Patents Assigned to Reduction Engineering, Inc.
  • In-line color mixer
    Patent number: 9636645
    Abstract: The method of producing a colored powder of a polymeric material includes the steps of selecting a feedstock of said polymeric material, pulverizing said polymeric material in a pulverizer to produce a powder, moving the powder directly from the pulverizer to a mixer; spraying a liquid formulation including a colorant into the powder within the mixer, and mixing the liquid formulation and powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: ColorMatrix Group, Inc., Reduction Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sly, Jim Mauri, Jeff Masar, Keith A. Bell
  • Methods for pulverizing materials
    Patent number: 8893993
    Abstract: This invention relates to the art of methods and apparatuses for grinding various materials into smaller particles; particularly, to those known in the art as pulverizing systems and devices. This invention provides methods and apparatuses for an improved disc mill assembly that utilizes a tapered flywheel and water jacket in conjunction with planar grinding disk cutting devices to create a tapered grinding channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Reduction Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sly, Eric Gorham, Larry Baker
  • In-line color mixer
    Patent number: 8864058
    Abstract: The method of producing a colored powder of a polymeric material includes the steps of selecting a feedstock of said polymeric material, pulverizing said polymeric material in a pulverizer to produce a powder, moving the powder directly from the pulverizer to a mixer; spraying a liquid formulation including a colorant into the powder within the mixer, and mixing the liquid formulation and powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignees: Reduction Engineering, Inc., ColorMatrix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sly, Jim Mauri, Jeff Masar, Keith Bell
  • Disc mill assembly for a pulverizing apparatus
    Patent number: 8282031
    Abstract: This invention relates to the art of methods and apparatuses for grinding various materials into smaller particles; particularly, to those known in the art as pulverizing systems and devices. This invention provides methods and apparatuses for an improved disc mill assembly that utilizes a tapered flywheel and water jacket in conjunction with planar grinding disk cutting devices to create a tapered grinding channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Reduction Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sly, Eric Gorham, Larry Baker