Abstract: An apparatus for drying and powderizing organic material. The apparatus includes at least one chamber including: an intake adapted to receive warm air and the material into the at least one chamber, and an outlet adapted to transport warm air and powder out of the at least one chamber; at least one rotatable drive shaft in the at least one chamber adapted to rotated; and at least one blade assembly on the at least one drive shaft. The blade assembly includes a blade hub about the rotatable drive shaft and at least one blade coupled to the blade hub, wherein the at least one blade is adapted to powderize the material to expose a surface of the material to the warm air so that moisture in the material evaporates into the warm air.

Abstract: A kneader includes a casing with a papermaking material supply opening and a papermaking material outlet located below the papermaking material supply opening; at least first, second, third and fourth rotational shafts provided inside the casing; first blades attached to the first rotational shaft; second blades attached to the second rotational shaft; third blades attached to the third rotational shaft; and fourth blades attached to the fourth rotational shaft. The first rotational shaft and the second rotational shaft are located at the same height and are arranged parallel to each other, and the third rotational shaft and the fourth rotational shaft are located at the same height and are arranged parallel to each other. The third rotational shaft is located under the first rotational shaft and the fourth rotational shaft is located under the second rotational shaft, respectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutter knife (8), a cutter head disk (1) and a system including the inventive cutter head disk and the inventive knife, wherein the cutter knife includes a longitudinal bore enabling only one cutter knife to be arranged on the cutter head disk, the longitudinal bore thereof being compatible with the pin. The scaling on the longitudinal bore makes it possible to verify the position of the cutter knife in relation to the cutter head disk.

Abstract: An improved rotary cutting blade assembly which is characterized by reduced friction and enhanced cutting efficiency is disclosed. The improved rotary cutting blade includes a rotary cutting blade having a blade hub, a plurality of blade arms extending outwardly from the blade hub and a plurality of blade winglets carried by the plurality of blade arms, respectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutter head disk for a meat cutter, on which at least one knife can be mounted by means of eccentric bolts and optional magnets and which is provided with a metallic core for accommodating the drive shaft. Preferably, the core comprises a plastic envelope. The invention further relates to a knife having a geometry that is provided with a great axial load-bearing capability. Also disclosed are a system comprising a cutter head disk and two knives, a cutter head encompassing several systems, and a method for assembling a cutter head.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a blender blade (10) includes a body portion (12) having an upper surface (15) and a lower surface (16). The body portion includes an aperture (13) effectively defining an axis of rotation for the blender blade (10). A first blade wing (21) extends from the body portion (12) and has an upper surface (23) and a lower surface (25). A second blade (22) wing extends from the body portion (12) and has an upper surface (24) and a lower surface (26). A leading edge (41) is provided on the first blade wing (21) and a leading edge (42) is provided on the second blade wing (22), the leading edges (41, 42) being adapted to cut through a working medium during rotation of the blender blade (10). At least one wing flap (51, 52) extending outwardly, selectively from the first blade wing (21) and the second blade wing (22).

Abstract: A method for recovering and/or recycling starting silicon material by crushing the starting material. The recovered or recycled material is melted, and crystals, e.g. as a silicon block, tube, or strip, are grown from the obtained melt. To use starting materials that have a high aspect ratio to be able to convey the same without any problem, broken polycrystalline needle-shaped Si material (material I) containing particles having an aspect ratio AI, 5<A1?30, is used as a starting material. Material I is crushed so that the crushed particles (material II) have an aspect ratio AII<3. Alternatively, a broken Si wafer is used that is composed of laminar particles which are crushed so that the crushed particles (material III) have an aspect ratio AIII<3.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for conditioning materials for processing such as materials used in a recycling process. The invention includes a conditioning section comprising a drum associated with teeth. The end of the drum is rounded to prevent material from becoming lodged between the end of the drum and the conditioner section housing. A support bar is added to proved structural support to the teeth and to provide a tooth at the end of the support bar point toward the housing wall to further prevent materials from becoming lodged between the end of the drum and the conditioner section housing. The rotation teeth pass between stationary fingers. The finger may further include finger teeth. The length of the fingers, the distance between the finger and the drum, and the finger teeth configuration may be remotely selected to provide for conditioned materials of different sizes.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cutting apparatus, which includes an s-shaped blade, for cutting a foodstuff to form a concave, tapered wedge product. The cutting apparatus includes a cylindrical housing member, a ring member, which receives and holds the s-shaped blade, and a base member affixed to the cylindrical housing member. The cylindrical housing receives at least one ring member, typically several. The several ring members, each receiving and holding an s-shaped blade, are stacked together. One or more ring members in the stack can be rotated in order to adjust the angles between the blades. By adjusting the angles between the blades, the size and dimensions of the cut foodstuff can be modified. Typically, the apparatus will be used as part of a high speed processing line.

