Patents Examined by Matthew Katcoff
  • Patent number: 12779471
    Abstract: A compact eccentric crusher includes a crusher jaw adjustment assembly for adjusting the size of the crushing gap between a crushing roller and a crusher jaw. The adjustment assembly includes a connection arm having a first end connected to a second end of the crusher jaw. A second end of the connection arm is connected to a slider that is mounted for movement along a slide rail. The adjustment assembly includes a drive unit operable to move the slider along the slide rail, resulting in corresponding movement of the connection arm and the second end of the crusher jaw. In one embodiment, the drive unit is a hydraulic cylinder having a cylinder rod connected to the slider. Upon an overload condition, the adjustment assembly allows the connection arm to move against the drive unit and the crusher jaw to move away from the crushing roller to adjust the crushing gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Metso USA Inc.
    Inventors: Guido Leuschen, Leon Bei der Sandwisch, Irina Kuhn
  • Patent number: 12779521
    Abstract: A device (10) for flanging a tube end has a receiving unit for the workpiece (12) to be flanged and at least one tool holder (30). Provision is furthermore made for at least one flanging roller (34), which is fastened to the tool holder (30) by way of a spindle (32). The flanging roller (34) can rotate about an axis of rotation (36) along the longitudinal axis of the spindle (32). The longitudinal axis (22) of the receiving unit (20) and the axis of rotation (36) of the flanging roller (34) are oriented at an angle relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Necati Kaya
  • Patent number: 12779626
    Abstract: The cavitation processing method, includes: immersing a nozzle that ejects a jet of a processing liquid of cavitation, a workpiece including a groove portion extending in a left-right direction and having edge portions at a front and a rear as viewed from the nozzle, and a guide member including a rectifying portion that flows the jet in a front-rear direction and a closing portion that closes a front end of the rectifying portion in the processing liquid; moving the closing portion to close to a front edge portion; ejecting the jet from the nozzle; and introducing the jet to the rectifying portion from the rear to cause the jet to collide with the closing portion for changing a flow direction of the jet to cause the jet to collide with a bottom portion of the groove portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventor: Taiki Matsui
  • Patent number: 12780466
    Abstract: Disclosed are cable tie tightening devices with cutting functionality, including a gripping unit configured to grip and pull a cable tie strap until an adjustable force limit is reached, a cutting unit configured to cut the strap, an actuator unit configured to automatically actuate gripping and cutting units, a force adjusting unit configured to adjust the adjustable force limit, where the gripping unit is attached to a piston element of the actuator unit at one side and the force adjusting unit includes a retaining element configured to retain a cylinder element of the actuator unit in a given position until the adjustable force limit is reached, while the retaining element is configured to be connected directly with the cylinder element when retaining the cylinder element in the given position, and to be disconnected from the cylinder element when the adjustable force limit is reached or exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: HellermannTyton GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Moritz Masuch
  • Patent number: 12779524
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a linear bearing pusher and tooling assembly including a housing, a first bearing, a second bearing, a shaft, a tooling adapter, a pusher, and a bolt. The housing can have a first end and a second end. The first bearing can have a first hole formed therethrough and can be positioned at the first end of the housing. The second bearing can have a second hole formed therethrough and can be positioned at the second end of the housing. The shaft can be movably disposed within the housing. The shaft can have a friction reducing coating. The tooling adapter or the pusher can be disposed inside the shaft. The bolt can be disposed through and attach the pusher and the tooling adapter to the shaft. The shaft can be permitted to move in a reciprocating manner within the housing without grease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: D.N.C. Hydraulics, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Cody Conaway
  • Patent number: 12766758
    Abstract: According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, an apparatus for splitting materials comprises a base defined by a surface and a perimeter, the base having a plurality of holes and configured to support the apparatus, a pair of sleeves, a cutting mean, a vertical guide configured to join with the base, and a crescent-shaped element configured to join with the vertical guide. The cutting mean comprises a bottom end and an upward facing wedge. The upward facing wedge comprises an upward facing thorn formed on a top end of the wedge, a pair of ribs formed on opposite sides of the wedge, and a plurality of longitudinal grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Inventor: Dmytro Odintsov
  • Patent number: 12766756
