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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6964511 | Mixing apparatus and method A mixing apparatus including a frame, a housing, and a pair of thrust generators are disclosed. The housing is pivotably mounted to the frame and is movable between a retracted position substantially parallel with the frame and an extended position substantially per... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6931826 | Dual drive material turning machine and method A machine for turning material piled on the ground in a windrow comprises first and second track assemblies spaced apart from one another and having a lift assembly therebetween. The lift assembly lifts the material upwardly and deposits it to the rear. The first an... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6382828 | Apparatus for turning and/or mixing a flat bed compost An apparatus for turning and mixing a flat bed composting mass includes an even number of mixing worms that each rotate about a vertical shaft. The end of each vertical shaft may include a wear-resistant element on its end which serves to protect the shaf... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6276824 | Apparatus and method for slurrying waste materials and drill cutting in a tank and transferring them therefrom An apparatus and method for slurrying waste materials and drill cuttings. The apparatus includes a pump having a chamber an inlet opening into the bottom of the chamber, an impeller, an outlet on one side of the chamber for removal of material into a disc... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6200017 | Implement for mixing fodder An apparatus and method for mixing fodder with another consumable material wherein a hopper having two compartments is drawn by a tractor or similar vehicle or is self-propelled. Two parallel feeding channels are provided in front of a plurality of animal... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5879931 | Aerobic fermentation promoting device of excrements, aerobic fermentation system using it and compost therefrom An aerobic fermentation promoting device, a fermentation system and organic compost prepared by the system. The device promotes aerobic fermentation of compost materials by periodically mixing the compost materials together and by letting the compost mate... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5688686 | Fermentation apparatus The fermentation apparatus according to the invention is of a vertically oriented, multistage type comprising one or more fermentation tanks, an outlet port provided at the top of the fermentation tank, a maturation tank disposed below the fermentation ta... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5593888 | Method for accelerated bioremediation and method of using an apparatus therefor This invention relates to a method of using an apparatus is provided for the accelerated bioremediation of treated contaminated material. The material is treated with chemical and/or biological amendments for facilitating accelerated bioremediation thereo... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5459071 | Compost curing system A compost curing system utilizing a compost turner of generally V-shaped configuration, one leg of the "V" being formed by counter-rotating ribbon augers and the other leg of the "V" being formed by pair of over-under conveyors, the lower conveyor being a... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5423491 | Transporting and/or handling and/or processing plant for soil, gravel, sand etc. One type of plant for transporting, handling and processing materials such as sand, gravel, crushed aggregate, soil, peat and recoverable excavated material. A screening plant for particularly screening of said materials comprises at least one feed statio... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5405780 | Apparatus for batch composting of waste material The composting of waste material in a batch mode is accomplished by microbiological aerobic activity in a closed cylindrical vessel. The batch composting facility comprises bottom aeration (18) and an agitation auger mechanism (1) to ensure both aerobic a... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5387036 | Organic material composting system Method, system and apparatus are disclosed for in-vessel composting of organic material. A compost handling apparatus moves forwardly through a bed of composting material in an elongate open bay. Specifically, an agitator comprises a feed belt such as a t... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5348103 | Composting machine A composting machine is used with an elongated reactor with flails mounted in a frame that moves longitudinally from a finishing end to a starting end during a processing pass. The flails move the organic material in the reactor along the reactor toward t... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5309703 | Mobile apparatus for turning and aerating compost materials in a compost windrow A mobile apparatus for turning, and otherwise agitating, compost materials in an elongated windrow, is described. The invention includes a chute structure, that can be moved into, and along, the windrow. A toothed drum, at the leading end of the chute str... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5149196 | Compost handling machine A compost handling machine comprising a carriage to support the machine for movement along a composting bay, and a compost agitating and conveying assembly to agitate compost in, and to move the compost along, the bay. The agitating and conveying assembly... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5001894 | Bearing guard for compost turner A compost turner including a rotatable mandrel supported by a shaft and at least one bearing includes a guard for reducing the tendency of polymeric garbage bags to wrap around the mandrel shaft and foul the bearing. The guard includes stationary cutting ... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4940338 | Device for the mixing of compost A mobile device for turning over or mixing accumulations of organic waste materials, such as compost at fixed dump sites, having a steerable chassis with working tracks enabling it to advance through the accumulations of material. The device has a mechani... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4828399 | Compost handling machine A compost handling machine comprising a carriage to support the machine for movement along a composting bay, and a compost agitating and conveying assembly to agitate compost in, and to move the compost along the bay. The agitating and conveying assembly ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4758355 | Oil spill recovery method Crude oils and other oleaginous substances which have washed onto and soaked thoroughly into coarse bottom sediments such as sand beaches and sediments forming the bottom of certain holding ponds may be released for recovery by mechanical or hydraulic plo... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4478520 | Compost turning and shredding apparatus A compost turning machine which travels along the ground and straddles a compost windrow, and which carries a rotating drum for turning the composting material. An adjustable auger system is located outboard and ahead of the rotating drum to collect compo... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4477203 | Apparatus and method for applying coatings to traffic surfaces A method and apparatus for coating traffic surfaces is disclosed in which, in lieu of preparing a batch of coating material, the coating ingredients are independently deposited on the traffic surface and a rotary tool with depending blades is brought into... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4462695 | Composting apparatus A composting method uses an "H"-shaped apparatus comprising four rotatable paddles disposed at each terminal end of the "H"-shaped arrangement, the apparatus as a whole being reversibly movable in the direction of the horizontal bar of the "H" shape. A pl... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4457630 | Compost processing machine A compost processing machine for separating, mixing and stacking compost includes a pick-up drum at its forward end which picks up the compost and discharges it to feed means which in turn feeds the compost to a beater drum at the back end of the machine ... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4448116 | Apparatus for the dry salting of curd for cheese production Apparatus for the dry salting of plastic or pliable curd for cheese production comprises a hopper for the salt, dispensing means at the hopper outlet for sprinkling the salt onto the plastic curd, a comb member disposed downstream of the dispensing means ... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4397674 | Material treatment and windrowing apparatus Self-propelled windrowing apparatus having a forward material treatment housing carrying an elevating structure formed as a drum carrying a plurality of pivotal flails. The flails serve to shred and aerate biodegradable waste and elevate it to a collectio... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4396292 | Windrowing-type composting apparatus Windrowing apparatus utilizing a windrowing conveyor which confronts an elongate row of biodegradable material for agitating and transferring it. The apparatus has two rearwardly disposed drive wheels which are fixed to a rigid frame and are selectively d... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4377258 | Method and apparatus for agitating and intermixing aerobic thermophilical composting organic waste materials A method and apparatus for more efficiently agitating and intermixing organic waste material in a containing vessel includes a rotary cutting assembly which is vertically advanced downwardly into an accumulated quantity of organic waste material. The rota... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4290703 | Windrowing type composting apparatus Windrowing apparatus for laterally transferring an elongate row of waste material wherein a windrow conveyor is supported for movement by three pivotally mounted and freely rotatable wheels. The apparatus may be coupled or decoupled from a conventional fr... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4244664 | Method and apparatus for on-site treatment of mud and silt According to this invention, when the area to be treated is accessible, the procedure involves breaking up the soil to be treated by a continuous, forward-moving mixing process down to a chosen depth. A first vertical section of a determined width is foll... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4019723 | Manure treatment apparatus and process A mobile apparatus repeatedly moves the central front opening of a drum and flail compartment thereof over elongated large masses of inoculated manure and moves the drum and flail assembly therein through each of the masses to repeatedly flail it, mix it,... | 04/26/1977 |
