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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113449 | Shredder with rotatable device for moving shredded materials adjacent the outlet Disclosed herein is a shredder having a rotatable device located adjacent an output opening of the shredder housing. The rotatable device includes a shaft configured to rotate about an axis parallel to an axis of the cutting assembly so as to allow for rotation of t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109454 | Crusher, method for crushing material and method for controlling a crusher A crusher comprising at least a first crushing blade and a second crushing blade which are arranged to be rotary, one of the crushing blades being also arranged to move back and forth along a substantially harmonic linear path, and the rotating axes of the first cru... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100353 | Self-healing cutting apparatus and other self-healing machinery Self-healing of a mechanical part in a mechanical system is provided, such as a self-healing part in a cutting apparatus. Differential hardness of respective parts in contact with each other is used. Undesirable damage from a foreign object in a mechanical system is... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091809 | Shredder with jam proof system A shredder is disclosed having a jam proof system. In one embodiment, the jam proof system provides a thickness detector having a contact member which displaces as an article is inserted into a throat of the shredder and a resistance generating mechanism configured ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091810 | Cheese crumbling device An apparatus and method for crumbling a food product such as a block of cheese into irregularly shaped food particles. One embodiment of the apparatus consists of a chute-shaped housing that contains two opposing plates with a plurality of smooth, rounded, finger-li... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083163 | Demolition machine method and apparatus featuring shear or pulverizer with magnet The present invention is a magnetic lifting attachment to the boom structure and hydraulic system of a demolition machine, which includes a demolition tool selected from the group consisting of shearing jaws and a concrete pulverizer, and a hydraulic actuator adapte... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079536 | Method, control device and drive device for detaching a charge stuck to the inner wall of a grinding pipe In a method for detaching a charge (5) which is stuck to the inner wall of a grinding pipe (1), the grinding pipe (1) is rotated in a targeted manner such that the charge (5) that is stuck is removed from the inner wall of the grinding pi... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8066209 | Shredder head adapted to shred data bearing documents and bottles A shredder head adapted to shred data bearing documents and bottles. ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066208 | Convertible discharge system for bale shredder A bale shredder is mounted on a frame and has a flail that will shred material, such as hay, straw and silage, and an auger receives the shredded material and moves it toward a first end of the auger. The first end of the auger is surrounded by a chamber that has a ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8020793 | Shredder with biometric detection safety feature A shredder having a biometric information safety feature(s) that reduces potential safety hazards. ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020794 | Shredder head adapted to vary power by thickness of material A shredder head adapted to vary the power consumed by the shredder according to the thickness of the material to be shredded. ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020792 | Locked charge detector An apparatus includes a mill, a rotary actuator configured to apply torque to the mill, a sensor configured to sense a parameter corresponding to rotation of the mill and a controller configured to generate control signals based upon acceleration of the mill. Rotati... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7988077 | Connecting apparatus adapted in a conjunctive structure A connecting apparatus adapted in a conjunctive structure is provided. The conjunctive structure comprises a baseboard, a peripheral element and a connecting apparatus. The connecting apparatus comprises at least one first connecting element and at least one second ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984864 | Device for destroying sheet material The invention provides a device for destroying sheet material, comprising shredding means (2) for shredding the sheet material and a feed conveyor system (3) for feeding sheet material to be destroyed to the shredding means from a feed location, wherei... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980496 | Method for detecting the amount of grains within a grinding device A method for detecting an amount of grains within a container of a rotating grinding member is described, said method comprising the steps of: supplying (FORP1) a first driving torque to the rotating grinding member during a first interval (T1) of a gr... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975941 | Shredder head having motor driven shredder blades and an associated safety feature and/or a method of shredding material A shredder having a safety feature(s) that reduces potential safety hazards by detecting the temperature of a shredder motor and issuing a warning as an predetermined overheat temperature approaches. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7954735 | Method for controlling process parameters of a cone crusher A crushing and reducing device, especially cone crushers, used in the building and ore-dressing industries. A method of controlling the operation of a cone crusher having an internal cone connected to an unbalanced vibrator, and an external cone. The method includes... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950600 | Device and method for comminuting coarsely crushed polycrystalline silicon Polysilicon is crushed with a minimum of manual and machine crushing steps by utilizing a large diameter roll crusher, the circumferential crushing surface of which is formed of a plurality of reversibly mounted, close fitting hard metal plates. Reproducible crushin... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946514 | Shredder with thickness detector A shredder includes a thickness detector device having a contact portion in a throat of a housing. The contact portion is movable by a thickness between opposing major surfaces of at least one article being received by the throat. The thickness detector device inclu... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942352 | Shredder with rotatable device for moving shredded materials adjacent the outlet Disclosed herein is a shredder having a rotatable device located at least partially between a shredder mechanism and a bottom of an output opening of the shredder housing. The rotatable device includes a shaft configured to rotate about an axis parallel to an axis o... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938347 | Shredder having a dual stage cutting mechanism A shredder is disclosed having a dual stage cutting mechanism. The dual stage cutting mechanism generally includes two pairs of cutters for performing two distinct cutting operations. The pair of first cutters is configured to pierce rows of staggered cross-cuts int... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934670 | Removable hopper grinder A grinding machine (20) for use in grinding materials, the grinding machine (20) comprising: a grinder assembly (22) for receiving material therein; at least one removable hopper (24) attachable proximate to the grinding assembly (22 | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931219 | Anti-spin assembly An anti-spin assembly is arranged in a gyratory crusher. The anti-spin assembly includes an expandable braking receptacle, which is adapted to be expanded by way of a pressure medium. The braking receptacle is arranged in a space between a first surface formed on a ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922109 | Thrust bearing for a gyratory crusher and method of supporting a vertical shaft in such a crusher A gyratory crusher includes a crushing head on which a first crushing shell is mounted, and a frame on which a second crushing shell is mounted. The crusher has a thrust bearing which is made up of horizontal bearing plates and which is located between a vertical sh... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909273 | Shredder with gas detection system A shredder is disclosed having a gas detection system. According to one embodiment, one or more sensors may be placed inside the housing of the shredder to detect the presence of gases, and in particular, flammable or combustible gases. If a gas is sprayed into the ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7891591 | Cracker crumbler An apparatus that crushes and crumbles crackers or similar foodstuffs in preparation for use with various food recipes, is herein disclosed. The apparatus is comprised of a plastic tower approximately two and one-half (2½) inches on a side by eight (8) inches in he... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7883037 | Refiner stator plate having an outer row of teeth slanted to deflect pulp and method for pulp deflection during refining A method of refining celluosic fiber material between opposing discs in a refiner including: feeding the fiber material to between the discs; rotating at least one of the discs to propel the fiber material radially outward and between the discs; refining the refinin... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878432 | Plunger can assembly A plunger can for a roller assembly within a pulverizing mill has a body which contains a compression spring. A stub shaft transfers the force generated by the compression spring to the roller assembly. A bushing in cooperation with a locking guide in the fore end o... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7871026 | Method of chopping unwound items A method and apparatus for separating long, unwound items like fiber, fiber strands, yarn, etc. into short lengths is disclosed. The apparatus has a backup roll, a blade roll that uses novel dummy blade slot fillers between each pair of chopping blades on the blade ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7871025 | Feeding mechanism auto-adjusting to load for use in automatic high-security destruction of a mixed load, and other feeding systems A inventive feeding mechanism continuously feeds and continuously subjects to shredding, cutting, recycling, sorting, or other processing, a load consisting of a mixture of different-thickness materials, such as a mixture of paper, compact disks (CDs), cassette tape... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7861956 | Apparatus and method for crushing anodes There is provided an apparatus for crushing anodes, including a chamber for receiving the anodes. At least one movable wall is received in the chamber. The wall has a plurality of cutting devices associated therewith. The wall is able to move in a first direction fo... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857245 | Apparatus for and method of comminuting agglomerates The present invention concerns apparatus for comminuting agglomerates and similar material to be comminuted, comprising a rotor (1) which is drivable in rotation and which has a plurality of blade-like comminuting tools (24) which can be brought into c... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7850103 | Assembly and method for restricting spinning in a gyratory crusher A crusher system includes a gyratory crusher, which has a crushing head, on which a first crushing shell is mounted; a frame, on which a second crushing shell is mounted; and a driving device, which is arranged to cause, by means of a rotating eccentric, the crushin... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7845583 | Method and a device for controlling the alignment between refining surfaces Methods and apparatus controlling the alignment between refining surfaces of opposite refining discs are disclosed which are relatively rotatable and which are incorporated in a refiner for disintegrating and refining lignocellulose-containing material in a refining... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7823814 | Shredder head adapted to shred data bearing documents and bottles A shredder head adapted to shred data bearing documents and/or bottles. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7815133 | Method for controlling process parameters of a cone crusher A crushing and reducing device, especially cone crushers, used in the building and ore-dressing industries. A method includes providing a crusher with proximity sensors and a disc rigidly secured to the unbalanced-mass vibration generator of the crusher such that th... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7770829 | Method and apparatus for protected coal mill journals A method of protecting coal mill journals from abrasive wear due to impingement of coal fines includes the steps of fabricating and attaching a mild steel liner form to the journal and welding wear plates to the liner form. Welding the plates to the form can occur b... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7757980 | Baled agricultural crop product unbaling apparatus and method of using same An apparatus and method for using the apparatus is taught for decreasing the density of and feeding into a convention small baler agricultural crop product that has been compressed into several flakes, the flakes having been then further compressed into a large bale... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7748654 | Medical waste disposal device A medical waste disposal device having a blade that rotates and chops medical waste into chips and other small particles. The blade includes at least one opening with at least one sharpened edge. The blade also has at least one raised portion adjacent to the sharpen... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7731112 | Underside particle flap for shredder Disclosed herein is a shredder having a closure located adjacent an output opening of a shredder housing that is selectively positioned to prevent shredded materials from being discharged from the output opening. The closure may be connected to the shredder housing,... | 06/08/2010 |
