Patents Examined by Onekki Jolly
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Patent number: 8651405Abstract: The roller mill according to the invention substantially comprises at least one grinding roller and a grinding table, the grinding table having a grinding table inner space which is open in a downward direction, at least one grinding roller drive system for driving the grinding roller and a grinding table drive system for driving the grinding table. The grinding table drive system further has a gearless direct drive which is arranged in the grinding table inner space.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Polysius AGInventors: Benjamin Berndzen, Markus Berger, Guido Scholz, Franz-Josef Zurhove
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Patent number: 8646714Abstract: A blade set for paper shredders is disclosed. In one embodiment, a notched blade having at least two notches in proximity to a central hole is brought into contact with a mating blade also having a central hole. Force is applied to the mating blade in such a fashion as to displace some of the body of the mating blade into the notches. This acts to substantially secure the blades together. In another embodiment, the notches are disposed on the edge of the blade and through the periphery. In yet another embodiment, one blade can have holes and not notches.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Aurora Office Equipment Co., LtdInventor: Wayne Chen
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Patent number: 8646709Abstract: A jaw set utilizes blade inserts having serrated surfaces which draw in to capture and cut material prior to the material becoming trapped in the apex of the blade arrangement, thereby maximizing efficiency of the cutting operation. The subject invention is also directed to an individual blade insert having grooves that are longitudinally offset from bolt holes used to retain the blade insert within a jaw set.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Inventors: Michael Richard Ramun, John R. Ramun
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Patent number: 8646300Abstract: A method to check and control a roller bending machine for continuously bending an elongated workpiece at variable curvature radii in a bending machine using a series of rollers for bending, comprises the steps of measuring the distance of the elongated work piece in a point that is situated downstream the series of rollers for bending in successive instants, calculating a curvature radius of each bend section of the elongated workpiece, comparing the calculated curvature radius with the desired curvature radius and determining a difference between them, calculating the change of position to which an upstream roller has to be subjected in order to annul such a difference and operating the upstream roller on the base of the calculated change of position. A machine embodying the method is also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: CML International S.p.A.Inventors: Alessandro Caporusso, Eugenio Schiarante, Giuseppe Roso
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Patent number: 8640612Abstract: A pneumatic packaging apparatus includes a fixed base provided thereon with a pressure cylinder unit connected with a chuck unit. The fixed base is further mounted with a valve seat combined thereon with a driving unit and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive external high pressure gas and control the high pressure gas to flow to the driving unit and to the pressure cylinder unit to let the driving unit and the pressure cylinder unit driven by air pressure to automatically pull tight the packaging strap and firmly squeeze the packaging fastener for fixing the packaging strap in place. Thus, the pneumatic packaging apparatus of this invention can assist users to complete packaging work with quickness, able to elevate efficiency of the packaging work.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Inventor: Hsiu-Man Yu Chen
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Patent number: 8628033Abstract: The invention relates to a pulper comprising a supply chamber (2) and a displacement chamber (3) for handling materials in an especially gentle manner, having a diameter between the supply chamber and the displacement chamber that is at most ? of the diameter of the displacement chamber (3).Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2011Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Inventor: Hans-Joachim Boltersdorf
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Patent number: 8628035Abstract: A blade set associated with jaws for demolition equipment used to break railroad rails includes a bottom blade associated with a bottom jaw and a top blade associated with a top jaw, wherein the bottom jaw and the top jaw are rotatable relative to one another. The bottom blade includes two spaced-apart support rails separated by a cavity, while the top blade includes a single raised knife rail positioned and central to the cavity and rotatable toward the cavity. The top blade additionally may be marked with indicia, such as red paint, such that the machine operator may properly orient the top blade during a cutting operation to maximize safety. Additionally, the recesses may also be aligned and sized to engage the head and the foot of a rail such that tension and/or a bending moment is introduced between the head and foot of the rail.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Inventor: John R. Ramun
