Patents Examined by Faye Francis
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Patent number: 11583143Abstract: A coffee grinder-loser apparatus has a removable grinding chamber that is extractable with a fast release. Grinding adjustment is independent of access to the grinding chamber. An interface flange is interposed between an adjusting ring nut and a fixed chamber of the grinding chamber. The flange makes an indirect coupling of the ring nut and of an extractable group of components to the fixed structure. A locking system includes levers with a cam tooth mounted externally on the interface flange. The cam tooth hooks a head of tie-rod assemblies with an elastic spring so as to place them in traction and joined to the fixed structure of the grinding chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventor: Luca Lissandron
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Patent number: 11583905Abstract: A method for treating process material using a plurality of autoclaves, wherein each of the plurality of autoclaves cycles through the following: introducing steam from one or more of the plurality of autoclaves into an interior of a vessel; increasing the temperature within the vessel by adding heat to the interior of the vessel using an indirect heat source; reducing the temperature and pressure within the vessel by flashing a portion of the steam within the interior of the vessel to another one of the plurality autoclaves; increasing the temperature within the vessel by continuing to add heat to the interior of the vessel using the indirect heat source; and reducing a moisture content of the process material in the interior of vessel to a predetermined value by venting a remaining portion of the steam to another one of the plurality of autoclaves.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: GLOBAL ORGANICS ENERGYInventor: Joseph Anderson
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Patent number: 11583144Abstract: A micro puree machine includes a mixing shaft coupled to a blade and rotatable by means of a gear. A magnet is coupled to the gear and a rotation sensor is mounted on the machine housing. As the mixing shaft descends into the pre-frozen ingredients, the rotation sensor detects a magnetic field of the magnet as the gear rotates and generates a rotation signal in response. A controller receives the rotation signal and determines a rotation count associated with the gear, causing the mixing shaft to ascend back toward the housing once a pre-selected rotation count has been reached. The pre-selected rotation count correlates with the partial processing of the ingredients.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Helen Williams, Sam Bannister, Lukas Tubby, Ryan Michienzi, Max He, Ping Chu
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Patent number: 11583866Abstract: Method and apparatus for fracturing particulates during an air mill process. In some embodiments, a disc assembly is rotated within a housing about a central axis. The disc assembly includes a horizontally extending annular ring with opposing innermost and outermost edge surfaces. A retention flange extends adjacent the outermost edge surface of the annular ring. Spaced apart impellers project from an upper surface of the annular ring for movement in a direction of rotation of the annular ring to form an inner zone of lower pressure surrounded by an outer zone of higher pressure. During air mill processing, an inlet stream of particulates is introduced to the inner zone to induce collisions among previously introduced particulates into the inner zone. Reduced-sized fractured particulates are removed from the inner zone using a negative pressure supplied via a vacuum line.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventor: Nick Hail
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Patent number: 11577255Abstract: Disclosed is a meat grinder. According to the technical solution of this disclosure, food is placed into a processing cavity through a material inlet, and after the food is fallen to a side of a propeller away from a cutter head, the propeller is configure to propel the food to a cutter. The food is pressed against the cutter head and the food on the cutter head is cut by the cutter, and the food in discharge holes is squeeze outed by the propeller. Because the propeller is rotatably connected to the cutter head through the wear part, it may prevent an end of the propeller facing the cutter head from rubbing directly against the cutter head and causing black powder, so as to avoid the risk of contamination of the meat and affect the user's experience.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: DONGGUAN ZHEN ZHONG KANG PRECISION TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Yixin She, Tangrong Ni
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Patent number: 11576528Abstract: An herb grinding and rolling apparatus configured to provide availability of all of the elements required to facilitate the grinding of herbs and dispensing into a paper for subsequent rolling and smoking. The present invention includes a body wherein the body is formed from a first section, a second section and a third section. The three sections are foldably coupled so as to move the body between a folded position and an unfolded position. The first section includes an herb grinding compartment having an interior volume and an herb grinding plate. The second section and third section are configured to receive, retain and dispense sheets of paper suitable for use in rolling ground herbs. The paper includes perforation seams at one end thereof to produce a desired shape for an end of a rolled paper. The herb grinding compartment includes a funnel formation in the sidewall thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Inventor: Robert Hepburn