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a carriage, and a first member and a second member coupled to the carriage. The first and second member each have rollers positioned to freely roll along a support and move the carriage. A first set of rollers are positioned in a horizontal plane and a second set of rollers are positioned in a vertical plane. A bracket is coupled to the carriage and configured to hold a cutting tool. The bracket is configured to move along an X-axis and a Y-axis. A plurality of actuators is configured to move the bracket along the X-axis and the Y-axis. Each sensor of a plurality of sensors is configured to generate signals comprising the position of the apparatus. A controller is configured to receive the signals from the sensors and data. The controller executes instructions for controlling movement of the bracket based on the signals and the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Made by Matt, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew George Czapar
  • Patent number: 12766521
    Abstract: A transportable bulk material processing plant (10) provides at least one of a crusher module (12) or a screening module (14). At least one of the modules has a transportable platform (16.1) supporting at least one respective crusher (18) screening machine (20). Supports (22), such as legs, support the respective platform (16.1) on the ground or on a base (24). The supports (22) can be unfastened from the structure of the platform (16.1) and the platform and supports can be transported, such as by sea, road or rail, for erection at a work site. A removable conveyor module (38) can be provided/inserted under the platform for receiving crushed/comminuted material. Crushed material from one of the crusher machines can be supplied via the conveyor (36) to a screening module (14). Retaining walls (40) can retain earth and can be pivotably attached to the structure of the crusher module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Destec Crushers Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Stephen Wyatt
  • Patent number: 12766577
    Abstract: A rolling device includes a roller, a heat exchange assembly, and an adjustment assembly. The roller is provided with a rolling surface configured to roll a target member. The heat exchange assembly is arranged opposite to the rolling surface. The heat exchange assembly is configured to adjust the temperature of the rolling surface. The adjustment assembly is connected to the heat exchange assembly and is configured to adjust the position of the heat exchange assembly in an axial direction of the roller, so as to adjust temperatures of different regions of the rolling surface of the roller in the axial direction. A rolling system includes the rolling device, a measurement device and a controller, the measurement device is configured to measure the thickness of the target member after rolling; and the controller is connected in communication with the measurement device and the adjustment assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Yong Wang, Huan Che, Yalong Qing
  • Patent number: 12768104
    Abstract: A refining segment (4, 8) for refining fibrous material, and a refining segment (4, 8) for a refiner (1) for refining fibrous material is formed by arranging at least one set of profiled wires (22) next to each other and substantially immovable with respect to each other, wherein a width (Wa) of a bottom (22a) of the profiled wire (22) is different from a width (Wb) of a top (22b) of the profiled wire (22), to form at least one refining bar element (24), and fastening the at least one refining bar element (24) onto a back plate (19), wherein said back plate forms a body of the refining segment (4, 8), by applying at least one solidifying substance (25) between the at least one refining bar element (24) and the back plate (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Valmet Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Olli Tuovinen
  • Patent number: 12753963
    Abstract: An attachment for a stand mixer includes an ice block-receiving chamber having an inner cavity and a lower side defining an output opening and a blade in a fixed position along a portion of the opening and partially extending into the inner cavity. The attachment for a stand mixer further includes a plunger mounted with respect to the ice block-receiving chamber so as to be moveable into the inner cavity toward the lower side along an axis and to be rotatable around the axis, the blade having an edge that extends axially away from the axis and a drive shaft having an input end coupleable to a power output of the stand mixer and a drive end mechanically coupled with the plunger to drive rotation thereof about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lynsey Alexandra Howse, Tyler Douglas Mathews, Brandon T. Mock, John Jay Myers, Nicholas Hill Schutte, Joseph Snyder, Oi Man Siu, Bo Zhou
  • Patent number: 12752279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crusher for mineral materials or recycled materials, in particular rotary impact crushers or jaw crushers, having a crusher unit (10), which has a movable first crusher body (11), in particular a rotor or a crusher jaw, wherein a second crusher body (14), in particular an impact rocker or a crusher jaw, is assigned to the first crusher body (11), wherein a crushing gap (15) is formed between the crusher bodies (11, 14), wherein a movable assembly of an overload triggering device (30) is coupled to the first or to the second crusher body (11, 14), wherein the movable assembly has a cylinder (25) of a hydraulic cylinder (20) or a piston (23) guided in the cylinder (20), wherein the movable assembly is designed to permit a motion of the coupled crusher body (11, 14) increasing the width of the crushing gap (15) in an evasive motion, wherein a pressure chamber (24) is formed in the hydraulic cylinder (20), which pressure chamber is delimited by a piston (23), and wherein the overload tr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: Kleemann GmbH
    Inventor: Till Krauss
  • Patent number: 12746552
    Abstract: Methods for decomposing PFAS in a solid are provided. The method comprises combining a solid comprising PFAS with a co-milling agent to form a mixture of PFAS and the co-milling agent, and milling the mixture in a ball mill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: CycloPure, Inc.
