Patents Examined by Mohammed S. Alawadi
  • Patent number: 11925937
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for converting metal-containing waste wood material into livestock bedding having a reduced metal content. Waste wood, such as used or broken pallets is placed in a hammermill having a screen with holes of a larger diameter. The output of that hammermill is then placed in a hammermill having a screen with holes of a smaller diameter. A crossbelt system of magnets is passed across the waste wood to remove nails and other metal contaminates from the waste wood to produce a low metal content livestock bedding having particles of a consistent size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Koster Grain, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff A. Koster, Matthew R. Ahrenholtz
  • Patent number: 11927245
    Abstract: An energy chain comprising rollers on a number of chain links of the upper strand and/or of the lower strand. The rollers project, at least to a slight extent, beyond narrow sides of the lateral plates in the direction of the respectively opposite strand, in order to allow for rolling action when the energy chain is displaced. The invention provides for the rollers to comprise a wheel body made of plastic and having a hub, a rim and a radial region, which connects the hub and rim. The material thickness of the radial region is reduced in comparison with the rim such that radial impacts during the course of the rolling action can be damped by elastic deformability of the radial region of the roller itself. This significantly reduces the development of noise and vibration caused by rollers located opposite one another coming into contact with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: IGUS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Strack, Andreas Hermey
  • Patent number: 11918147
    Abstract: A bean grinding apparatus including a body; grinding burrs mounted in the body, the burrs including a non-driven burr and a rotationally driven burr, the rotationally driven burr having a rotational axis about which it rotates; a drive motor operatively coupled to the rotationally driven burr; a grounds flow path defined within the body; and an exit spout, the exit spout having an inlet in communication with the grounds flow path and an outlet, wherein the exit spout defines a longitudinal axis and the longitudinal axis of the exit spout is angled with respect to the rotational axis of the driven burr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NICHOLSON DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Martin Nicholson
  • Patent number: 11919007
    Abstract: An agitator ball mill comprising a grinding chamber having a cylindrical wall, and further having a rotatably mounted agitator shaft extending into the grinding chamber and on which at least one agitator element is arranged inside the grinding chamber. The mill further comprises an inlet for supplying to the grinding chamber material to be ground and grinding bodies, an outlet for removal of the ground material, and an induction heater for the material to be ground located in the grinding chamber, the induction heater comprising an inductor and a susceptor. The at least one agitator element comprises a susceptor material which forms the susceptor of the induction heater, wherein the inductor comprises at least one coil which is arranged outside the cylindrical wall of the grinding chamber and encompasses the grinding chamber, and wherein the cylindrical wall of the grinding chamber consists of an electrically and magnetically non-conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Willy A. Bachofen AG
    Inventors: Benedikt Simons, Guillaume Martin
  • Patent number: 11911772
    Abstract: A blade head for granulating strands of material comprises a blade carrier and at least one granulating blade fastened thereto. The respective granulating blade is fastened to a positioning component which bears against the blade carrier for the rough positioning of the granulating blade. For fine positioning purposes, at least one adjusting element bears against the respective granulating blade. The blade head permits simple, user-friendly and precise assembly and setting of the respective granulating blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: COPERION GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Klein, Oleg Rudi, Tatiana Vlasova, Jürgen Alexander Schweikle, Maria Hölzel, Maximilian Breuer
  • Patent number: 11910959
    Abstract: The present patent discloses an electric grinder, comprising a shell, a motor assembly, a grinding assembly and a dust cover. The motor assembly and grinding assembly are provided in the shell, and an opening is provided at one end of said shell. The dust cover comprises a cover and a counterweight part, and can open or close the opening of the shell under the gravity of the counterweight part. In the electric grinder provided by the present invention, when the opening of the grinder faces downward, the dust cover can open automatically. When the opening of the grinder faces upward, rotating the dust cover can close and engage with the opening of the dust cover automatically. Thus, the present invention prevents the feed opening of the electric grinder from being exposed to air when the user forgets to close the dust cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Zhuhai Kelitong Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Song Xiaoxian
  • Patent number: 11911773
    Abstract: An apparatus (2) and a method for attaching a cone-shaped crushing mantle (4) of a cone crusher (100) to a carrier cone (6) of the cone crusher (100) and for detaching the crushing mantle (4) from the carrier cone (6) are provided. The apparatus (2) comprises a hydraulically actuated pre-tensioning actuator (24) adapted for pressing the crushing mantle (4) against the carrier cone (6) in a pre-tensioning process in the axial direction prior to tightening attachment screws (18) in the head region (20) of the carrier cone (6). The hydraulic pre-tensioning actuator (24) comprises a pressure chamber (26) for receiving a pressurized hydraulic medium and a piston (28) limiting the pressure chamber (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Kleemann GmbH