Abstract: A shredder adapted to encourage the settling of shredded material therein and method of shredding material.

Abstract: A rolling food processor includes a body forming a chamber, a blade assembly, and a roller assembly. The blade assembly may include a hub and a plurality of blades mounted about the hub and positioned within the chamber, the blade assembly being rotatably coupled to the roller assembly. The roller assembly includes at least one rolling member such that when a user rolls or reciprocates the rolling member on a surface, the hub and the blades rotate to process a food item selectively positioned in the chamber.

Abstract: There is described a rotary knife for use in a cutting apparatus, comprising a central hub adapted to be mounted with respect to a rotational driveshaft to define an axis of rotation; and a plurality of blades extending outwards from the hub; each blade having respective channels extending across a surface of the blade in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of rotation. There is also described a cutting apparatus having a rotary knife comprising a central hub adapted to be mounted with respect to a rotational driveshaft to define an axis of rotation; and a plurality of blades extending outwards from the hub; each blade having respective channels extending across a surface of the blade in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A comminuting machine rotor assembly comprising rotors carried by a shaft for conjoint rotation with the shaft, hammer heads carried by the rotors and extending radially outwardly from the shaft, and hammer inserts releasably attached to respective ones of the hammer heads. There is a wear material coating over at least a first cutting edge of an insert body of each insert. The first cutting edge of each insert body is defined by a front facet generally facing the direction of assembly rotation, a radially outer end facet adjacent the front facet, and an intervening radially distal corner of the hammer insert formed at the intersection of the front and end facets. The front and end facets are disposed at a relative angle of greater than 60 degrees to one another.

Abstract: A multi-blade food processing apparatus having two independent blade assemblies, each of which blade assemblies having two opposed horizontal cutting blades, wherein the upper of two independent blade assemblies is selectively removable from the apparatus, the cutting blades are spaced apart in elevation, and are offset in orientation 90 degrees for improved cutting efficiency. The blade assemblies are positioned at 90 degrees from each other but may include additional positions for orienting the blades at any angle with respect to each other.

Abstract: A method for fiberizing material and for feeding fiberized material to a further process. Fiberization is performed with a pulper, which includes a primary space for processing the material to be fiberized with a knife assembly rotating on a driving shaft. The material to be processed is forced, in order to fiberize the material, by rotary motion of the knife through a screen assembly, into a secondary space, for supplying the fiberized material further through an expulsion opening of the pulper to further processing. The knife assembly includes a primary knife unit for final preparation of a material to be fed into the pulper, and a secondary knife unit for fiberizing the material to be processed by forcing it to pass first through the secondary knife unit, and through a screen assembly, spaced from the knife assembly by a clearance. An apparatus can apply the method.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a blender blade (10) includes a body portion (12) having an upper surface (15) and a lower surface (16). The body portion includes an aperture (13) effectively defining an axis of rotation for the blender blade (10). A first blade wing (21) extends from the body portion (12) and has an upper surface (23) and a lower surface (25). A second blade (22) wing extends from the body portion (12) and has an upper surface (24) and a lower surface (26). A leading edge (41) is provided on the first blade wing (21) and a leading edge (42) is provided on the second blade wing (22), the leading edges (41, 42) being adapted to cut through a working medium during rotation of the blender blade (10). At least one wing flap (51, 52) extending outwardly, selectively from the first blade wing (21) and the second blade wing (22).

