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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322538 | Slag crusher Slag crusher having a shaft extending through a pressure housing which shaft is provided with inlet baffle plates in a funnel-shaped arrangement, stationary cutting knives and cutting knives rotating on the shaft. The shaft is offset with respect to the vertical cen... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7232084 | Material reducing apparatus A material reduction apparatus for reducing materials having an admixture that resists reduction. The mechanism incorporated into the apparatus to provide a bypass of such admixture while avoiding shut down interruption of the materials reduction operation. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7216824 | Shredder with oscillating side walls A shredder for shredding a by-product, such as sprue, runner and the like generated when molding a thermoplastic synthetic resin product, into recyclable shredded pieces, is structured such that front and rear oscillating side walls are openable, right and left stat... | 05/15/2007 |
| 6966513 | Linkage mechanism of paper-cut and anti-block of double-duty shredder The present invention is a linkage mechanism of cut-paper and anti-block of double-duty shredders, main comprising: stripe-cutter wheel group, latitude cutter, drive shaft, paper-expeller, crank coupler link group and intermittent cluster gear, is that crank coupler... | 11/22/2005 |
| 5927462 | Recycling machine with container compacting system A recycling machine is provided which compacts containers using a multi-purpose compacting system which includes a roller assembly having a roller configured to draw containers through an adjustable container-receiving throat. The compacting system also i... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5454522 | Apparatus for breaking solid objects An apparatus for breaking solid objects includes a box-shaped support (6) open at the top and at the bottom, a substantially horizontal rotor (6) mounted in the box and carrying at least one knife which turns with it while passing between backing knives, ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5279463 | Methods and apparatus for treating materials in liquids The method for treating materials in liquids involves passing them with the liquid through a processing gap formed by a flow passage whose walls are closely spaced and move relative to one another transversely to the direction of flow, thereby producing "... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5065948 | Apparatus for producing thin flakes Compositions in accordance with the invention comprise a polymer and flake reinforcing material distributed throughout the polymer in an effective amount to structurally reinforce the polymer. Individual flakes of the flake material a) are less than or eq... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4458847 | Dosage granulator for tearing up a material of high viscosity The dosage granulator comprises a feed hopper receiving reclaimed asphalt to be granulated. Under the lower opening of the feed hopper, a tearing up device is situated which is controlled by a conveyor type weigher mounted thereunder. The tearing up devic... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4407114 | Agricultural implement An agricultural implement, particularly a pick-up wagon, comprises a pick-up member for picking up crop lying on the ground, an advance mechanism located behind the pick-up member, viewed in the intended direction of displacement of the crop and stationar... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4344581 | Crushing apparatus Apparatus for crushing fragments of mineral material comprises a rotary crusher mounted above, and co-operating with, a scraper-chain conveyor. The rotary crusher has a cylindrical body provided with a plurality of first, second and third rows of chisels.... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4221434 | Roadway breaker plate for a planar apparatus A roadway breaker plate for a planer apparatus having a drum type planer cutter for removing the top portion of an existing roadway, the breaker plate providing a counteracting shearing force on the top portion of the roadway at a predetermined distance f... | 09/09/1980 |