    Inventors: Gokhan Barin, Olivia Therese Teodoro, Edon Vitaku
  • Patent number: 12741435
    Abstract: A commercial-scale oil-bearing material expeller press having an oil-bearing material inlet, an oil-bearing material press cake outlet and an oil outlet in a temperature-controlled barrel; said barrel housing a compression screw; said compression screw having a central shaft and a plurality of continuous or discontinuous screw flights wherein there are one or more compression zones along the direction of travel of said oil-bearing materials from said oil-bearing material inlet to said oil-bearing material outlet, wherein said central shaft increases in diameter in said direction of travel; and wherein at least said barrel is adapted to be cooled in a plurality of cooling zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: MSM MILLING PTY LTD
    Inventors: Peter Mac Smith, Marcio Novaes
  • Patent number: 12722159
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reliable cutting set system for a meat mincing machine. The mutually matched coding (14, 24) between knife pins (10) and the cutting set element (20) prevents an incorrect installation of the cutting set element (20) after a cleaning process or during the initial assembly, thereby increasing the operational safety. The invention allows a detection of the correct cutting set element (20) of a cutting set system and thus an unambiguous allocation of the cutting set element to a knife pin (10) of a cutting set system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Lumbeck & Wolter GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Udo Back, Fabian Döring
  • Patent number: 12714026
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a bale feeder assembly is provided comprising a housing having side walls and a feed assembly disposed between the side walls. The feed assembly has a proximal end and a distal end, and is structured to move a bale of material. The bale feeder also has a movable platform connected to the proximal end of the feed assembly to move the bale along the housing, and wherein the movable platform is rotatable between a generally horizontal position and a generally perpendicular position relative to the housing. The bale feeder also has a shredder disposed adjacent the distal end of the feed assembly to shred the bale, the feed assembly being disposed at an angle such that the proximal end is in a plane spaced below a plane the distal end is disposed in and the feed assembly with the movable platform is capable of moving a bale of material or a portion of a bale of material towards the shredder for shredding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.
    Inventor: Nathan Albert Carney
  • Patent number: 12715002
    Abstract: A shredding machine includes an outer housing including a main portion and a door. The outer housing defines an interior space. A shredding engine positioned above the interior space includes a shredding motor and a plurality of interleaved cutters. A material passage is configured to receive material to be shredded and direct the material to be shredded to the plurality of interleaved cutters. A collection bin is constructed of transparent material and removably received inside the interior space, the collection bin being open at a top end and defining a central vertical axis. An interior lighting element is operable to emit light in the visible spectrum into the collection bin. During operation of the shredding engine, the collection bin is configured to rotate within the outer housing about the central vertical axis and the interior lighting element is energized to illuminate shredded material as it falls into the collection bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Leitz ACCO Brands GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: James Matthew Henderson
  • Patent number: 12708908
    Abstract: Methods for the retrieval of aggregates from waste construction material by grinding in a ball mill or on a compressive grinder, which are useful in the recycling of waste construction material, especially in the recycling of concrete or mortar. Also, cleaned aggregates obtained from waste construction material by grinding and their use on the production of new construction materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Arnd Bernd Eberhardt, Denise Muths-Kern, Lukas Frunz, Luis Pegado, Patrick Juilland, Emmanuel Gallucci
  • Patent number: 12702985
    Abstract: Grinding mechanisms for food waste disposers, and food waste disposers having grinding mechanisms are disclosed herein. The grinding mechanisms include a stationary grinding ring that includes a plurality of grater teeth, and a rotating shredder plate that includes at least one lug. The at least one lug may have at least a portion that is movable with respect to the top surface of the rotating shredder plate, or may be fin shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLC
    Inventors: Matthew R Sandoval, Clyde C. Verhoff, Charles A. Farago
  • Patent number: 12691454
    Abstract: A system for mounting and/or demounting a liner element to a mill shell of a mill, wherein the system includes one or more liner lifting elements each structured and arranged to be fastened in a respective liner element through-hole such that the one or more liner lifting elements protrude out from the front side of the liner element to define associated lifting portions for allowing an engagement with a lifting tool. The system further includes one or more fastening bolts for fastening the liner element to the mill shell. A method for mounting and demounting a liner element to a mill shell of a mill is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Metso Finland Oy
    Inventor: Jared Le Cras