Abstract: A manually drivable apparatus for comminuting foods. The apparatus includes a substantially rotationally symmetrical vessel configured to receive a material to be cut, a substantially rotationally symmetrical removable cover configured to nonrotatably mount on the vessel, a shaft rotatably mounted centrally along an axis of the vessel, and at least one blade mounted to the shaft and projecting approximately at right angles from the shaft. The apparatus includes a cutting edge provided on the at least one blade on each of a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge. The apparatus includes a rotatable drive part configured to drive at least the shaft, and includes a gear arranged in the cover and configured to operatively connect the rotatable drive part to the shaft with a transmission ratio that is greater than 1.

Abstract: A blade for food processors is provided on at least one surface with a plurality of spaced cutting teeth, which are slantingly or perpendicularly projected from the surface of the blade. Each of the cutting teeth includes a substantially pyramidal projection and a substantially triangular shallow recess located in front of the pyramidal projection. When the blade is mounted in mixer, juicer, or other types of food processors, the cutting teeth cooperate with serrated edges of the blade to very quickly cut, grate, grind, and press fruit or food to produce highly fine granules and juice.

Abstract: A cutting blade includes a connection portion for connection to a cutting head for rotating the blade, preferably in association with other blades being rotated with the cutting head. The blade body also includes a blade body portion with a leading edge with a cutting blade portion and an upper leading surface and lower leading surface extending from the leading edge to an upper transition zone and lower transition zone respectively. A upper trailing surface extends from the upper transition zone to a trailing edge and a lower trailing surface extends from the lower transition zone to the trailing edge. The upper and lower trailing surfaces converge such that the blade body portion is hydrodynamically shaped. According to a further embodiment, the cutting blade has a sickle shape.

Abstract: A device for comminuting material includes a plurality of knife carriers arranged along a comminuting path, wherein each knife carrier has a receiving unit with a stop for a knife bundle. The knife bundle is held in a position of operation in the receiving unit, wherein each knife bundle is composed of a knife support plate and a chipping knife. The knife support plate and the chipping knife are connected to each other so as to overlap in a transverse direction in a plane of the knife support plate. The knife support plate has at a longitudinal side thereof facing the stop of the knife carrier at least one stop surface, wherein the stop surface is adjustable in the transverse direction of the knife support plate.

Abstract: A food processor blade unit includes an upper blade and a lower blade and a shaft. The upper blade has two side sections respectively divided into a first stage, a second stage and a third stage all angled differently. The lower blade has two side sections divided into a level section and a sloped section with a bending-down end section. Both the upper and the lower blade further respectively have one lengthwise side formed with a blade edge. Then the three stages of the upper blade can cut food into minute bits, and the level section and the sloped section of the lower blade can cut, stir and churn cut food repeatedly again and again into juice, minute bits or powder.

Abstract: A food processor for processing foodstuffs including a housing having a motor covering a base. The food processor further including a driveshaft, a bowl, a lid and a first tool. The driveshaft protrudes from the base and includes a first end proximate the base and a second end distal therefrom. The bowl is removably securable to the base. The lid is removably securable to the bowl creating a processing chamber between inner surfaces of the bowl and the lid. The first tool is rotatably securable to the driveshaft adjacent the first end in a first operating mode and is rotatably securable to the driveshaft adjacent the second end in a second operating mode. The food processor further includes a disk that is rotatably securable adjacent the second end creating a sub-processing chamber between the first surface and the inner surfaces in the second operating mode.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving wear resistance and thoughness about the chip exit opening of the knife base (2′,14′,15) of a disc chipper knife (1′). According to the invenetion, the surface of the knife base bordering the chip exit opening is surface hardened over an edge area (18,18′,18″).

Abstract: This invention is related to industrial blades with a multi-point center and multi-wings which can be used with any driven, electric-powered, cutter-parting, stirrer blender, robot and mixer etc. devices either house type or industrial type, positioned at every possible angle with respect to each other and locked to middle axis. With present invention wherein a blade with multi-centers and multi-wings (4, 6) is used instead of a blade with single center and two wings, the time of function is decreased by half as compared to the use of single blade, cut pieces of various foodstuff have identical sizes, ice dices are uniformly broken down into snow sprinkles in a very short period of time (6 seconds) if engine power is sufficient for this purpose and some of the non-stiff foodstuff are fragmented without becoming juicy.

