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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7270040 | Cutting head mounting and support ring system A cutting head mounting and supporting ring assembly having an interlocking joint arrangement for mounting the cutting head on a food slicing machine. The ring assembly includes a support ring having a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially extending flange... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7223431 | Method for shredding blocks of material A method of shredding a block of material, which can be a block of cheese, includes moving blades about an axis and feeding a block of material in a feed plane toward the moving blades in a feeding direction, where the feeding direction is substantially perpendicula... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7124972 | System and apparatus for manufacturing thermoplastic micropellets A highly efficient pelletizing system for making thermoplastic micropellets includes and extruder for extruding molten thermoplastic into thermoplastic strands. A rotor cuts the strands into micropellets. The rotor has more than four teeth per inch and operates at a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7000859 | Grinding element and grinder stone The invention relates to a grinding element, which comprises a substantially planar fastening frame, and where two or more grinding segments made of grinding ceramic material are fastened to the outer surface of the frame by means of bonding agent. The fastening fra... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6575389 | Rotating cutter system An apparatus for destroying articles that has a cutter rotatably mounted adjacent a feed opening of a chamber containing articles to be destroyed. A ram is mounted in the chamber and is movable in a first direction toward the cutter. A plate forms the bot... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6446889 | Wood chipper with loading boom The present disclosure relates a wood chipper including a support frame, a cutter housing supported by the support frame, cutter mechanism positioned within the cutter housing, a feed housing supported by the support frame, and a feed mechanism positioned... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6405949 | Shuttle granulator Method and apparatus for recycling plastic materials includes the movement of hoppers along cutting edges.... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6332984 | Integrated diverter and waste comminutor An integrated system for diverting and reducing the size of waste materials in an effluent stream comprising a frame having a bottom housing and a top housing and mountable in the stream. A grinder unit is mounted to the frame bottom housing and comprises... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6305623 | Rotary grinder with improved ram and screen The present invention relates to a rotary grinder with an improved ram and screen. Rotary grinders of the present invention are, for example, used to grind plastic or wood to reduce the size of the material to a desired size. Material to be ground is plac... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6261410 | Process for separating compressed material containing paper fibers Process and apparatus for separating compressed material containing paper fibers where the apparatus includes at least three hammer rollers arranged essentially in a same plane and each hammer roller includes rotatable hammers. The process includes rotati... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6179232 | Apparatus and method for chipping wood debris A wood chipping apparatus includes a housing having a chipping chamber and an air chamber isolated by a fixed partition wall of the housing. A chipping drum is supported for rotation in the chipping chamber. A fan is supported for rotation in the fan cham... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6158681 | Low shearing curved surface granulator for bulk feeding A low shearing curved surface granulator for bulk feed consists of a feeding mechanism and a granulating mechanism; wherein the mainbody of the feeding mechanism is a cylindrical body, the main part of the granulating mechanism is a groove pipe with flang... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6152200 | Machine for making wood shavings for animal litter Apparatus for creating wooden shavings for stock bedding from logs which includes a frame supporting a carriage bed and rotary carriage ring. Arcuately spaced rotary cutter means are provided on the carriage bed, and are positioned to contact logs support... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6138932 | Wood chipper with loading boom The present disclosure relates a wood chipper including a support frame, a cutter housing supported by the support frame, cutter mechanism positioned within the cutter housing, a feed housing supported by the support frame, and a feed mechanism positioned... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6095443 | Arrangement for feeding wood in a pulp grinder An arrangement in a pulp grinder comprising a grindstone, a feed chute extending to the grindstone, a piston moving in the feed chute, an auxiliary piston and closing members. In the arrangement, there are recesses on the front of the piston and apertures... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6082642 | Apparatus and method for pulverizing compressible materials An apparatus for pulverizing a collection of pieces of materials such as vulcanized rubber to create a very fine powder. The apparatus includes a piston and a cylinder which places the material to be pulverized under extremely high pressure of at least 1,... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6036128 | Tire shredding machine and method of using the same A tire shredding machine which does not require the massive amount of machinery required for existing tire shredders and which is safe and simple to use is disclosed. The tire shredding machine of the present invention essentially includes a housing with ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6016979 | System for processing big refuse such as a spring-containing mattress and the like A system of processing big refuses such as spring-containing mattresses according to the present invention includes a crushing process for crushing big refuses such as spring-containing mattresses by a single axial crusher capable of crushing them into a ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6015105 | Machine and method for removing tread material from used motor vehicle tire and producing recyclable buffings A machine, a method, and an air-cooled cutting brush for removing tread material for recycling from used motor vehicle tires prior to scrapping or retreading without damaging the tire cords and beads. The tread material is removed as fine particles, or bu... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5967434 | Apparatus for grating cheese and the like An apparatus for grating or shredding cheese or like foodstuff, or for storing it in a ready-to-grate or -shred condition. A container is provided within which cheese, or like foodstuff, is mounted or stored on a spring-loaded plate, being captured at the... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5954278 | Fiberglass cutting apparatus and method Fiberglass filament waste is cut into segments with an apparatus comprised of a feeder that includes a cutting roller having a rotatable shaft with a plurality of spaced circular cutting blades mounted thereon, and a waste feeder having a discharge openin... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5926918 | Apparatus and method for opening and for reclaiming fibers A driven opening roll (A) covered with card clothing receives a web (W) over a feed plate (B) which carries a pair of serially arranged feed rolls (C) and (D) for separating fibrous material from the web and removing the fibrous material in a passageway (... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5924637 | Oversize tire and rubber debris shredder The tire shredder includes a frame, a conveyor assembly depending from the frame defining a feed path for the tires and debris from an input end to a discharge end, a carriage supported with respect to the conveyor assembly to have a reciprocating linear ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5597125 | Apparatus for fluffing bales of peat moss and other organic matter The present invention is directed to an apparatus for disassociating material such as peat moss from a compressed bale. The apparatus includes a housing having a plurality of substantially vertically stacked agitator assemblies. The agitator assemblies ar... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5590838 | Apparatus and method for reducing vehicle tires to particles Apparatus for reducing to particles tread portions and beaded side wall portions of vehicle tires, particularly extra large vehicle tires, or for preparing such vehicle tires for recapping, comprises a tire holder assembly, having a paired set of dual jac... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5449123 | Method and apparatus for pulverizing scrapped fiber reinforced thermosetting plastic materials A method and apparatus for pulverizing into fine powder in one step scrapped difficult to crush plastics of fiber reinforced thermosetting plastics by using a rotating diamond wheel having diamond grits of rough grain size of more than 270 mesh on the out... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5419498 | Material handling system and method A material feeding system and method generates a specified continuous output from a variable quantity of discrete and separated units of input. The conversion from discrete units of input to a continuous stream of output is facilitated by a dispersing whe... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5405093 | Disposal system for waste material A disposal system 1 for waste material comprising independently integrated shredding 2, storage 3, and furnace 4 systems. A first transportation system 5, controlled by the shredding system, transports material to the storage system which has capacity tha... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5383616 | Pulp mill apparatus A method and an apparatus is used for forming airlaid articles such as diapers, sanitary napkins and the like. The apparatus includes an anvil drum with die cavities formed therein. The die cavities have foraminous bottom walls for drawing a stream of air... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5299748 | Apparatus and method for reducing vehicle tires to particles An apparatus for reducing extra large vehicle tires to particles or to prepare them for recapping comprises a tire holder assembly, made up of a set of dual jacks, in combination with a rotary cutter blade assembly made up of a side-by-side series of disc... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5265811 | Mobile comminuting arrangement for organic waste materials A mobile comminuting arrangement for organic waste materials includes a load space with a mechanically driven scraper floor and a draw-in roller arranged above the scraper floor. The draw-in roller is mounted so as to be vertically adjustable by a rocker ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5255867 | Bale ripper and conveyor The present invention provides a bale ripper and conveyor which disintegrates round bales of forage material. The bales can be loaded into the device without regard to the direction in which they are wrapped. The present invention further comprises a cont... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255860 | Tire communications device A device for grinding tires and the scraps.... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5209413 | Device for shredding cylindrical bales A bale shredding comprising an elongated wheeled frame having a first bale conveyor pivotally mounted thereon and moveable from an inclined position for loading bales onto the bale conveyor to a horizontally disposed transport positon. A bale shredder is ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5143311 | Wood shavings forming apparatus and cutting roll adapted for use therewith An apparatus for forming wood shavings from wood stock includes a rotatable cutting roll for engaging and cutting wood shavings from a wood stock advanced by a feed mechanism along a predetermined path of travel to the roll. A rotatable roll of the feed m... | 09/01/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5076503 | Size reduction processing apparatus for solid material A cutter blade projects tangentially from the peripheral surface of a solid cylindrical rotor for travel along an arcuate path in converging relation to a support surface of an anvil aligned with a horizontal travel path along which scrap lumber is contin... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5031844 | Tearing machine of large width for the textile industry The invention comprises a tearing machine of large width. The feeding station is automatic. A centrifugal separator recycles the scraps recovered by the longitudinal pneumatic transport. It recycles them with the new scraps, in the stack with vibrating wa... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4997134 | Document shredding machine and method A document shredder for destroying a generally rectangular document and having feed rollers for engaging a marginal portion of a document and simultaneously spirally coiling the document into a generally cylindrical form while advancing the document in an... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996930 | Feed system for incineration of contaminated material A method for incinerating contaminated soil or other material utilizing an incinerator, such as a CBC, which is operated below atmospheric pressure and apparatus for carrying out such decontamination by delivering the soil to be processed in desired parti... | 03/05/1991 |