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Patent number: 8627766Abstract: The square baler comprises a pick-up a pre-compression chamber, a baling chamber, a loading mechanism for transferring each slice of crop from the pre-compression chamber into the baling chamber and a plunger. The baler further can include at least one non-contact sensor that is provided in at least one of the walls of the pre-compression chamber and/or of the input zone of the baling chamber to produce an output signal indicative of the density of the crop.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: CNH America LLCInventors: Didier Verhaeghe O. M., Kevin M. Smith
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Patent number: 8621993Abstract: A safety actuator apparatus for a baling machine comprising an extension member coupled to a baling machine having at least one baling chamber, the extension member having at least one end extending outwardly from the baling machine and a support member comprising a safety actuated retention component that aligns with and is configured to contact and restrain the at least one end of the extension member. The apparatus further comprises a detection device for identifying the presence of an obstacle in a predetermined path or a trajectory of movement of at least one component of the baling machine and a communication device configured to send a signal from the detection device to the safety actuated retention component and engage the safety actuated retention component to restrain the movement of at least one component of the baling machine.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Tiedemann Globe IncorporatedInventors: Aaron Ames, Anthony Tiedemann, Franco Santamaria, Victor Rodriguez-Lopez, Rogelio Saucedo, Felipe Carrillo
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Patent number: 8622331Abstract: A gyratory cone crusher 10 includes a support frame 12 having a vertical axis X and a receiving formation 14 mounted rigidly in the frame 12, a central vertical axis of the receiving formation 14 being in line with vertical axis X. A crushing head 16 is slideably engaged with the receiving formation 14 and has a first, upwardly presented conical crushing surface 18. A crushing bowl 20 having a second, downwardly presented funnel-shaped second crushing surface 22 spaced apart from the first crushing surface 18 is mounted above the crushing head 16. The crushing bowl 20 is mounted in an eccentric housing 24 so that a central axis Z of the crushing bowl 20 is positioned at an angle oblique to vertical axis X.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Inventor: Leon Mitchell Venter
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Patent number: 8622325Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of granules from a liquid composition with a decreased dust production, the process steps are as follows: applying the liquid composition onto solid particles that are kept in a continuous movement by a gas stream in a granulation zone of an oblong granulator, thereby depositing and solidifying liquid composition around the solid particles to increase the size of the particles and thereby form grown solid particles; discharging a stream of the grown solid particles from the granulation zone, dividing, in a size-sorting apparatus, the stream of grown solid particles into individual streams based on the size of the grown solid particles to thereby produce streams of undersized, oversized, and desired-sized grown solid particles; transferring the stream of oversized grown solid particles to a size-reducing apparatus; crushing the stream of oversized grown solid particles in the size-reducing apparatus, thereby reducing the particle size of the oversizType: GrantFiled: May 11, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Stamicarbon B.V.Inventors: Jozef Hubert Meessen, Willem Frederik Roos, Johannes Lambertus Kursten
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Patent number: 8613252Abstract: A caul plate system for a laminate structure includes a plurality of layers of curable caul plies disposed over a laminate structure and substantially conforming to a surface of the laminate structure. A resin is applied to the plurality of layers of caul plies. Co-curing of the plurality of layers of caul plies with the laminate structure hardens the plurality of layers of caul plies such that a normal pressure is applied to the laminate structure during cure of the laminate structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft CorporationInventors: Jonathan Bremmer, Jeffrey G. Sauer, Edward Joseph Fabian, Robert A. Lacko, Neil W. Cawthra, Christian A. Rogg, Paul H. Denavit, William E. Hovan, III
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Patent number: 8613403Abstract: The various embodiments disclosed and pictured illustrate a curved hammer for comminuting various materials. The illustrative embodiments pictured and described herein are primarily for use with a rotatable hammermill assembly. The curved hammer includes a connection portion having a rod hole therein, a contact portion for delivery of energy to the material to be comminuted, and a curved neck portion affixing the connection portion to the contact portion. In other embodiments, a shoulder is positioned around the periphery of the rod hole for added strength. In still other embodiments, a neck reinforcement is positioned along a portion of the neck for increased strength. A weld or plurality of welds may be affixed to various surfaces of the contact portion to aide in comminuting and/or longevity of the curved hammer.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Genesis III, Inc.Inventor: Roger T. Young