    Inventors: Alan Eisner, Lucas Scholz
  • Patent number: 11910958
    Abstract: An upper part for a spice mill at least partly of a plastic material includes an upper cover surface with at least one opening, in particular a through-opening for ground spices, a circumferential lateral surface, and a milling element or a mounting for the milling element. A preferably elastically deformable snap-action element, by which the upper part can be rotatably connected to a lower part, is arranged so as to be flush with the opening in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: JOMA KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Rudolf Fries
  • Patent number: 11904325
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for treating granular grinding stock or grinding stock mixtures by way of controlled mechanical size reduction by means of a grinding mill or a combination of several grinding mills. The actual grinding process is controlled by externally provided data. The data is saved in a data memory unit that is connected to the packaging of the grinding stock, namely directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Wolfgang Mock
  • Patent number: 11903522
    Abstract: A kitchen appliance for processing food includes a housing, in or on which a drive unit is arranged for driving a processing tool for processing food. The kitchen appliance also includes an actuating mechanism for actuating the drive unit, wherein the actuating mechanism has a moveable switching element arranged outside of the housing. A switch is arranged inside the housing and an opening passes through the housing. The switch is switchable with the switching element for actuating the drive unit such that the switching element is moved relative to the switch, and the kitchen appliance has a sealing element, which forms a seal while closing the opening and transfers the movement of the switching element to the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PI-DESIGN AG
    Inventor: Jorgen Bodum
  • Patent number: 11904369
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating metal wire by multiple reverse bending and associated methods for using the apparatus are disclosed. The first roller has a first roller diameter, is followed by N?1 intermediate rollers with intermediate roller diameters and ends with an exit roller with an exit roller diameter. The exit roller is larger than the first roller and any one roller in the sequence of rollers has a roller diameter that is not smaller than the preceding roller in the sequence. The progressively larger diameters impose a well-controlled, gradually decreasing curvature to the wire resulting in a cast controlled wire. By folding the wire path together, a compact arrangement is obtained accommodating the increasingly larger rollers. A method to operate the apparatus is also described that allows for an easy adjustment of the apparatus in function of wire thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NV BEKAERT SA
    Inventor: Geert De Kempe
  • Patent number: 11896163
    Abstract: Proposed is a blender in which an inclined surface is formed on the leading or rear edge portion of a blade. The blender includes a container body in which food is received, a main body provided under the container body and configured to support the container body, a container lid mounted detachably to an upper surface of the container body and configured to open and close the upper surface of the container body, and a blade assembly which crushes food contained in the container body by a blade unit, wherein an inclined surface is formed on each of leading and rear edge portions of the blade unit constituting the blade assembly such that the inclined surface has thickness decreasing gradually toward an end thereof. In such a blender, the cutting ability of materials by the blade unit is increased and noise thereof is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeong Jeong Hoon, Dae Bong Yang, Jea Hyuk Wie, Jun Ho Seok
  • Patent number: 11896160
    Abstract: A grinder for a spice mill, in particular a hand-operated spice mill, having an inlet side for entry of unground grinding stock and an outlet side for the exit of ground grinding stock, including a rotor, a stator interacting with the rotor and a housing at least partially surrounding the rotor and/or stator. The housing includes a stator housing part, which is substantially rotationally fixedly connected to the stator, and a rotor housing part which is rotatable relative to the stator housing part and is substantially rotationally fixedly connected to the rotor via a connecting element. The connecting element is at least partially received in a recess in the rotor, and the connecting elements and the rotor are frictionally connected. The housing has, on a side of the rotor facing the inlet side, a blocking element which blocks displacement of the rotor in the direction of the inlet side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: JOMA KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Rudolf Fries
  • Patent number: 11890666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic trimming apparatus (1) for wire coils (2) including a plurality of wire loops (3). The apparatus comprises a base frame (4), a rotational member (6) rotatably connected to the base frame (4), a support unit for supporting the wire loop when the rotational member (6) is rotated, a sensor assembly arranged for detecting the end of the wire and a distance sensor for sensing a distance travelled along the wire when the rotational member is rotated. The trimming apparatus is adapted to rotate the rotational member is in a first direction until the end of the wire is detected, rotate the rotational member in an opposite direction when the end of the wire has been detected, determine the distance travelled along the wire, and generate a cutting command based on the distance travelled along the wire from the end of the wire and a predetermined cutting distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Yeminy Inc.
