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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152081 | Comminuting machine containment system A comminuting machine including a frame, an infeed conveyor connected to the frame, a hammer mill connected to the frame, the hammer mill including a hammer mill housing substantially surrounding the hammer mill, a containment system substantially surrounding a comm... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8104700 | Method for operating a beater wheel mill and controller for controlling a beater wheel mill The invention relates to a method, which can be used to detect the wear of prebeater heads of a prebeater (1) of a beater wheel mill in a simple manner. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7959097 | Grinding drum with a cutter arrangement for a direction of rotation Grinding members on a grinding drum are arranged to move the material to be reduced laterally across the drum. The drum may be used in a tub grinder where the tub is configured to rotate about a vertical axis. In a tub grinder environment, the drum extends through t... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7946513 | Device and method for improving grinding efficacy in gravity-fed grinding machines The present invention regulates the delivery of feedstock to the fragmentation zone in a gravity-fed comminuting machine and reduces the ejection of feed materials by means of a rotating cylinder located at an offset position above the rotor. Rotationally mounted on... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7926750 | Compactor feeder A compactor feeder and methods for feeding relatively low-density biomass materials into a grinding device (such as a hammer mill) is described. The compactor feeder increases the density of the relatively low-density biomass materials in order to fill the grinding ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7918410 | Uniform shear application system and methods relating thereto Disclosed herein is a shear application system for applying substantially uniform amounts of shear throughout a powder sample. The shear application system preferably includes a cylinder assembly having an inner cylinder, a housing, an inner set of lugs, and an oute... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913941 | Crusher block assembly for particulate size reduction system The invention provides a crusher block assembly for a particulate size reduction system including a crusher block having an inboard face configured and adapted to cooperate with a swing hammer in a crusher chamber of a particulate size reduction system to crush part... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7832666 | Article-destruction apparatus and method of article destruction Apparatus for destruction of articles and any information associated therewith. Embodiments include an article-destruction chamber and a rotating head for repeated striking of articles and article fragments in the chamber. The head includes a body portion and a shaf... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7748653 | Method and apparatus for treating materials or mixtures of materials A method and apparatus for treating materials or material mixtures in a treatment apparatus operating on the principle of the double-action impact mill, which includes a discharge conveyor (34), such as a discharge screw. A material layer (40) is maint... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7744024 | Combination shredder head and basket and method of manufacturing same A combination shredder head and shredder basket with improved tactile property. ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7407121 | Method and process for providing a controlled batch of micrometer-sized or nanometer-sized coal material A method of providing a controlled batch of micrometer-sized or nanometer-sized coal material. This method includes the steps of: (a) specifying at least one desired physical and/or chemical parameter of the controlled batch of coal material; (b) specifying the desi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7360725 | Material crusher Crusher has a housing with a cylindrical crushing chamber defined by a tubular wall. Opposed side plates are secured to respective ends of the wall. A drive shaft rotates impact tools within the chamber. An intake aperture and a discharge aperture are in communicati... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7341024 | Apparatus, method and business methods for processing animal waste in a farm building A mobile apparatus is used to process animal waste in a farm building and to spread the processed animal waste back on the floor of the farm building as the apparatus moves through the farm building. The apparatus includes a processing mechanism that heats the anima... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7314190 | Method and device for disintegration of organic material and use of the device A method and apparatus for biological and/or chemical decomposition of waste containing organic matter. The method includes waste pretreatment in which waste is fragmented and homogenised in a pretreatment apparatus (10a, 10b) operating o... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312262 | Methods and compositions for microsurfacing A composition for microsurfacing of pavement is described. The composition includes a polymer-modified emulsion asphalt oil, water, cement, and crushed aggregate. The crushed aggregate includes a first portion having an L.A. abrasion resistance which is higher than ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308735 | Roller pair for stretching strips of filter material Roller pair for tensioning strands of filter material in the manufacture of cigarette filters with a first roller made of metal which is rotatably driven by a drive and a second roller of which the surface consists of a resilient material, the two rollers being moun... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7243868 | Hammer for a hammermill A hammermill having a housing, a rotor assembly, a plurality of hammers, and an attrition plate assembly is provided to reduce oversized particulate material to a desired size. The housing defines an enclosed work space. The rotor assembly is disposed within the hou... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235118 | Process for agglomeration and densification of nanometer sized particles A method and product derived therefrom for consolidating nanoparticles to form particles in a micrometric size distribution. The method preserves the nanoparticles with the resultant micrometric particles. The primary processing operation is milling. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229041 | Lifting lid crusher A blockage clearance apparatus for a crusher that has a housing and a lid and at least one anvil mounted to the lid for crushing material. The housing contains a rotatable rotor with radial blow bars against which crushable materials are forced during operation. In ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226011 | Stacker reclaimer method and apparatus This invention provides an apparatus for handling bulk material as located at circular or linear storage site. More specifically, a reclaimer apparatus is described having a platform mounted on one or more wheel track assemblies arranged to roll on at least one rail... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210342 | Method and apparatus for determining gas content of subsurface fluids for oil and gas exploration A process to analyze fluid entrained in well boreholes. The process includes gathering trap gas samples from return of drilling mud at multiple depths. The process also includes the steps of subjecting the samples to mass spectrometry in order to determine mass to c... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195184 | Method of crushing silicon blocks In a method of crushing silicon blocks, a silicon block to be crushed is heated and is then forcedly cooled. Subsequently, a crushing member which contains no metal component at least on a surface thereof is made to strike the cooled silicon block to thereby crush t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7185836 | System for un-baling farm products An un-baling system for transforming substantially rectangular bales of farm product into smaller substantiality rectangular sized bales of farm products. The un-baling system incorporates a first rail mounted conveyor subsystem connected to a first rail mounted con... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7169723 | Ceramic with improved high temperature electrical properties for use as a spark plug insulator A ceramic includes alumina in an amount between about 90 and about 99% by weight, a zirconium containing compound in an amount between about 0 and about 1% by weight, and an oxide mixture in an amount between about 1 and about 10% by weight. The oxide mixture includ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156329 | Bone crusher and method for bone crushing An apparatus for bone milling includes a housing defining a first opening, a second opening, a third opening, and a linear passage from the first opening to the second opening. The bone mill further includes a rotatable grinding member, wherein the rotatable grindin... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7144507 | Dry cycle anaerobic digester The present invention provides a digester for handling waste or contaminated materials. A process and an apparatus for processing are disclosed. A Dry Cycle Anaerobic Digester (DCAD) uses tanks to perform aerobic and anaerobic digestion to eliminate the waste, while... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140566 | Ring and disk refiner A refiner that reduces solid material to a particulate form includes a rotatable sidewall, a bottom, at least one exit hole, and a rotatable toothed disk. One or more baffles may be attached to the chamber sidewall to form one or more surfaces that extend into the c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134619 | Method of separating and processing catalyst carriers A method of separating and processing a catalyst carrier that is contained in a processing object that includes a catalyst carrier metal cover to which an exhaust gas pipe is still connected, magnetic carrier foil or a ceramic carrier, a surface-enlarging coating fi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7115231 | Parallel reactor with knife-edge seal An apparatus for use in parallel reaction of materials. The apparatus includes a base having a plurality of reaction wells formed therein and a sealing device positioned over the reaction wells for individually sealing each of the reaction wells. One of the sealing ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7097686 | Nickel powders, methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same Nickel powder batches and methods for producing nickel powder batches. The powder batches include particles having a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The present invention is also directed to devices incorporating the nickel ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082743 | Land clearing apparatus An apparatus for cutting and clearing brush, trees and land debris includes a housing adapted for mounting to a carrier and a rotor assembly with a predetermined plurality of cutting tools mounted for rotation within the housing and driven by a gearbox and a motor c... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7055769 | Collider A material collider having a pair of rotor assemblies respectively housed within a pair of interconnected cylindrical chambers with a plurality of disc members secured thereto, at least one thrust guide secured to the disc members and a weir secured to the inner per... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036757 | Vegetation shredding and dispersal apparatus A vegetation shredding and dispersal apparatus that comprises a conveying platform, a cutting/agitating mechanism, and a blower apparatus. The conveying platform and the cutting/agitating mechanism are substantially wide enough to simultaneously process 2 or more ba... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032625 | Multi-layer papermaking fabrics having a single or double layer weave over the seam A multi-layer on-machine-seamable press fabric having a single or double layer weave over the seam loops where the warp ends are not normally woven with CD yarns. The CD yarns woven into the layer(s) over the seam loops provide the fabric with substantially similar ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7007873 | Process and means for disintegrating compressed material bales The invention relates to a process for disintegrating compressed bales of coarse, fiberlike, natural or synthetic materials, especially straw bales, and transporting the disintegrated materials to further processing. Bales often contain foreign objects which the inv... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000757 | Stacker reclaimer apparatus The present invention relates to an improved stacker reclaimer apparatus for building up and discharging bulk material. The improved stacker reclaimer apparatus includes only one stacker bearing to separate the stacker machine from the reclaimer machine. A torque re... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6994283 | Method for pulverizing to fine powder The present invention has for its object to provide a method of micronizing (E)-4-[2-[2-[N-acetyl-N-(4 -methoxybenzenesulfonyl)amino]phenylethenyl]pyridine 1-oxide while maintaining its crystalline. The present invention relates to a method of micronizing the... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6972129 | Method for producing cosmetics An objective of the present invention is to provide a method for producing cosmetic products capable of improving a touch of cosmetic products containing powder and exerting the function of the powder sufficiently. In order to accomplish the objective described abov... | 12/06/2005 |
