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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172165 | Device and method for defibration of wood A device for mechanical defibration of wood comprises a defibration surface for processing of wood raw material and loosening of fibers, said defibration surface comprising grinding grits fastened on a metal base surface. The grits (1) fastened on the metal b... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8118245 | Self-contained shredder assembly for reducing and sizing material A shredder having a sizing chamber and a reducing chamber for sizing and reducing material. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7954734 | Disruptor system for dry cellulosic materials Cellulosic biomass is reduced to a micropowder with particles having average diameters below 5-10 micrometers with a significant fraction of the particles have diameters below 1 micrometer. Biomass (e.g., wood, agricultural waste or other plant materials) is first p... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7874504 | Chipper feed mechanism and throat opening sensor for use therewith A wood chipper includes a cutting assembly and a feed wheel for feeding material through an adjustable throat opening adjacent the feed wheel and toward the cutting assembly. A throat sensor measures the size of the throat opening and an electronic control unit (ECU... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7823813 | Lower feed stop bar A control mechanism for the feed of a brush chipper is disclosed. A lower feed stop bar, located under a feed table, pivots on a pivot axis located below and toward the brush chipper from the control bar of the lower feed stop bar. The center of gravity of the lower... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7819348 | Pivoting/telescoping winch boom for a brush chipper and method of using same A brush chipper is disclosed having a pivoting and/or reciprocating winch for improving the efficiency of the winch. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7731111 | Apparatus and method for processing vegetative material An apparatus and method for generating a chosen, relatively uniform size of particles having a dry-to-the-touch feel and a pleasant odor from chipped slash or other vegetative material is described. When pine sap and/or other liquids are present in the starting mate... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7708214 | Fibrous materials and composites Fibrous materials, compositions that include fibrous materials, and uses of the fibrous materials and compositions are disclosed. For example, the fibrous materials can be operated on by a microorganism to produce ethanol or a by-product, such as a protein or lignin... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7654479 | Method of controlling a brush chipper An improved brush cutter having an upper feed control member with stop, forward, neutral, and reverse positions also has a lower feed stop member with selectable sensitivity. Another aspect of the invention is to predict the feed roller shutoff point according to th... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7637444 | Brush chipper and methods of operating same An improved brush cutter having an upper feed control member with stop, forward, neutral, and reverse positions also has a lower feed stop member with selectable sensitivity. Another aspect of the invention is to predict the feed roller shutoff point according to th... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7624937 | Method of controlling a brush chipper An improved brush cutter having an upper feed control member with stop, forward, neutral, and reverse positions also has a lower feed stop member with selectable sensitivity. Another aspect of the invention is to predict the feed roller shutoff point according to th... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7597279 | Brush chipper and methods of operating same An improved brush cutter having an upper feed control member with stop, forward, neutral, and reverse positions also has a lower feed stop member with selectable sensitivity. Another aspect of the invention is to predict the feed roller shutoff point according to th... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7562837 | Coordinated control of a winch and a brush chipper A brush chipper with feed rollers and a winch has an interlock control with feed roller disabled position and a feed roller enabled position, spring loaded to the feed roller disabled position to encourage or require the use of the winch line to move it into a feed ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7546964 | Brush chipper with improved feed rollers An improved feed roller assembly wherein the feed roller provides a force perpendicular to the feed direction of the brush material. In a first embodiment, cleats that are not parallel to an axis of rotation of the feed roller are affixed to a periphery of the feed ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7543767 | Methods of constructing a mechanical four position brush chipper feed control bar A mechanical control mechanism for the feed of a brush chipper is disclosed. The feed control bar has four positions: (1) forward or feed, (2) neutral, (3) reverse, and (4) stop. The hydraulic control valve has the three usual positions: (1) forward or feed, (2) neu... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7424981 | Destroying a non-homogeneous load True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7399377 | Process for singulating cellulose fibers from a wet pulp sheet A hammermill for singulating cellulosic fibers from a wet pulp sheet includes a cylindrical housing, a feed slot with a breaker bar positioned therein and a rotor mounted for rotation in the housing. Feed rolls are provided to feed a sheet of pulp into the feed slot... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381303 | System and method for controlling a thermo-mechanical wood pulp refiner Thermomechanical pulp is an important process for producing fibrous mass used in papermaking. A two-level control strategy that stabilizes and optimizes the refining process has been developed. The Stabilization layer consists of a multivariable model predicative ra... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7368037 | Refiner steam separation system for reduction of dryer emissions A refiner steam separation system according to the present invention includes a blowline for transporting a mixture of fiber material from a refiner to an inlet of a steam separator. Waste steam is discharged from the separator through a waste steam outlet. Cleaned ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354011 | Refining element A refiner system is disclosed including a first refiner element and a second refiner element adapted for mounting a refiner for relative rotation with a refining gap between them for processing lignocellulosic material, each of the first and second refiner elements ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347392 | Refiners and methods of refining pulp A refiner plate for forming accepts and exhaust from a pulp material includes a first side and a second side and defines a channel extending between the first side and the second side. The channel is operable to direct at least some of the exhaust and at least some ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7322537 | Truck for shredding and mixing products for zootechnical use Truck for shredding and mixing products for zootechnical use having, on a chassis with wheels that is self-propelled or towed, a container that is substantially shaped like an inverted frustum, is open in an upper region and contains shredding and mixing elements wh... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318880 | Method for defibring recycled fiber material in a drum pulper, and a drum pulper The invention relates to a method for defibering recycled fiber material in a drum pulper provided with a substantially horizontal drum. Recycled fiber material and water are fed to the drum pulper and the drum of the drum pulper is simultaneously rotated. When the ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7300540 | Energy efficient TMP refining of destructured chips A system and method for thermomechanical refining of wood chips comprises preparing the chips for refining by exposing the chips to an environment of steam to soften the chips, compressively destructuring and dewatering the softened chips to a solids consistency abo... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300550 | High intensity refiner plate with inner fiberizing zone Plate elements, a plate configuration, and associated system for thermomechanical refining of wood chips wherein destructured and partially defibrated chips are fed to a rotating disc primary refiner, where opposed discs each have an inner band pattern of bars and g... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300541 | High defiberization chip pretreatment A chip pretreatment process which comprises conveying the feed material through a compression screw device having an atmosphere of saturated steam at a pressure above about 5 psig, decompressing and discharging the compressed material from the screw device into a de... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291244 | Pulp flaker Methods for conveying, mixing, leveling, and flaking dewatered pulp to produce pulp flakes suitable to be used in a dryer. Methods for producing a consistent flow rate of pulp, and, for producing uniform pulp flakes in terms of pulp flake size and pulp flake moistur... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7263755 | Method for the manufacture of fillings for utilization in the mechanical processing of aqueous paper fiber stock A method for fabricating fillings that are utilized in refiners for the purpose of refining paper fiber stock. The filling manufactured in accordance with the method of the present invention includes a base body, an overlay template on the base body and processing e... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264186 | Food ingredient grinder with tool-less removable ingredient hopper and method A food ingredient grinding assembly (10) with a removable ingredient hopper (32,34) made of translucent material to enable viewing the ingredient within the hopper through a window opening (40,42) and carries a closure assembly (FIGS. 4A... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264184 | Birch bark processing and the isolation of natural products from birch bark The invention provides methods for separating outer birch bark from inner birch bark. The invention also provides methods for isolating betulin; lupeol; betulinic acid; 9,10-epoxy-18-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid; 9,10,18-trihydroxyoctadecanoic acid; polyphenolic polymer... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258293 | Wood crusher and wood treating method A wood crusher has body frame; a crushing apparatus installed on the body frame and a crushing rotor rotated in a crushing chamber. A feed conveyor for conveying wood to be crushed is installed on one side of the body frame in the longitudinal direction thereof and ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252587 | Crop processing device with relief system A crop processing device includes a rotor with crop engaging means, a sheet partly surrounding the rotor, whereas the sheet is circumferentially moveable with respect to the rotor, and a control providing resistance to circumferential movement of the sheet. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252251 | Method for preconcentration of organic synthetic materials derived from shredding of end-of-life durable goods Process for pre-concentration of recoverable polymer materials formed from residues from grinding consumer durable goods at the end of their lives such as automobiles, computer equipment and household appliances, consisting of treating the residue by steps in sequen... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7240863 | Method of refining wood chips or pulp in a high consistency conical disc refiner A method is proposed for improving pulp quality at high production rates on conical disc refiners. It permits a reduction in refining intensity by enabling fibre residence time to increase by increasing consistency, while avoiding the problem of plate plugging norma... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7229527 | Method for the controlled thickening of low consistency fiber suspensions The present invention relates to the thickening of pulp suspensions. A low consistency pulp suspension is fed to a pre-thickener (10) through an inlet conduit (18). A layer of thickened pulp, formed on a filter surface (22), is pushed along the ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229526 | Method and apparatus for the feeding of fibers A system for feeding fibres from a fibre separation step at a first pressure to a drying step at a second, lower pressure, the system comprising a sluice feeder (3) provided between the fibre separation step and the drying step. At least an outlet (14)... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210511 | Intermediate product, method and device for producing wood chips The invention relates to an intermediate product, a method for processing the intermediate product and a wood chipping device for processing the intermediate product. The intermediate product is substantially rod shaped and is sized in a range that includes between ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7178748 | Method of recycling plastic material of process cartridge It is an object of this invention to efficiently recycle a plastic resin material used in a process cartridge. To achieve this object, in a method of recycling a plastic material of a process cartridge, the process cartridge is crushed in a crushing step while parti... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7169021 | Arrangement for treating pulpstone surface A method for controlling the water jet sharpening sequence of a pulp grinder is provided, wherein a high-pressure sharpening water jet is directed toward a surface of a pulpstone with a water sharpening apparatus. An actual quality value of the fiber pulp is determi... | 01/30/2007 |
