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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900859 | Material conditioner The invention relates to an apparatus and method for conditioning materials for processing such as materials used in a recycling process. The invention includes a conditioning section including a drum associated with teeth. The end of the drum is rounded to prevent ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896275 | Comminution plant A comminution plant for comminuting material includes a set of fixed bottom knifes separated by parallel opening, two parallel shafts extending crosswise of the openings, a set of upper knifes attached on respective shafts and extending partly into the openings, and... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7757988 | Device for the processing of feedstock with a rotor-stator system A device for processing feedstock is provided that includes a rotor rotating around an axis in a housing, which houses processing tools, and has stator tools that are stationary with respect to the housing, which, by maintaining a working clearance, the rotor side p... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7552883 | Crushing device The invention relates to a crushing device, which includes a frame structure and a rotor mounted rotatably in bearings in it. In addition, shredder elements are arranged in connection with the frame structure and the rotor, and a hydraulic motor is connected to the ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7448568 | Shredder with rotatable sidewall 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... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7434756 | Rotor and counter knife for a rotary grinder The present invention relates to a single shaft rotary grinder with an improved cutter and combination “comb” rotor and counter knife configuration for reducing film, fibrous material and other material which has a tendency to wrap around the rotor, rubber, soli... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7380736 | In-line shredder apparatus and method for shredding materials A shredder apparatus has a moveable, shaftless ring component and a secondary comb member component. The ring component and the secondary component cooperate to shred material. The shredder mechanism may be positioned so as to be substantially in-line with the mater... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7334748 | 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... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7255296 | Granulator mill A granulator mill includes a mill housing with an openable part and a fixed part, a rotor which is rotary inside the mill housing and has a number of blades for co-operation with at least one fixed blade mounted in the mill housing and a discharge section whose inte... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246763 | Comminution apparatus A comminution apparatus for reducing a particle size of a material includes a cutting chamber defining an interior volume, wherein the cutting chamber includes first and second member forming an angle therebetween. Each of the first and second members include a plur... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237739 | Grinding machine and method of grinding material The invention relates to a grinding machine for all kinds of material, the machine comprising: a receiving element for the material (5); at least one shaft (2) positioned in the housing (1) and provided with grinding tools (3); rigid cutt... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7213778 | Tire size reduction/wire separation system A tire size reduction/wire separation system comprising a drive shaft; a plurality of rotors mounted on the drive shaft, each rotor having axial slots with a rotor mounted knife removably secured within each slot; and an independent housing supporting the drive shaf... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7198213 | Mobile shredder A mobile shredder comprises a truck having a truck body defining an enclosure and including a partition in the enclosure that divides a storage volume from the remainder of the enclosure for storage of shredded material in the storage volume, a single-shaft rotary s... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7175119 | Apparatus and method for shredding wet chip materials A shredder apparatus and method for shredding wet chip materials in which the shredder utilizes a shredder mechanism having a shaft attached to a frame, a bearing assembly disposed on the shaft, and a rotatable rotor disposed on the bearing assembly. First shredder ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172147 | Modular blade assembly with alignment means A modular blade assembly having base and blade components and at least one keyplate aligning the base and blade components. The keyplate rests in a recessed groove in each of the base and blade components. Each of the dimensions of the recessed groove in which the k... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7100855 | Modular blades for tire shredder A cutter wheel for tire shearing having a unitary annular core with radially inward shoulders on both sides of the radially outward central portion of the core. Pie-piece shaped cutter segments are mounted atop the shoulders of each core with each cutter segment hav... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7028935 | Apparatus and method for shredding wet chip materials A shredder apparatus and method for shredding wet chip materials in which the shredder utilizes a shredder mechanism having a shaft attached to a frame, a bearing assembly disposed on the shaft, and a rotatable rotor disposed on the bearing assembly. First shredder ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028933 | Livestock food processing mixing machine A mixing machine consists of a hopper having a main chamber within its housing with a rotary member, a secondary chamber having a bottom worm conveying the material from one end of the mixing machine to the other end thereof, until collapsing with a loop found on it... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021455 | Wet chip pick-up assembly A wet chip pick-up assembly includes a slotted rotary drum. A comb member is seated for movement in each of the drum slots. A friction drive assembly frictionally engages the drum causing the drum to rotate which, in turn, causes the comb members to rotate. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007600 | Selectively positionable trash compressing apparatus A trash compressing method and apparatus (10) including: a tower unit (11) having a vertical support shaft (20) provided with a plurality of support legs (21); a support unit (12) having a support column (30) slidably dispos... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6969017 | Comminuting apparatus A comminuting apparatus is provided having a frame, a set of overlapping scissor rolls, a shear outtake manifold, and a pneumatic conveyor. The frame has an enclosure with an entrance for receiving waste material. The set of overlapping scissor rolls includes a feed... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6912835 | Knife selecting arrangement of crop cutting device for use with agricultural machines having a pick-up A cutting device is adapted for cooperating with a tined rotor that receives crop delivered by a pick-up. A selector mechanism is provided for selecting the number of effective knives for reducing the crop conveyed across the knife bed. This selector includes a sele... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6890430 | Solder dross removal apparatus and method A solder dross removal apparatus includes a holder adapted to be pivotably mounted to a container within which a pool of molten solder is kept at preset temperature. Dross is introduced into the container. A dross cutter assembly includes shafts rotatably supported ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6854674 | Device for comminuting plastic waste material An apparatus for comminuting waste of synthetic plastic material has a housing (1) in which at least one rotor (2) is bearingly supported for rotation around a preferably horizontal axis by a motor. The rotor (2) is provided on its periphery wit... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6837453 | Shredder A rotary shredder for shredding various materials including fibrous materials, comprising at least one rotor that carries a plurality of V-cutters axially spaced apart along the rotor to mesh with recesses between adjacent teeth of a counter knife. The rotor also ca... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6827304 | Hay chopper for animal feed A hay chopper is used for chopping elongated stems of hay into small fragments. The hay chopper comprises two superimposed screens comprising an identical set of slots recessed thereon. When the two screens are well aligned, effective slot windows result from the su... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6783453 | Mounting assembly for straw chopper blades A mounting assembly for fastening blades to a straw chopper rotor. The rotor is provided with a plurality of mounts each mount having a rotor mounting hole. The blades are secured to the mounts. Each blade is provide with a blade mounting hole. A pin is inserted int... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6742731 | System and method of shredding wet chips in a flume A shredder system and method in which wet chips travel in a flume. The wet chips in a fluid transport travel in a trough to a shredder having a shredder assembly made up of a plurality of combs that cooperate with a plurality of sizing members with at least a portio... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6736342 | Method and apparatus for comminuting chips A method and two apparatuses for comminuting chips are presented. Chip breakers without a coarse-part ejecting element are often used for comminuting chips. Blocking constituents therefore have to be removed with great effort, for example by hand. If a coarse-part e... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6726136 | Waste treatment plant A medical waste disposal system for loading, reducing, and sterilizing medical waste is disclosed. The system includes a frame supporting a generally sealed containment chamber, a lift assembly having a lifter mounted on a track assembly configured for generally ver... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6676053 | Paper shredder A paper shredder for cutting sheet material includes a first and second blade and a sheet feeding assembly. The first blade has a cutting edge along one side thereof and the cutting edge has a non-straight profile. The second blade has a cutting edge that... | 01/13/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6520435 | Plastic bottle shredding assembly A plastic bottle shredding assembly for shredding plastic containers into smaller pieces that take up less physical space. The plastic bottle shredding assembly includes a housing that has an interior space and a loading opening. A rotatable shaft is coup... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6513741 | Shredding machine A shredding machine includes a plurality of locating plates respectively mounted on two revolving axles between two side frames, pairs of spring washers respectively mounted on the revolving axles between each two locating plates to hold a respective annu... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6497376 | Cutting device The present invention relates to a cutting device for cutting straw and similar material into pieces, of the type which comprises a driven shaft (11) kept in a housing (21), where said shaft (11) is provided with longitudinally proceeding rows (1-6) of kn... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6446887 | Portable medical waste plant A medical waste disposal system for loading, reducing, and sterilizing medical waste is disclosed. The system includes a frame supporting a generally sealed containment chamber, a lift assembly having a lifter mounted on a track assembly configured for ge... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6378795 | Method and apparatus for forming food clusters An improved method and apparatus for the formation of food clusters by using a fingerwheel to break a bed of food product into clusters of a uniform size. After the food product, such as popcorn, and the coating that is placed on the product is mixed toge... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6322012 | Cutting shaft with cutting tools for a shredding/crushing machine The invention concerns a cutting shaft for a cutting machine having knife seat grooves distributed so as to be spirally wound on the periphery in the cutting shaft, whereby cutting tools are arranged in the knife seat groove which protrude with a cutting ... | 11/27/2001 |