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Patent number: 11566374Abstract: A refiner plate that is adapted to be attached to a rotatable refiner disc on a refiner for mechanical treatment of lignocellulosic material. The refiner plate includes a refining surface that is adapted to be arranged oppositely a second refining surface of a second refiner disc on said refiner. The refining surface is provided with a plurality of refining bars, where at least one of the refining bars is provided with cavities that are at least partially embedded in the refining bars. At least one cavity provided on the at least one refining bar have one end arranged closer to the leading edge of a refining bar and one end arranged closer to the trailing edge of the refining bar and wherein the depth dimension of the cavity at the end is smaller than the depth dimension of the cavity at the end.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: VALMET ABInventor: Thommy Lindblom
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Patent number: 11548009Abstract: System having an apparatus (10) for shredding hygiene products (12), which operates within a revolving device (22).Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: DIAPER RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.Inventor: Martin Scaife
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Patent number: 11549248Abstract: Baffles for food waste disposers, systems employing such baffles, and methods of assembling, manufacturing, fabricating, or operating such baffles or baffle systems are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, a baffle for implementation in connection with a waste disposer includes a rim portion, a plurality of flaps, and a plurality of living hinges, where the rim portion, living hinges, and flaps constitute a single integrally-formed structure. The respective living hinges permit the respective flaps to be rotatable about respective axes that respectively are substantially tangent to respective locations along or proximate to the rim portion, so that the respective flaps can be rotated to respective closed positions. Either the living hinges or at least one additional component tend to cause the respective flaps to remain at the respective closed positions when already at those respective positions, or to return to those respective positions when not at those respective positions.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: InSinkErator LLCInventors: Thomas R. Berger, Brian Retzke, Mile Nikolic
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Patent number: 11541398Abstract: A mincing drum for a cutting and separating device, at the first end section of which there is an inlet opening and at the second end section of which there is an outlet opening, a plurality of cutting openings being arranged in a pressure housing section of the mincing drum and passing continuously through the pressure housing section from an inner wall to an outer wall, each cutting opening having, on the inner wall, a cutting opening edge facing the outlet opening and a drawing-in opening edge facing the inlet opening. The cutting performance of the cutting and separating device and the quality of the desired food component is significantly improved as a feed channel which is recessed relative to the inner wall is situated between the cutting opening edge and the drawing-in opening edge.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: SEPAGRIND GMBHInventor: Helmut Von Der Weiden
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Patent number: 11535984Abstract: A refiner segment that includes a center area. The refiner segment includes a number N, N?2, of bar zone that are arranged at different radial positions with regard to a radial direction R extending from the center area of the refiner disc towards the periphery of the refiner segment. Each of the bar zones are defined by a corresponding set of refining bars that are distributed angularly and encircles the center area. The refining bars belonging to different but neighboring bar zones are angularly offset and refining bars belonging to different but neighboring bar zones are arranged in such a way that a tangential direction of a particular refining bar belonging to a bar zone points in a direction towards the mid-point between two refining bars belonging to a neighboring bar zone.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: VALMET ABInventor: Thommy Lindblom
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Patent number: 11534769Abstract: A gyratory crusher bottomshell and inspection hatch assembly is attachable exclusively to the bottomshell via a wear plate positioned at an internal region of the bottomshell. A wall thickness of the bottomshell at a border region immediately surrounding the hatch opening is generally equal to or less than a wall thickness over a remainder region of the wall at the same axial height position of the hatch opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SANDVIK SRP ABInventors: Michael Skog, Adrien Henssien, Sonny Ek, Mikael Larsson, Magnus Fredriksson, Jan Johansson
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Patent number: 11534768Abstract: A gyratory crusher topshell having an annular shell wall that is strengthened to minimize stress concentrations and increase the topshell operational lifetime. The topshell includes spider arms that are structurally reinforced at their radially inner regions and also has an annular wall that is reinforced at regions immediately below the spider arms to further increase strength and facilitate casting.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SANDVIK SRP ABInventors: Jan Johansson, Michael Skog, Sonny Ek, Magnus Fredriksson
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Patent number: 11529634Abstract: A replaceable work part which has a base and a tooth portion provided on an upper side of the base. A plurality of mounting legs extend downward from the base. Each mounting leg defines a recess and is configured to engage a corresponding mounting structure formed on a jaw of the jaw assembly. The replaceable work part is mounted to the jaw by being inserted into the same from above and sliding the same onto the jaw in a sliding direction to engage the mounting legs with the mounting structures of the jaw. In this state, locking members are inserted between the replaceable work part and the jaw and secured to the replaceable work part to restrict movement of the replaceable work part in the direction opposite to the mounting direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Caterpillar Work Tools B.V.Inventor: Jeroen Brouwers
