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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7086405 | Screenings washer A screenings washer having a hopper, a grinder downstream of the hopper, and a washer downstream of the grinder. The washer includes an auger rotor that receives the screenings ground by the grinder, a spray wash system that sprays a wash fluid directly onto a porti... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6978956 | Method and apparatus for granulating plastic A granulator has a first coarse cutting stage operating at between 5 and 45 rotations per minute and a second fine cutting stage operating at two to ten times the speed of the first stage. Since granulate exiting the second stage is uniformly divided, the granulator... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6931828 | Harvesting machine comprising a monitoring device for monitoring the sharpness of cutting blades and/or their distance to a counter-cutter A harvesting machine includes a pick-up unit for picking up the harvested crop, a cutting device that is equipped with at least one cutting edge that cooperates with a counter-cutter for cutting and/or chopping the harvested crop, and a monitoring device, which can ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 5911375 | Chopper aggregate A chopper aggregate has a chopper drum provided with a plurality of knives, a countercutter bar arranged on a saddle, a discharge element, a bottom plate transiting into the discharge element and partially surrounding the chopper drum, a unit for supporti... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5443215 | Apparatus for adjusting a shearbar relative to a cutterhead In a forage harvester which has an automatically adjustable shearbar mechanism for adjusting the distance between the shearbar and a rotating cutterhead, rotation of the cutterhead is determined by the use of essentially steady state signals without subst... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5390862 | Apparatus for chipping and grinding tree limbs An apparatus for reducing tree limbs, branches and the like to fine particles is provided which includes a frame assembly supported by wheels and having a hitch at one end thereof; a first housing affixed to the frame assembly having an infeed opening, an... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5368238 | Adjustable rotary drum bale cutter apparatus and method A horizontally oriented three sided frame is adapted to hold a round hay bale. An endless chain driven conveyor encircles the floor of the frame to cause the round bale to rotate about a longitudinal axis thereof while simultaneously urging a portion of t... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5228627 | Crushing machine An improved crushing machine comprises the following components: two bottom bases parallel to each other; two side bases fastened respectively on the two bottom bases; a spindle arranged at the center of the two side bases; a predetermined number of knife... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5155975 | Shredder/compactor assembly for recycling waste material A fabric bag is used to be packed with shredded waste material from a shredder/compactor. During loading, the bag is confined in a close-fitting steel box and is supported on a fork lift-type ballast. Use of the box as a confining rigid jacket enables the... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5148998 | Apparatus for the treatment of milling products Apparatus for treating milling products to recover steam energy which includes a rotor having at least one pocket therein which is rotatably mounted within a housing so that the pocket is sequentially brought into open communication with a material inlet,... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5100067 | Feeding device for a separating apparatus A feeding device comprising a pair of oppositely driven rotational bodies is provided as an auxiliary aggregate arranged upstream of a continuously working presser belt separating machine for separating flowable and non-flowable constituents mixed with ea... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5096132 | Supporting and adjusting device for countercutter rail of field choppers A supporting and adjusting device for a counter-cutter rail of a field chopper having a cutting element with a partially surrounding bottom, the device comprises a saddle arranged so that the countercutter rail can lie on the saddle, two levers supported ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5018342 | Method for shear bar adjustment in a forage harvester In a forage harvester, a shear bar is adjusted relative to the knives of a rotating cutterhead by selectively energizing first and second motors to move one or the other end of the shear bar toward the cutterhead. A vibration sensor senses vibration of th... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5016828 | Shredding machine A shredding machine has a rotary cutter and a fixed cutter. The rotary cutter includes a cutter part with a spiral cutting edge and a flute, and a column part for rotatably holding by a holding member for rotation of the rotary cutter. The fixed cutter ha... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4934612 | Automatic forage harvester shearbar adjusting An automatic forage harvester shearbar-cutterhead clearance adjusting system includes motors connected to conventional left and right shearbar adjusting mechanisms. A knock sensor senses contact between the shearbar and the rotating knives of the cutterhe... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4799625 | Method and apparatus for adjusting a shear bar relative to a cutter head Under the control of a microprocessor first and second motors alternately drive first and second ends of a shear bar for adjusting the position of the shear bar relative to cutter head. The shear bar is adjusted so that it is substantially parallel to the... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4778114 | Shredding apparatus Improved shredding machine shredding mechanism having elongated wall and gate structure defining a chamber. The chamber walls have margins defining a material entryway at one common end and margins defining a material discharge aperture at the remote end ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4773600 | Stumpit Apparatus for crushing chunks of trees and tree stumps comprising a solid cylinder having cutting elements extending from the surface. The housing containing the cylinder is provided along one side wall with stationary cutters extending out toward the sur... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4756068 | Shearbar attachment and adjustment apparatus and method A shearbar attachment and adjustment apparatus is adapted to apply clamping forces to a shearbar in a forage harvester at first locations on opposite ends of the shearbar. The clamping forces prevent the shearbar from backing away from a rotary cutterhead... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4732332 | Pick-up and delivery vehicle A cross-beam at the front end of a vehicle body carries knives which are rotatable between a position in which they extend into a conveyor duct and an upper position for inspection and/or sharpening. A pronged pusher moves fodder material gathered by a pi... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4730776 | Displaceable and lockable chopper cutting edge In a chopper, at least one cutter rotates about an axis moving over a retaining wall of a chopper housing and past an opposing knife edge located at the inlet opening into the chopper. The opposing knife edge is adjustably supported on a support relative ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4678130 | Quick adjust shearbar mechanism An adjustable shearbar apparatus for a forage harvester is disclosed wherein a pair of levers pivotally supported to effect positional adjustments of the shearbar are mounted such that the pivot axis is located in an offset relationship relative to the ax... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4660777 | Apparatus for manufacturing flakes Method for the manufacture of flakes from chips and apparatus for carrying out the method. The worn, in use, blade portions of a strip-steel knife are exchanged continuously or periodically with sharp strip-steel knives during the flake manufacturing oper... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4615490 | Shredder or microfilm destruction apparatus A microfilm destructing apparatus with a case and with a feed shaft disposed at the case for feeding of one or possibly more film cards along a cutter plate to a rotating milling cutter, which disintegrates the film card into fine particles; and which a c... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4612941 | Combine harvester straw chopper stationary knife adjustment In the straw chopper of a combine harvester, an array of stationary knives may be adjusted generally radially into greater or lesser intermeshing engagement with blades of the chopper rotor. Guide and mounting means ensure that the relative angularity bet... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4606178 | Lawnmower reel-to-bedknife adjustment system A lawnmower reel-to-bedknife adjustment system wherein the bedknife cutting edge can be automatically positioned relative to the circumference of the cutting reel. An extendable and retractable link is connected to the pivotal bedknife at a numerical adva... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4605176 | Blade ring for shaver A blade ring for a shaver, consisting of blade units disposed in succession in ring configuration, within which a rotor rotates, urging the chips against the cutting blades. The blade units usually constitute a conical envelope, with a similar conical rot... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4593862 | Method for the manufacture of chips from mineral, vegetable or embrittled materials and apparatus for carrying out the method Method and apparatus for the manufacture of chips from mineral, vegetable or embrittled materials. In the method the stationary wear plates and striking plates when worn from use are replaced during ball mill operation either continuously or periodically,... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4555065 | Chopping arrangement The invention relates to a chopping arrangement for a chopper and in particular a drum chopper having a chopping drum with several cutting blades spaced apart along its periphery which cooperate with a counter blade, the latter lying at each end against a... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4506839 | Forage harvester shear bar with concave cutting surface A forage harvester shear bar having a first surface across which crop material is fed for cutting by the harvester cutterhead. A cutting surface perpendicular to the first surface forms a cutting edge therewith. The shear bar is arched upwardly by clampin... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4474336 | Method and means for adjusting a forage harvester shear bar relative to a rotating chopping cylinder A method and means for adjusting a forage harvester shear bar relative to its rotating cylinder. The outer end of the shear bar, the central portion of the shear bar and the inner end of the shear bar can all be selectively adjusted while the cylinder is ... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4467970 | Apparatus for cutting plant materials, in particular tobacco There is provided an apparatus for cutting plant material, in particular tobacco, having a funnel-shaped press in which the charged material to be cut is compressed and fed to a mouthpiece arranged at the outlet end of the press, a knife carrier rotating ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4436248 | Adjustable shearbar apparatus A shearbar for forage harvesters includes a lever pivotally connected to a lower elongated shearbar support member. Opposed portions of the lever support opposite sides of the shearbar. An adjustment member is movable for pivoting the lever and moving the... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4383652 | Shredbar apparatus A shredbar is used with a forage harvester cutterhead mainly for cracking kernels of corn. The problem of premature wear of the shredbar is avoided by providing a shredbar apparatus with a reversible surface for abrading crop material. The shredbar appara... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4355766 | Device for the destruction of microfilm and similar data carriers A device for the destruction of microfilm and similar data carriers by shredding, the shredding cutter having a cutting edge configuration of zigzag outline with alternatingly missing teeth, offset between successive cutting edges, the data carrier feedin... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4295616 | Chopping mechanism with remote shearbar adjuster The shearbar of a forage chopper, positioned in such a way that direct access thereto for adjustment purposes is obstructed by other adjacent structures and mechanisms, is provided with an adjuster which may be manipulated at a point remote from the shear... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4232719 | Brush harvester Apparatus for attachment to and propulsion by a tractor or cross country vehicle for the purpose of cutting, chopping and removing vegetation, particularly dense vegetation and small trees. The apparatus includes a pair of forward horizontal rotary cutter... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4230281 | Scrap chopper Continuous scrap edge trimmings are fed from a sheet metal slitter into a scrap chopper incorporating a rotor shaft supporting axially spaced and circumferentially spaced elongated straight cutting bars each having a plurality of selectable straight cutti... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4190209 | Adjustable shear bar for a harvester cutterhead A forage harvester has a rotary cylinder type cutterhead mounted in a housing with opposite side walls, crop material being fed into the cutterhead in a generally radial direction over a shear bar adjacent the cutterhead periphery. The shear bar is mounte... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4166583 | Hammermill Upper and lower rotors are offset in position, such as at an angle of 60°, between their centerlines, with the upper rotor having larger hammers and rotated at a lower speed than the lower rotor having smaller but a larger number of hammers. The feed is ... | 09/04/1979 |