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Patent number: 8607603Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided for bending an elongate member used in association with a medical procedure. In one form, a device for bending an elongate member includes a support platform and a plurality of engaging members positioned on the support platform. Each of the plurality of engaging members includes at least one engaging portion configured for positioning in contact with the elongate member. Each of the plurality of engaging members is movable in at least three directions relative to the support platform to form one or more bends in the elongate member. In one aspect, the elongate member is formed of a heat deformable material and the device includes a heating member configured to apply heat to one or more portions of the elongate member to facilitate bending. However, other embodiments, forms and applications are also envisioned.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Jeff R Justis, Hai H Trieu
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Patent number: 8608099Abstract: A hammer mill has a lockable milling chamber and a rotor disposed in the milling chamber. The rotor has a shaft supporting plural rotor discs and plural hammer pins for receiving hammers or hammer assemblies. The hammer pins do not extend over all the segments defined by the discs.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Bühler AGInventors: Marco Tobler, Walter Hablützel
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Patent number: 8602339Abstract: In a vertical mill, a pulverization table is supported with a vertical rotation axis core in a housing so as to be capable of being driven and rotated, and a pulverization roller rotatable in conjunction with rotation of the pulverization table is disposed above the pulverization table so as to be opposed to the pulverization table, and a roller swing mechanism is provided so as to make the pulverization roller parallel to a surface of the pulverization table and swingable in a direction different from a direction of rotation of the pulverization table. Accordingly, a solid matter such as biomass can be efficiently pulverized, thereby achieving improvement in pulverization efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kenichi Arima, Yutaka Iida, Yoshishige Uematsu
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Patent number: 8590819Abstract: A method has been developed that estimates from the on line measurements of readily available process variables the proportion of the mass of fiber in the refining zone of a chip refiner relative to the mass with a full refining zone. This estimate of the filling factor is used to determine the margin available to load the refiner and the control action needed to avoid abnormal operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: FPinnovationsInventors: Keith Miles, Lahoucine Ettaleb, Alain Roche
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Patent number: 8584582Abstract: A lid construction is described for compression of the content of a container, where a body in connection to the lid of the container is set up to create a pressure down onto the content such that it is compressed. It is characterized in that it comprises a moment arm construction which on rotation is set up to push the element down to its active position, and to be pulled up to its passive, rest position. The moment arm construction is preferably integrated in the lid, and it comprises compacting a relatively longer arm part (40a,40b) which is firmly connected to the relatively shorter arm part (48a,48b), and where the moment arm is rotary mounted in the lid. Also described is a construction of a docking station for a waste container and where the lid construction is integrated. Application of the inventions is also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: MPE Prodvers ASInventor: Arvid Johannesen, Jr.
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Patent number: 8579218Abstract: A food waste disposer system, including a food conveying section and a motor section. A grinding section is coupled between the food conveying section and the motor section. The motor section includes an electric motor having a rotor. The rotor has a rotor shaft entrained in at least one self-compensating bearing assembly. In an aspect, the self-compensating bearing assembly has a split spherical bearing and a compressive bearing pocket.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Randall E. Hammer, James Hansche
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Patent number: 8573119Abstract: A device is provided for covering a bale chamber of a round baler. The device has a planar cover element made from a flexible material that extends between an upper holder and a brace moving between a lower, closed position, and an upper, open position for ejecting a round bale. The cover element consists of a fabric made from plastic fibers.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventor: David Beaufort