoothly curved wave configurati... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4371120 | Particle grinder with high degree of sound isolation A particle grinder includes a container having at least one opening in a wall thereof; a sound isolation layer covers a major portion of the exterior surface of the container and an elogated fastening device passes through the opening, fastening the sound... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4365763 | Discharge zone fastening assembly for grinding mill In a grinding mill hollow drum structure a novel fastening assembly is provided for securing a discharge lifter between grates and a discharge head portion of the drum structure. The fastening assembly includes a hollow cantilever post having a body and a... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4340616 | Method for decreasing the wear on a surface The wear on surfaces subject to abrasion or erosion by abrasive particles is materially reduced or eliminated by providing such surface with a magnetic attraction sufficient to hold an amount of magnetic or magnetizable particles to provide a sacrificial ... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4329767 | Method for continual replacement of the rubber lining in a rotating mill A method is described for sequential replacement of the lining in a rotating mill according to wear of the lining. Generally, such a lining consists of adjacent zones parallel to the rotational axis of the mill, the height of these zones varying periodica... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4295615 | Shell liner assembly for ore comminuting machine The disclosure is directed to an improved liner assembly for the cylindrical drum or shell of an ore grinding machine. The liner assembly comprises a plurality of holder segments each of which is formed with a longitudinal channel that is closed at the bo... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4270705 | Shell liner assembly for ore grinding mills The disclosure is directed to an improved liner assembly for the drum or shell of an ore grinding machine, comprising a first plurality of liner segments mounted directly to the shell and a second plurality of segments each of which is secured to one of t... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4235386 | Shell liner assembly for ore grinding mills The disclosure is directed to an improved liner assembly for an ore grinding mill. The liner assembly is of the segmented type, comprising a first plurality of segments which are mounted directly to the shell of the mill, and a second plurality of segment... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4231528 | Grinding mill shell liner elements A longitudinal metal liner element is provided for lining the interior peripheral wall of a grinding mill. The metal liner element is formed of a plurality of longitudinal segments having inclined end faces such that the segments are cooperably longitudin... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4225094 | Slurrying apparatus including grinding and separating means According to the present invention there is provided slurrying apparatus comprising a rotatable drum arranged for rotation about its longitudinal axis and including a slurrying chamber portion so arranged that when the drum is rotated feed material passes... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4211369 | Tumbling mills A tumbling mill such as a tube or ball mill, wherein an outer shell is provided with an interior liner made up of a series of rings surrounding and distributed along the axis of the shell and each defining and surrounding an interior hollow milling space ... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4194710 | Tumbling mill This invention relates to a tumbling mill which has a generally polygonal liner, which defines a grinding chamber. The cross-section of the grinding chamber is defined by liner plates and is generally polygonal and preferably approximately square. At the ... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4183726 | Pyro-processing rotary kiln mixing rod A freely rotating rod or rods to be used in a high temperature rotary kiln, especially a cement kiln, to provide a combination of mixing and heat transfer is disclosed. The heat stable construction material and design of the rod permit heat in the kiln to... | 01/15/1980 |
