Patents by Inventor Neil Robert Hansford

Neil Robert Hansford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Conical impact mill
    Patent number: 8888027
    Abstract: A conical impact mill has a rotor assembly (1) in which impact elements (7) arranged in at least two axially spaced rows provide, or can be adjusted to provide, a grinding gap (a?, a?), defined between the impact elements and a right frustoconical grinding surface of the mill housing (2), that is not constant in the axial and/or circumferential direction of the rotor assembly. Impact elements can be fixedly or adjustably mounted in the rotor assembly and/or the rows can be mutually adjustable axially to change the grinding gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Trembley, Neil Robert Hansford
  • CONICAL IMPACT MILL
    Publication number: 20130026271
    Abstract: A conical impact mill has a rotor assembly (1) in which impact elements (7) arranged in at least two axially spaced rows provide, or can be adjusted to provide, a grinding gap (a?, a?), defined between the impact elements and a right frustoconical grinding surface of the mill housing (2), that is not constant in the axial and/or circumferential direction of the rotor assembly. Impact elements can be fixedly or adjustably mounted in the rotor assembly and/or the rows can be mutually adjustable axially to change the grinding gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Trembley, Neil Robert Hansford