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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028945 | Refiner plates having steam channels and method for extracting backflow steam from a disk refiner A refining plate for refining lignocellulosic material including: a radially outer peripheral edge and a substrate surface; a refining zone having a plurality of substantially radially disposed bars and grooves between the bars, wherein the bars protrude upward from... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7282114 | Method for processing pulp The object of the invention is a method and a device for dispersing pulp, especially pulp containing waste paper, in which method ground pulp mass is fed between the blade surfaces (4) of a dispersing device that are brought in a rotating movement in relation to one... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7226012 | Grater disc The present invention discloses an improved grater disc having a plurality of grater holes on a disc and at least one grater blade with an angle not less than 90 degrees protruded from the periphery of each grater hole. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210642 | Comminuting apparatus and rotor therefor A rotor (1) for use in a comminuting apparatus (100) is described and claimed. The rotor (1) includes a hub (2) rotatable about a first axis (A) and one or more disc members (4) for comminuting material. The disc members (4)... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7124970 | Method and apparatus for processing various materials The invention relates to a method and a an apparatus for processing various materials, the apparatus including at least two annular feed gaps placed one within the other. The beginning of each feed gap is provided with a grinding section (5), which is followe... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6951445 | Apparatus for use in slurry pumps Apparatus for use with a slurry pump, including a stationary part which includes a processing chamber having an inner side wall and a central axis, an inlet and an outlet to and from the processing chamber and a rotatable part at least partially disposed within the ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6793165 | Apparatus and method for treating milling products An apparatus for treating milling products comprises a housing (1), a rotor (2) rotatably arranged in said housing (1) and having at least one pocket (8) for receiving steam-containing milling products which is to the processed, an inlet ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6634583 | Process and device for the dispersion of a fibrous paper material Process and device for dispersing a fibrous paper web which comprises a substantially consistent fibrous paper material. The device includes an inlet for fibrous paper material, a stationary stator, and at least one rotatable rotor. The stator and the at ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6595445 | Coffee grinder with chaff dispersion reducing apparatus and method A coffee grinder assembly with a housing containing a pair of hoppers for containing coffee beans with a pair of hopper outlet chutes, or grinding chamber inlet chutes for feeding beans into a grinding chamber where the beans are ground by powered grindin... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6149084 | Device for preparing coffee powder A coffee grinder which may be used in the hotel industry is positioned at an oblique angle to the vertical and makes it possible for several coffee grinders for different types of coffee to be accommodated in a minimal space. Coffee beans are fed into a g... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5975448 | Mill A mill comprises a static frame and a movable frame interconnected by springs. The movable frame carries a milling ring and a motor. The motor is driving a roller for running along the inner side of the milling ring. Material is crushed between the ring a... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5950941 | Dissipator for reducing electrostatic charge in fines generated by a coffee grinder An apparatus for the preparation of ground material used to make a beverage includes an electrostatic precipitator to prevent the separation of chaff fines from a main stream of the ground material. The apparatus includes a grinder and a chute leading fro... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5845856 | Pin mill type crusher A first rotor disk (21) and a second rotor disk (22) having a plurality of crushing pins (30) mounted so as to form rows along the circumference are opposed to each other and rotatably supported within casings (14, 15). The first and second rotor disks (2... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5730376 | Apparatus for regulated dispersion treatment of highly consistent fibrous substances The invention is directed to a processing apparatus which can be used, for example, to disperse highly consistent fibrous paper substances. The apparatus consists of at least two intermeshed processing tools (1, 2), which are movable with respect to one a... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5564635 | Apparatus for dry disintegration of used paper According to the present invention there are provided a method and an apparatus capable of disintegrating used paper into long pulp fibers without tearing it mechanically. In the apparatus, a wall surface having an undulating section is formed on an inner... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5542616 | Grain-de-acidizing process mill Grain is fed from a hopper to a horizontally oriented adjustable speed steam heated auger driven by a variable speed drive. The auger is long enough (approximately twenty inches) that temperature controlled steam fed to a plurality of inlets along the aug... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5445328 | Dual zone refiner with separated discharge flow control In an apparatus (10,100,300,400) for refining a low consistency fibrous slurry, which includes a plurality of refining zones (38,40; 188,128; 324,334; 411,413) within a casing, the improvement comprises providing a unique discharge flow path from each ref... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5200038 | Pulp refiner with fluidizing inlet A pulp fluidizer and pulp refiner apparatus. Paper pulp stock of either low (3-8%) or medium (8-15%) fiber consistency is fed from the fluidizer portion of the apparatus to the refiner. The construction is such that the outlet of the fluidizer is contiguo... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5137219 | Wood chipper and infeed system A brush/wood chipper having a small diameter pressing feed cylinder adjacent and parallel to an anvil which is generally perpendicular to the feed disc, the cylinder also being adjacent the chipping disc. This feed cylinder is in an infeed chute, and pres... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4954221 | Apparatus for feeding lignocellulose-containing material through a steam screen into a refiner In a refiner (40) with two opposed discs (47,48) rotatable relative to each other fibre pulp is manufactured from lignocellulose-containing material. The material is advanced in a channel comprising a plug pipe (20), through which the material is fed in c... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4949915 | Impeller for comminuter An impeller for use in a comminuter of the type having a cylindrical comminuting chamber formed by a circular arrangement of free rotating vertical cutting rolls includes a circular baseplate rotatably mounted at the lowermost end of the comminuting chamb... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4892258 | Comminuter for solid material An improved comminuting device for pulverizing solid material includes a comminuting chamber and a discharge chamber adjacent the comminuting chamber. A screening assembly is located at the interface between the comminuting chamber and the discharge chamb... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4820381 | Pulp refiner with fluidizing inlet A pulp fluidizer and pulp disc refiner apparatus and process. Paper pulp stock of either low (3-8%) or medium (8-15%) fiber consistency is fed from the fluidizer portion of the apparatus to the disc refiner. The construction is such that the outlet of the... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4699324 | Combined screening and reject reduction A device for screening fluidizable suspensions, such as medium consistency (e.g. 6-15 percent solids) paper pulp includes a housing with a main suspension inlet and a main (rejects) outlet. A rotor having a plurality of ribs is mounted in the housing for ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4477028 | Comminuter with coacting discharge screening device A solids comminuter having a circular series of upright abrasive rolls with upper end drive defines a central chamber to receive solids to be comminuted. A centrally apertured stationary bottom plate supporting the rolls defines an orifice partially cover... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4457804 | Apparatus for producing fiber pulp from fibrous lignocellulose containing material Apparatus for producing thermo-mechanical pulp from wood chips and the like in which the chips are first heated in a steaming chamber or preheater to a fiber temperature below the softening point of the lignin of middle lamella section of the wood fibers.... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4449674 | Comminuting apparatus with improved impeller construction A pellet feeder (A) feeds pellets of vulcanized rubber or other materials and water or another fluid at controlled rates into a mixing tank (30). An agitator (32) mixes the pellets and fluid into a slurry. The slurry is pumped from the mixing tank to a mi... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4422578 | Rotary grain mill having means for controlling air and grain flow therethrough, and method Much better control of the grind of a rotary mill and much more uniformity of grind of the mill is achieved by better control of air flow through the mill, provided by making the milled product collecting pan of the mill air-tight and regulating the amoun... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4396161 | Disk refiner Disk refiner for cellulose, paper or other equivalent pulp, with two mutually opposed blade disks, at least one of which is rotatable, carrying grinding surfaces facing each other and having within the circumference defined by the grinding surface of one ... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4366928 | Apparatus and method for comminuting solid materials In an apparatus and method for comminuting solid material a plurality of comminuting rollers are journalled for rotational motion in a generally circular arrangement to form a tubular enclosure. Solid pieces of material introduced into the enclosure are d... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4236959 | Method of producing fiber pulp by grinding fibrous material in a steam environment The invention relates to a method in or relating to grinding of vegetable material in a grinding apparatus equipped with discs mounted rotatably relatively one another in a casing, within which a superatmospheric pressure is maintained by steam. This stea... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4191338 | Infeed disc for disc-type refiners An infeed disc for a disc refiner has infeed passages which are circularly spaced by portions thereof which define spokes. The spokes and the passages have special characteristics. The center line of each passage is skewed with reference to the axial cent... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4132366 | Infeed tube for disc refiners The invention provides an infeed structure for a disc type refiner including a body having two passages which at their one ends commonly open from a portion of the body which is adapted to bridge an inlet opening to the interior of a disc type refiner. On... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4093130 | Twin refiner apparatus An improved pressurized disc refiner having a pair of oppositely facing non rotating refiner plates and a rotating disc having refiner plates on each face thereof juxtaposed the non rotating refiner plates. The rotating refiner plates and at least one of ... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4059237 | System for feeding a double disc refiner A double disc refiner for wood products solves the problems caused by steam generation in the refining space between the feed end disc and another disc. This problem is solved by the use of a separate steam removal channel connected to an inlet passage cl... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4040800 | Reactor for gasifying solid fuels, particularly coal, under superatmospheric pressure An apparatus for gasifying solid fuels such as coal, in a packed bed by a treatment with a gasifying agent such as free oxygen-containing gas and water vapor under pressure, comprising a water-cooled reactor housing provided in its lower portion with gasi... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4039152 | Grinding mill A grinding mill for grinding grain and the like includes a pair of grinding discs, each having a cutting face arranged adjacent to the cutting face of the other disc. Each grinding disc has a plurality of cutting teeth circumferentially spaced on the cutt... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4005827 | Refiner disk A disk segment for use in a pulp refiner whereby a first portion of a side edge of the disk is offset relative to a second portion of the same side edge. The cooperating adjacent segment has substantially mating offset edges which cooperate with the adjac... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3993322 | Bicycle Bicycle, in particular a folding bicycle, substantially comprising elements manufactured out of rectangular strips of thin sheet material of substantially the same width which have been folded and bent and with interhooks composed into hollow profiles whi... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3930878 | Method and apparatus for reducing starch-containing material to flour Method and apparatus for converting grains, beans, and like materials into flour, as highly water absorbent starch. The material is introduced into the annular gap between a stationary outer truncated cone member and an inner rotating truncated cone membe... | 01/06/1976 |
