Abstract: Apparatus for grinding coal to micron fineness having a grinding chamber with a grinding surface supported by a circumferential wall in the grinding chamber, a plurality of grinding rolls orbiting in the grinding chamber for grinding the coal, air supply bustle surrounding the grinding chamber, air flow restrictor means opening from the air supply bustle to the grinding chamber to create a back pressure in the air supply bustle for substantially evenly distributing the air supplied to the grinding chamber around the circumference of the grinding chamber, and wherein the restrictor means directs the air flow tangentially relative to the circumferential wall of the grinding chamber so that the coal particles are caught up in a cyclonic movement having a large initial horizontally directed force to maintain a body of coal particles in the orbit of the grinding rolls, which horizontal force gradually diminishes as the vertical force component of the air flow lifts the ground coal particles out of the grinding cha

Abstract: Apparatus for processing coal to prevent the creation of extreme fines and to extract pyrites from the principal coal fractions in which there are two air circulating circuits having processing components which cooperate in their respective circuits to result initially in substantial extraction of fines in the first circuit while releasing principal granulated coal fractions and pyrites to the second circuit where specific gravity separation of the pyrites and principal coal fractions occur. The apparatus includes a source of drying heat added to the air moving in the circuits and delivered at the places where surface moisture drying is most effective. Furthermore, the apparatus is operated so as to reduce coal to a desired size without creating an excessive volume of extreme fines, to separate pyrites and hard to grind components by specific gravity in a region where fines are not present, and to use the extreme fines as a source of fuel to generate drying heat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a well clean out tool comprising an elongated body having first and second ends and being adapted to be received within a well borehole. The elongated body is comprised of a plurality of subs including a first sub at a lower portion of the body having a one way valve for permitting only upward flow of fluid. A second sub is arranged above the first sub for receiving and retaining fluid and debris passing through the first sub while a third sub is arranged above the second sub. The third sub includes a second valve for permitting flow only upwardly through the third sub. A fourth or pumping sub is arranged above the third sub with the fourth sub including an outlet for returning fluid to the borehole. The pump sub includes an elongated hollow piston reciprocatingly driven within a casing of the fourth sub.

Abstract: A closed loop fuel feeding system for multiple direct fired burners in which a conduit system associated with a fuel grinding mill forms a closed loop for conducting the flow of fuel and air back to the mill in excess of the fuel and air not released from the conduit system to burners, ambient air inlet for admitting sufficient air to replace the air released with the fuel from the system, a back pressure configuration to assure uniform fuel to air density when released from the conduit system, and controls to regulate the rate of fuel supply with the rate of grinding and the quantity of air admitted to complete a combustible mixture of fuel and air.

Abstract: A shoe slipper cover has an inexpensive top plastic shell and a bottom friction pad structure which includes a plurality of relatively thin friction fibrous pads mounted in telescoped and overlapping relationship. A bottom plastic sole member is secured abutting the upper surface of the pads to define a protective inner sole. The edges of the shell and inner sole are sewn to each other and to the pads which project upwardly therebetween. The multiple pads in overlapping relationship form an essentially continuous sole structure with the overlapping portion creating ridges within the sole structure. The sole provides an appropriate support of the shoe on the wet floor while minimizing cost.

Abstract: Apparatus for preparing fuel for delivery to a boiler or place where it is burned in which a grinding mill and a particle sizing classifier are operated to deliver fuel of a substantially uniform size, and means to operate the mill and classifier independently of the rate of supply of the fuel but in response to the differential pressure of the fluid bed depth in the mill.

Abstract: A debris separator for rain gutter systems includes a substantially tubular housing having an upper port, a lower port, and an expanded chamber beneath the top port having a transverse opening. An inclined grate is secured within the chamber to extend angularly upwardly from the bottom peripheral edge of the transverse opening so as to extend across the chamber and the top port. Preferably, the grid includes a plurality of spaced, parallel plates which permit water to fall therebetween while diverting large particulate along the grid to direct it out of the housing through the transverse opening .

Abstract: Apparatus for producing coarse and fine products from a common source of material and for avoiding the presence of substantial quantities of fines in the coarse product by introducing the common material ahead of the mill and establishing a flow of air or gas counter to the travel of the material through the mill so the fines are swept out of the coarse material and become the second product, or can be used as a source of fuel for producing the heat for drying the material as it is being processed in the mill apparatus.

Abstract: Rotary shredding apparatus for processing materials of various sorts in which the hydraulic drive for the counterrotating cutter shafts comprises a reversible hydraulic motor supplied with pressure fluid under the directional control of a fluid flow reversing valve. The flow reversing valve is controlled by a zero speed responsive device for sensing jam conditions that could stop cutter shaft rotation, thereby placing the valve in a control system which is independent of the pressure conditions in the fluid pressure system so that the hydraulic motor will continue to be supplied with pressure fluid up to the limit set by the usual pressure relief means.