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Patent number: 11529022Abstract: The aim of the invention is to improve the sealing of a device for grinding or milling material to be ground. To this end, the invention relates to a device (1) and to the method for sealing particularly such a device (1). According to the invention, the seal (10) of the device (1) includes the sealing ring (11) which radially surrounds the drive shaft (6) and the cutting ring (12) arranged between the sealing ring (11) and the tool (5). In order to produce the seal (10), the cutting ring (12) is set into the sealing ring (11) and positioned in the annular slit (14) created by this action, said cutting ring being connected to the tool (5) and/or the drive shaft (6) such that the passage (7) is sealed.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: IKA—WERKE GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Axel Kaufmann
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Patent number: 11523710Abstract: A coffee bean container configured to store green and/or partially roasted coffee beans includes an inner volume where the beans are stored, roasting means allowing beans to roast at a certain required degree depending on the original roasting level of the stored beans, and at least part of a grinder to allow for grinding of the beans, once roasted, to a certain grinding size. The roasting means may be a roasting hollow tube through which pressurized hot air circulates such that coffee beans circulate inside the tube and within the internal volume, creating a fountain effect.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventors: Flavien Dubief, Alexandre Perentes, Alfred Yoakim, Christianne Bournival
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Patent number: 11516970Abstract: A shredding rotor rotatably coupled to a support frame is configured to remove plant leaves from plant stems fed into an aperture in the support frame. The shredding rotor includes many flexible shredding strands attached to a rotor axle. The shredding strands are sufficiently flexible to strip leaves from all sides of the stems without breaking the stems into pieces. Shredding strands are spaced far enough apart from one another to prevent plant material from becoming lodged between the strands. A destemming and shredding apparatus including two shredding rotors separates an incoming stream of plant materials into an output stream of shredded leaves and another output stream of essentially intact stems. A shredding apparatus having no more than one shredding rotor receives destemmed leaves at an inlet aperture and outputs shredded leaf fragments.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventor: Raymond Boone
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Patent number: 11519830Abstract: An active/resilient grinding media inside a tube containing a sample is oscillated rapidly by a homogenizer so that the active media is driven in a first direction until it impacts a first end of the tube, which causes it to deform and store an energy charge as it decelerates and stops, and it then accelerates rapidly in the second opposite direction under the discharging force of the stored energy toward the opposite second end of the tube. This cycle of the active media decelerating/charging and then discharging/accelerating is repeated throughout the entire oscillatory processing of the sample. The result is much higher velocities of the active media and therefore much greater impact forces when the sample and active media collide, producing increased efficiency in disruption and size-reduction of the sample particles.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: OMNI INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: William Z. Todd, Karl Jahn
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Patent number: 11517912Abstract: A document shredder (10) includes a housing (12) which has, in a housing wall (18), an insertion slot (22) for inserting sheet material. The insertion slot (22) has a longitudinal extent between two slot ends (32). The shredder further includes a cutting unit which is arranged in the housing (12) and which has motor-driven cutting tools (24) for shredding the sheet material. The insertion slot (22) is widened transversely with respect to the longitudinal extent in at least one end region (38) that is delimited by one of the slot ends (32).Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: ACCO UK Ltd.Inventors: Paul Aries, Chloe Burton
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Patent number: 11517914Abstract: A kitchen garbage processor, includes: a processor body, a dewatering component, and an oil-water separating component, the processor body has a working platform disposed thereon, an inlet for dumping kitchen garbage is disposed on the working platform, a fore end of the dewatering component is communicated with the inlet and configured to send a kitchen garbage that to be processed to the dewatering component to separate a solid garbage from a liquid garbage; a solid garbage outlet configured for sending out a processed solid garbage and a liquid garbage outlet configured for sending out a residual liquid garbage are disposed at a rear end of the dewatering component; a fore end of the oil-water separating component is communicated with the liquid garbage outlet so as to send liquid garbage that to be processed to the oil-water separating component to separate oil from water; an oil outlet configured for sending out separated oil and a water outlet configured for sending out separated water are disposed at aType: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventor: Liwei Shi