Abstract: A blender blade assembly has a lower blade and an upper blade, each having a planar center section and curved outer blade sections. The blades extend in the same longitudinal direction so that the upper blade sections are above the lower blade sections. The blade sections are so curved that ingredients in the path of rotating blades are funneled between them. Such funneling can create a tendency for the ingredients to form a swirling mass which rotates with the blade assembly and detracts from the efficiency of the blade assembly. Therefore, the curved blade sections of the upper blade extend at an upward angle sufficient to avoid the creation of a swirling mass of ingredients that rotates with the blade assembly.

Abstract: A cutter for use in a blender includes a central hub portion defining a horizontal plane. First and second pairs of blades extend outwardly from the hub portion. The first pair of blades is oriented on opposite sides of the hub portion and the blades lie in substantially the same horizontal plane as the hub portion. The second pair of blades is oriented on opposite sides of the hub portion and the blades extend upwardly from the horizontal plane of the hub portion, and further wherein the angles of upward extension of each of the second pair of blades is asymmetric. Further, each blade of the first set of blades has a cutting edge and trailing edge, and each blade of the first set of blades is pitched so that there is a downward slope from the cutting edge to the trailing edge.

Abstract: A food processor in the present invention includes a spindle, a blade holder, a positioning member, an elastic retaining member, a flexible member and a push member. Only to press down the push member, engagement hooks and guide blocks of the push member will slide downwards along slide grooves of the positioning member to compress the flexible member and lower an inclined plane of the push member to press against an inner wall surface of a clamp part of the elastic retaining member to force the clamp part to be stretched outwardly so as to release a projection of the spindle, thereby the blade holder can be easily disassembled and assembled for the convenience of completely cleaning residuary foodstuff out of the blade holder to keep the blade holder in a good sanitary condition ready for the next use so as to prolong the working life of the food processor.

Abstract: A food processor that is operable in a dough mixing mode and in at least one other mixing mode. When in the dough mixing mode, the mixing impeller is driven at a continuous speed in the range of about 1,400 to about 1,600 rpm and preferably form about 1,400 rpm to about 1,550 rpm. When in the other mixing mode, the impeller is driven at a speed in excess of 1,600 rpm. The impeller has a blade assembly with an upper blade and a lower blade that are offset vertically and sloped toward one another to thereby slice a relatively wide swath of the dough ball during mixing.

Abstract: In order to prevent damage due to inappropriate or unsuitable blades mounted in grinding machines such as cutters or mincers, the blades are equipped with a sensor chip which serves as a data memory and whose data serve as actual values for an actual value/set value comparison. The result of this comparison determines whether the grinding machine can or cannot be turned on.

Abstract: There is provided a food processor having a motor, an impeller rotatably driven by the motor, a controller for rotating the motor in a first direction or a second direction, and a switch for controlling the controller to change the direction of the rotation of the motor.

Abstract: A waste plastic dechlorination system comprises a dechlorination furnace 1 for heating and thermally decomposing waste plastics, and a rotating cutter 4 provided in the dechlorination furnace 1. A pressure gauge 9, a flow meter 10 and an exhaust pump 12 are sequentially connected to the dechlorination furnace 1 via an exhaust pipe 7. The waste plastics heated and decomposed in the dechlorination furnace 1 are discharged into a discharge tank 15.

Abstract: An apparatus for breaking chips into fragments, including an outer structure which is fixedly provided such that a center line of the outer structure is parallel to a reference direction having a vertical component, an inner structure which is provided inside the outer structure such that the inner structure is concentric with the outer structure, a rotary drive device which rotates, in a rotating direction, the inner structure about the center line, and the inner structure including a central portion which is concentric with the outer structure, and a plurality of blades which extend radially outwardly from an outer circumferential surface of the central portion and each of which is inclined relative to the rotating direction such that a lower surface of the each blade can be seen as viewed from a downstream side of the each blade in the rotating direction.

Abstract: A food processor that is operable in a dough mixing mode and in at least one other mixing mode. When in the dough mixing mode, the mixing impeller is driven at a continuous speed in the range of about 1,400 to about 1,600 rpm and preferably form about 1,400 rpm to about 1,550 rpm. When i8n the other mixing mode, the impeller is driven at a speed in excess of 1,600 rpm. The impeller has a blade assembly with an upper blade and a lower blade that are offset vertically and sloped toward one another to thereby slice a relatively wide swath of the dough ball during mixing.