Abstract: Apparatus for reducing waste material in which substantially parallel shafts carry cooperating material reducing cutters for either direction of rotation of the shafts. There are selectively positionable cages at the discharge with comb teeth in position to cooperate with the cutters in either direction of cutter rotation, and there is a control system for operating the cutters and cages such that for normal reduction of waste material the cutters are rotated in a first direction and the cages are positioned to produce a desired size of reduced waste material, and the cutters are rotated in a second direction while the cages are positioned to release non-reducible material.

Abstract: A material reducing mill having a material feeding conveyor delivering material to be reduced in the mill by falling onto a reducing rotor, and a by-pass gate adjacent the fall of the material and operable to direct material in by-pass of the reducing rotor for removing hard to reduce constituents from the falling material.

Abstract: Apparatus for the cold disinfection of dental and medical instruments includes an envelope of water impervious material and a cold disinfection solution. The envelope may be deformable with a gauze liner bonded within it, and with the solution, or its components, in crushable capsules. In alternate embodiments, the envelope may have a gauze liner bonded to it and saturated with the solution, and the envelope sealed, or the envelope may contain the solution or its components in one or more capsules and with no gauze liner. A further embodiment provides a support for an instrument encased in a gauze sleeve and a reservoir having valved discharge nozzles directed towards the gauze-encased instrument.

Abstract: A reducing mill for handling a wide variety of trash and waste material needing reduction to a state for easy subsequent handling and for separating certain components of the material by a specific gravity characteristic. The reducing mill embodies means for mixing and segregating components of the trash and waste material by the combined jet and negative pressure gradient induced by the action of an air stream, and by the cooperation of a hammer mill housed in a casing formed to effect recycling of material which needs or may require recirculation for further reduction and segregation.

Abstract: Apparatus operable to process waste material from the usual relevant sources by breaking down such material into components so that as much of the substantially uncontaminated aluminum may be segregated for purposes of recycling, and a method for recovery of the aluminum in waste material in which the method includes a step of extracting the aluminum from the waste material by the application of magnetism.

Abstract: Apparatus for processing waste material which includes domestic and industrial waste, and in which the recovery of aluminum containers is an important aspect. The apparatus comprises a shredding mill and a housing structure to which the waste material is delivered in such manner that the difficult to shred heavy objects are allowed to separate by gravity action, and the remainder of the waste material is dispersed by an air stream such that the air responsive fractions are collected in a separator chamber and the remainder of the fractions are fed into the shredding mill under the control of gate means which responds to ability of the shredder to receive and process the same without overloading the motor drive.

Abstract: A system for sensing and acting to suppress flame conditions as well as an explosion associated with a flame front in an enclosure which is susceptible to fire and explosion condition, such as trash shredders, grain elevators, and enclosed areas where oxygen and combustible material may be present in the necessary proportions to feed a fire of such rapid propagation as to result in explosive proportions resulting in damage to the structure forming the enclosure. The system comprises means distributed about the enclosing structure to sense a flame as well as a sudden rise in pressure and set off a fire and explosion suppressing system which operates to flood the enclosed area with an agent capable of quenching the flame causing the pressure rise, and programmable monitoring control circuits for operating the system and all of its components during the time when a pressure rise signals the development of an explosion, and following the suppression of an explosion.

Abstract: A system for sensing and acting to suppress flame conditions as well as an explosion associated with a flame front in an enclosure which is susceptible to fire and explosion condition, such as trash shredders, grain elevators, and enclosed areas where oxygen and combustible material may be present in the necessary proportions to feed a fire of such rapid propagation as to result in explosive proportions resulting in damage to the structure forming the enclosure. The system comprises devices distributed about the enclosing structure to sense a flame as well as a sudden rise in pressure and set off a fire and explosion suppressing system which operates to flood the enclosed area with an agent capable of quenching the flame causing the pressure rise, and programmable monitoring control circuits for operating the system and all of its components during the time when a pressure rise signals the development of an explosion, and following the suppression of an explosion.

Abstract: A system for disposing of sewage sludge by treating the sludge in apparatus which processes the sludge through relatively inert gas drying and grinding stages and utilized as much of the dried and ground sludge as is needed to produce heat for maintaining the drying process in the system once the system has become substantially self sufficient on use of the sludge as the drying heat source. The remaining excess sludge is then in a form either granular or fine suitable for direct sale.

Abstract: Pressure relief for material shredders to immediately vent pressure rise within the working spaces of a material shredder and prevent structural damage to the shredder and surrounding equipment. The pressure relief is also directed to structure for controlling rapid rise in pressure by directing the same into an area beyond the shredder where the energy in waste material of an explosive character, like gasoline cans, aerosol containers, and material that burn with explosive results can be dissipated non destructively.

Abstract: Coal grinding apparatus for direct coal fired burner systems in which coal usage is regulated by a speed controlled roller grinding mill operated in conjunction with a speed controlled spinner separator to control the size and volume of the coal output to match the requirements of the burner, and means to transport and control the transport of the properly sized coal to the burner by either a negative or positive acting fan.