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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7963472 | Intake limiting device for document shredder A shredder intake limiting device having a pair of parallel bars, wherein the ends of the bars are supported by a pair of side supports. Each side support comprises a floor surface flanked by two upwardly-diverging sidewall surfaces. The angle of the sidewall surfac... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7490789 | Shredder with paper feeder and a paper feeder A shredder equipped with paper feeder comprises a shredder unit including a pair of intermeshed cutting cylinders driven by a power source and a paper feeder, which paper feeder has a cover, a paper feeding tray on which paper sheets are set and held, a lifter unit ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7422171 | Compartment of shredder for receiving piled-up sheets An improved compartment of shredder for receiving piled-up sheets, including: a pair of longitudinal movable paper press rollers applying pressure to the piled-up sheets continuously; a compartment for receiving piled-up sheets; a pair of rollers capable of feeding ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7198215 | Dual product sizing machine A crushing machine comprises a pair of crushing rolls which are designed to be rotatable towards each other and away from each other. A side plate is provided on the outside of each roll. The crushing rolls have teeth which are shorter than conventional crushing tee... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7094309 | Process and device for gluing dried fibers designated for the production of fiberboards Dried fibers which are designated for the production of fiber boards are supplied to a fiber roller (17) from a metering device through a feed chute (10) which is subjected to negative pressure, which fiber roller is provided on its surface with a plur... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6722596 | Multiple wheel feed wheel assembly for a wood chipper A multiple wheel feed wheel assembly for wood chipper includes an infeed chute and a rotatable cutting assembly spaced from the infeed chute. The multiple wheel feed wheel assembly also includes a first feed wheel disposed between the infeed chute and the cutting as... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6565026 | Tire chopping apparatus A tire chopping apparatus includes a rotor assembly with a plurality of circumferentially and axially spaced rotor teeth which cooperate with a plurality of stationary teeth supported on a shear bar assembly to shearingly engage tire carcasses to reduce t... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6290154 | Strand cutting apparatus A strand cutting apparatus includes a fixed blade having a blade edge extending perpendicularly with respect to the traveling direction of a strand, a rotation blade which is fixed to the tip portion of a rotation shaft disposed in parallel to the traveli... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6129296 | Double roll peg feeder assembly for flaking mills A peg feeder and method of feeding moist grain from a steam chamber to a grain flaking mill. The feeder includes an inlet flow divider baffle for separating the grain into two flow channels each of which includes an adjustable valve door for controlling f... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6027055 | Brush chipper A brush chipper for chipping wood and debris into smaller pieces. The chipper includes a feed hopper for inserting the material, and upper and lower feed rollers that prepare the material for chipping in the main body of the brush chipper by a chipper dis... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5947395 | Materials reducing machine A machine for reducing materials such as logs, limbs, stumps and the like into small particles. A hold down and infeed roller in combination with a conveyor feeds the materials into a rotating rotor. The rotor has cutters mounted on its periphery and is r... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5893523 | Apparatus for comminuting waste materials having feed roll delivery features An apparatus for comminuting solid waste material comprises a frame having an enclosure with an entrance for initially receiving solid waste material; a set of overlapping scissor rolls rotatably mounted within the enclosure for shearing the waste materia... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5873397 | Wood pulverizer with improved hammers and anvils An improved wood pulverizer is provided with a rotating disc studded with a plurality of curved tapered hammers. One or more anvils is secured to the pulverizer with the anvil having teeth and slots located adjacent the surface of the disc. The hammers of... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5860607 | Apparatus for comminuting waste materials having screw delivery features An improved apparatus for comminuting solid waste material into small pieces having a size less than a predetermined size is disclosed. A set of overlapping scissor rolls are rotatably mounted within an enclosure for shearing the waste material into subdi... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5845857 | Coffee mill adapted for controlled mixing of coffee beans A coffee mill providing for mixing of coffee beans in different ratios includes a bin partitioned in the middle to form two chambers holding two different types of coffee beans. An outlet in the bottom center of the bin leads to a coffee grinder. This cen... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5823452 | Flaker mill A flaker mill provides for the flaking or rolling of processed grains such as corn and milo for livestock feed. The mill is powered by a relatively small motor which turns at a higher speed than the drive sheaves for the two rollers within the machine. A ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5791567 | Apparatus for processing used metallized belts or bands An apparatus for processing used belts and bands of a machine for printing sheet elements comprises an accumulation bin having an upper portion for receiving the belts and bands from a supply arrangement and a lower portion provided with a grinder for gri... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5746378 | Volume reduction machine A volume reduction machine for crushing beverage containers has a pair of feed rolls and a pair of crusher rolls. The feed rolls in spaced relationship to a feed plate, urge containers to be crushed, while puncturing them. The feed rolls comprise a plural... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5649578 | Wood pulverizer with improved hammers and anvils An improved wood pulverizer is provided with a rotating disc studded with a plurality of curved tapered hammers. One or more anvils is secured to the pulverizer with the anvil having teeth and slots located adjacent the surface of the disc. The hammers of... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5454524 | Material feeding apparatus A disc feeder for delivering material in controlled amounts to utilization equipment. The disc which carries material to a material discharge opening is disposed at an angle to the horizontal and the shearing baffle which controls the amount of material c... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5427321 | Waste paper processing system A waste paper processing system includes an upper shredding portion and a lower compressing portion. The shredding portion includes to horizontally parallel shafts mounting thereon a plurality of circular blades. The shafts are rotated to spin outwardly o... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5248100 | Crusher with rotor for shearing A rotor shearing type crusher for crushing municipal waste and industrial waste whether it is bulky or not. If any foreign material, which is impossible to crush, is mixed with the municipal waste or industrial waste, the foreign material is promptly disc... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5241898 | Coffee dispenser and brewer apparatus A coffee dispensing and brewing apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention comprises components for dispensing a predetermined amount of coffee to a brew basket, the components including a hopper for holding a supply of coffee be... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5143307 | Secondary cutter apparatus for plastic size reduction equipment This invention pertains to the cutter area of size reduction equipment for plastic or other waste material. The primary objective of this invention is to provide a feed mechanism and secondary cutting section to an existing shredder technology. Inasmuch a... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5127588 | Tire chipper A machine for reducing worn-out vehicle tires to small chip-like particles comprises a frame on which an elongated shaft is journaled for rotation, the shaft having a first and second plurality of rotary cutting blades, each of a different diameter affixe... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5114490 | Apparatus for control of sugarcane half-billets An improved half-billet control device in apparatus for separating sugarcane (or the like) into constituent parts and an improved method for half-billet control. The device has a rotatable gide roll in proximity to a planar slide and transverse to the dir... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4986481 | Automatic paper feeder for document shredder An automatic paper feeder for use in a document shredder includes a paper feeding table for receiving a large number of paper sheets to be shredded in a stack, a feeding roller for feeding the paper sheets to be shredded on the paper feeding table, a set ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4972999 | Ice piece barrier for selective ice crusher dispenser An ice barrier for a selective ice cube and crushed ice dispenser having a crusher section including a crusher arm mounted to a horizontal shaft axially rotatable in either direction, and a stationary crusher arm mounted to one side of the shaft. When the... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4893759 | Paper shredder with charge removing means A paper shredder having cutters for shredding sheets of paper is also provided with charge removing members such that electrostatic charges on shredded pieces of paper can be removed as these pieces drop from the cutters into a collector below.... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4890797 | Automatic paper feeder for document shredder An automatic paper feeder for use in a document shredder includes a paper feeding table for receiving, a large number of paper sheets to be shredded in a stack, a feeding roller for feeding the paper sheets to be shredded on the paper feeding table, a set... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4871118 | Machine for densifying plastic containers and the like A machine for densifying plastic containers, such as recyclable FET bottles, includes a feeder and a shredder. The feeder includes a paddle wheel with radial vanes for feeding the containers into the inlet of the shredder and blocking their return. A scra... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4842205 | Shredding machine A shredding machine which comprises a pair of juxtaposed cutting rollers for shredding paper material, a paper feed tray movable between lowered and elevated positions and adapted to support thereon the paper material to be shredded, a feed roller assembl... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4836459 | Apparatus for feeding rolling mills, particularly for oil seed The apparatus for feeding rolling mills, particularly for oil seed, comprises two rotatable feed rollers located in a feed mechanism housing above the rolling mill. The feed rollers are substantially vertically oriented and are rotatable in opposite direc... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4817877 | Shredding machine A shredding machine includes a pair of juxtaposed cutting rollers for shredding paper material, a movable paper feed tray for supporting the paper material to be shredded on it, a paper feed tray drive motor capable of moving the paper feed tray between l... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4815670 | Shredder A shredder has two intake sections through which paper to be shredded can be fed through cutting rollers. Detectors for detecting presence or absence of paper in each sections are provided such that the maximum number of sheets of paper that can be transp... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4709864 | Method and apparatus for the crushing of material The invention relates to a method and to apparatus for the crushing of material to be comminuted by means of a material bed roll mill, in which such material is forcibly delivered in a regulable mass flow to the roll gap. In this way even materials which ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4703899 | Feeding device for a container cutting machine An improved container feeding device is for a container cutting machine of the type which can cut any one of numerous sizes of plastic bottles and metal cans. The cutting machine has a cutting section including a plurality of cutting wheels mounted for ro... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4697748 | Method and apparatus for macerating and wet-crushing brewing ingredients The invention relates to a method for macerating and wet-crushing brewing ingredients, wherein the brewing ingredients are continuously taken from a supply container. Subsequently substantially equal portions of the brewing ingredients are conveyed along ... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4564146 | Paper shredding machine A paper-shredding machine has a sleeve mounted for limited movement towards and away from a surface of a housing of the machine to define an inlet opening, through which paper can be fed to cutters disposed within the housing. The sleeve normally occupies... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4513918 | Dispensing apparatus An apparatus for uniformly dispensing particulate food materials onto a moving article which comprises a hopper for holding a supply of the particulate and having a horizontally disposed orifice through which the particulate material can exit, a rotatable... | 04/30/1985 |