    Inventor: Jens Nylander
  • Patent number: 11891200
    Abstract: A cable tie cartridge with an internal curvilinear path, the cable tie cartridge for receiving, holding, and dispensing cable ties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ZEVFORCE,LLC
    Inventor: Ann Zevely
  • Patent number: 11889952
    Abstract: A coffee grinder with folding-type handle belongs to the field of coffee grinding technology and includes a grinder body and a handle. A top of the grinder body is disposed with a top cover, the top cover is disposed with a supporting frame, and a side of the supporting frame is disposed with a sliding slot. The top cover is further disposed with a sliding bar, one end of the sliding bar is connected to the sliding slot through a pin shaft, and the other end of the sliding bar is connected to the handle. The coffee grinder with folding-type handle has strong practicability, the handle of the grinder can be folded, and it is more convenient to carry and more flexible to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Ningbo Tier Outdoor Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Anzhi Wang
  • Patent number: 11877695
    Abstract: A grinding machine for a coffee, spices or another granular food includes a couple of grinding disks and wherein the couple of grinding disks rotate during a grinding. Among many advantages, the grinding machine provides a lower energy consumption and a lower noise emission at a same ground product rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: COLOMBINI S.R.L.
    Inventor: Fabio Colombini
  • Patent number: 11878334
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a press-formed product includes: capturing the amount of warp in a sheet to be pressed separately for each sheet; and using a die 6, a punch 7, and a movable mold part to press-form the sheet into a press-formed product. During press-forming, the initial position of the movable mold part 9 relative to the die 6 or punch 7 is controlled depending on the amount of warp in the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nishimura, Toshiya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11871873
    Abstract: A manual food shredding device for shredding of a food item includes a base, an upright bowl, and an inverted bowl. The base is positionable on a substantially horizontal surface, such as a countertop. A food item can be positioned in the upright bowl, which is attached to an upper face of the base. A plurality of first spikes is attached to and extends from a bottom toward a top of the upright bowl. The inverted bowl is circumferentially larger than the upright bowl so that the upright bowl is selectively insertable into the inverted bowl. A plurality of second spikes is attached to and extends from an upper end toward a lower end of the inverted bowl. The inverted bowl can be grasped in a hand of a user and rotated by a user, thereby causing the first spikes and the second spikes to shred the food item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Ronald Smith
  • Patent number: 11872612
    Abstract: A multistage rolling mill 100 includes support bearings 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, 10g, and 10h arranged on the entry side and/or the exit side of work rolls 2a and 2b, and supporting the work rolls 2a and 2b on an work side and a drive side. The offset positions in a pass direction of the pair of work rolls 2a and 2b for rolling a strip 1 are changed by moving in and out the support bearings 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, 10g, and 10h to the entry side or the exit side with respect to the pass direction. A multistage rolling mill capable of rolling a hard material efficiently and suitable for obtaining a strip of high product quality is thereby provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SENDZIMIR JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Norikura