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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7984867 | Device for aligning the refining disc of a refining apparatus Apparatus for aligning a refining disc is a refiner is disclosed, the apparatus including a first wedge slidable along a support for the axle package of the refining disc, a second wedge disposed between the first wedge and a bearing housing in which the rotatable a... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7341213 | Jaw crusher with a hydraulic cylinder overload arrangement A jaw crusher (10) includes a fixed jaw (16) and a swing jaw (18), which define a crushing chamber (26). The swing jaw (18) is mounted for cyclic movement in the direction of the fixed jaw (16), for crushing material between... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331540 | Dispersing device In a device for the dispersion of, in particular, low-viscosity to high-viscosity mixtures of substances, including a container having one or more openings for introducing the substances to be dispersed and one or more openings for discharging the dispersed substanc... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7172148 | Grooved pyramid disperger plate A disperger plate segment, for removing contaminants from recycled, or recovered, paper and packaging materials includes radially concentric rows of teeth. Each row of teeth includes teeth and channels disposed intermediate the teeth. Each of the teeth have an upper... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7143970 | Jaw crusher A jaw crusher used to crush hard materials includes a frame and a fixed and movable jaw positioned in spaced opposed relationship to receive hard materials to be crushed between the jaws. A lever is pivotally connected to the frame for pivotal movement about an axis... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7108207 | Process and apparatus for comminuting particle rubber A process and apparatus for comminuting rubber particles. In this process and apparatus rubber particles at a temperature below the glass transition temperature are introduced into a comminuting device concurrent with the introduction of an inert gas coolant at a te... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7070135 | Chipping apparatus with eccentric chipping tools A chipping apparatus includes a housing arranged about an axis of rotation and a chipping system within the housing rotating in a predefined direction about an axis of rotation. The chipping system has chipping tools that form a circular or ring-shaped chipping zone... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6929201 | Adjustable spice grinder A spice grinder is comprised of a mounting ring for screwing onto a spice container. An outer grinding member comprised of a ring is locked to the top of the mounting ring to prevent rotation. An inner grinding member comprised of a cone is positioned within the out... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6851635 | Condiment mill A device for grinding spices such as salt, pepper, cinnamon, etc. has a grinder rotor which has a removable keeper member which facilitates the ready removal of the rotor for cleaning or replacement. The grinder elements are made of ceramic material such as alumina ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6827002 | Automatic coffee maker with grinding device An automatic coffee maker having a grinding device is provided. Responsive to closing a door, activating an electromagnetic valve will move a covering member away from first apertures and counterclockwise pivot a stop with resilient means being expanded so that powe... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6637686 | Refiner A refiner including a rotor and a stator defining a cylindrical or conical refining gap therebetween. A pulp feed channel extends in a radial direction from an inlet pipe to the refining gap.... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6617720 | Integrated paper pulp and process machinery having integrated drive and control and methods of use thereof The invention pertains to equipment and methods in which the rotatable drive member of a variable speed motor, such as a switched reluctance motor, carries a rotatable pulp processing element (10). Magnetic bearings (22, 24) levitatingly support both the ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6565023 | Apparatus for comminuting, grinding and dispersing flowable grinding stock An apparatus for comminuting, grinding and dispersing flowable grinding stock has a grinding receptacle with an inner, first grinding surface, which is rotationally symmetrical relative to an axis of rotation, and is drivable to rotate about the axis of r... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6565027 | Refiner A refiner for shredding pulps having refining surfaces provided on a rotor and a stator and which form a cylindrical or a conical refining gap. The refining gap is set by wedges which are mounted on the stator and rotor and can be moved against each other... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6533199 | One-way pepper grinding tool A one-way pepper grinding tool includes an one-way member, and a grinding assembly having an inner and an outer grinding part. The one-way member has a main body turnably received in a housing. The main body has several curved slots around a central round... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6491244 | Condiment grinder apparatus A condiment grinder apparatus which includes a pair of condiment grinders each of which are to dispense a different condiment. The dispensing of both condiments are from the same end surface of the condiment grinder. Operation of one condiment grinder is ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6412405 | Peeling device for the inner-embryo membrane of coffee bean A device inside a grinder to peel the inner embryo membrane of coffee beans is disclosed. It has a motor with a motor shaft, a positioning cylinder located on the lateral side of a motor and having a lower exit inside a conveyor base, and a conveyor base,... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6394374 | Disintegrating and grain-regulating device for granules A crushing and particle sizing apparatus for granular material in which the particle size can be controlled without the use of a screen or similar apparatus. A gap region is formed as a particle size adjusting region which allows particles suited to the g... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6334584 | Centrifugal fine grinding apparatus An apparatus for fine grinding material, such as waste automotive tires. The apparatus includes first and second plates mounted within a housing. The first and second plates include respective, opposed inclined surfaces and respective pluralities of gener... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6322013 | Grinding apparatus for foodstuffs An apparatus for grinding foodstuffs includes a grinding chamber comprising a housing having fixed and driven grinding members positioned therein. The driven grinding member is mounted at one end of a drive shaft, and apparatus is provided at the opposite... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6305626 | Colloid mill A colloid mill utilizes a motor-driven shaft configuration that connects to the rotor of the colloid mill to the electric motor rotor. In this way, the mill rotor shaft is directly driven. Complex gear or belt drive arrangements between a separate electri... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6209813 | Grinding apparatus for foodstuffs An apparatus for grinding foodstuffs includes a grinding chamber comprising a housing having fixed and driven grinding members positioned therein. The driven grinding member is mounted at one end of a drive shaft, and apparatus is provided at the opposite... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6193179 | Machine for milling cereals, in particular rice Machine for milling cereals, in particular rice, in an annular space (11) which has a vertical axis and is bounded on the outside by an outer casing (4), containing through-passages, and on the inside by a rotor (8), coaxial with respect to the same, and ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5971307 | Rotary grinder An in-line grinder has been developed which can be configured to perform in a variety of applications through the use of an adjustable rotor/stator assembly, removable shear bar, and a variety of interchangeable stator-rotor configurations. A unique drive... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5927628 | Grinding apparatus for foodstuffs An apparatus for grinding foodstuffs includes a grinding chamber comprising a housing having fixed and driven grinding members positioned therein. The driven grinding member is mounted at one end of a drive shaft, and apparatus is provided at the opposite... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5875978 | Grain mill A grain mill is disclosed comprising a heat-dissipating, stainless steel housing that holds a pair of grinding stones, one of which rotates with a shaft turned by an electric motor. The shaft is journaled on self-aligning bearings. The bearings and the ho... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5863004 | Granulating machine The height positioning of the rotor (4) and thus the play between the wings (3) of the rotor and the sieve (5) of the machine are adjustable by means of an adjusting system (20-26), even during operation of the machine. The drive of the rotor (4) by a bel... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5857630 | Jaw crusher There is provided a jaw crusher capable of making unnecessary repair of abrasion or settling of a contact surface between a side frame receiving plate provided on a side frame receiving a crushing reaction caused by crushing of rock or the like, and a tog... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5836523 | Apparatus and method for reducing material Reducing apparatus includes a bottom rotor rotatable at a relatively high speed to provide relatively high centrifugal and G forces for reducing material disposed on the rotor. An upper conical element is disposed above the rotor and is free-wheeling rela... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5813618 | Continuous cyclindrical wood pulp refiner A continuous cylindrical wood pulp refiner comprising a rotor disposed in a housing having a plurality of structural members. At least one refining plate is mounted to a holder portion of each member such that the entire periphery of the rotor is exposed ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5799888 | Jaw crusher A jaw crusher in which in adjusting an outlet gap, manual releasing and applying operations for a tension force of a tension rod are not necessary, and repair of rough of a contact surface between a toggle block and a wedge and frequency of replacement th... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5727611 | Method for adjusting blade clearance in a disc chipper and axial guide bearing system of a disc chipper A method for adjusting the blade clearance in a disc chipper by moving in the axial direction a bearing bushing of a disc shaft together with the bearing. The axial movement of the shaft is effected by loosening adjusting screws or adjusting nuts of one o... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5725166 | Swing type crusher A swing type crusher capable of efficiently breaking a non-rigid object into pieces of small particle size. A jaw crusher breaks a lump of asphalt cast into a V-shaped crushing space (V) which is defined between a fixed tooth plate (26) and a movable toot... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5687922 | Pulverizer A pulverizer used to pulverize tea leaves, grain such as sesame and wheat, and minerals such as ceramics and rocks. A pair of upper and lower mortars provided for the pulverizer are rotated relatively to pulverize material between the pulverizing surface ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5673862 | Grain mill A grain mill is disclosed comprising a heat-dissipating, stainless steel housing that holds a pair of grinding stones, one of which rotates with a shaft turned by an electric motor. The shaft is journaled on self-aligning bearings. The bearings and the ho... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5645230 | Device for controlling the grinding of coffee, a grinding and dosing machine provided with this device and a process for controlling the grinding of coffee A device for controlling the grinding of coffee comprises a pair of facing grinding plates the distance between which is adjustable in such a way as to be able to vary the dimensions of the grains of coffee obtainable upon grinding. The distance between t... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5586729 | Fuels blending system and method of using A system for producing a suitable fuel from waste material including a dispersion tank in which is located a rotary dispersion and agitation system comprising external vanes, rotary and stationary plates having opposing faces fitted with intermeshing shea... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5564634 | Rubber comminuting apparatus A comminuting apparatus for rubber has two vertically mounted opposing facing grinding stones of large size having hollow centers. Interposed between these two stones, both of which, as stators, are fixed and do not rotate, is a single rotor having double... | 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 |
