Abstract: An apparatus for regulating an agitator mill for comminution, deagglomeration and dispersion of grinding stock present in the form of a suspension is provided. To attain a constantly uniform grinding stock fineness, a device is provided for keeping the specific energy input constant, the specific energy input being determined by the quotient of the power introduced into the grinding stock and the grinding stock mass flow. A device is also provided for detecting the distribution of the auxiliary grinding bodies in the grinding chamber. The distribution of the auxiliary grinding bodies can be determined by detecting the pressure drop in the grinding chamber. Further, the distribution of the auxiliary grinding bodies can be detected by means of at least two partial cooling chambers connected parallel to one another, with individual heat flows being detected via the partial cooling chambers.

Abstract: A vertical wet stirred ball mill is provided according to this invention, wherein a slurry raw material fed from the top of the mill body is stirred together with a grinding medium in said mill body under pressure and the material is gradually exhausted from the bottom of said mill body as it is milled. A spring-loaded conical separation valve is fitted at an exhaust port of said body. The separation valve retracts when the pressure within the mill body is increased due to plugging, thereby the annular clearance around the separation valve is enlarged to increase the amount of exhaust, leading to elimination of the plugging.

Abstract: A dispersing and grinding apparatus has a vessel for receiving a material to be processed and a grinding medium. A rotationally driven rotary shaft extends into the vessel and carries an agitator for dispersing, grinding and agitating the material within the vessel by the cooperative actions of the rotating agitator and the grinding medium. A separator removably installed at the discharge end of the vessel separates the processed material from the grinding medium so that the processed material is discharged from the vessel while the grinding medium is retained in the vessel for re-use. A mounting structures removably attached to the apparatus rotatably supports the rotary shaft and the separator. The mounting structure includes a sleeve removably slidably inserted onto a portion of the rotary shaft which extends out of the vessel. The sleeve is rotatably mounted on the mounting structure and releasably connected to the rotary shaft to rotate therewith.

Abstract: In continuous operation of agitator mills, in particular when processing abrasive products, which operate with grinding bodies (35) in a grinding area, worn grinding bodies must be replaced. A grinding body feed device (9) which can be used for grinding bodies (35) of different shape and size comprises an intermediate chamber (43) from which the grinding bodies (35) pass from a storage vessel (33) into the grinding area without any material being ground getting into the storage vessel (33). The intermediate chamber (43) can be shut off at its inlet and its outlet in each case by means of a valve (19, 41; 47, 49), one of which is always closed during the introduction of grinding bodies (35) into a product supply pipe (45) leading to the grinding area.

Abstract: A rotary batch-type grinding mill for processing powder is provided with an improved system for discharging material under seal from the atmosphere. The discharge system comprises a sealable collection chute having a banana-like configuration secured on the mill shell at an outlet port in the shell and extending substantially parallel to the circumference of the shell, a grate which prevents discharge of the grinding media from the mill during unloading of material from the mill and an elastomeric faced sealing plate which covers the grate during operation of the mill. The sealing plate is operated from outside the sealed system so that discharge from the mill can be effected without breaking the seal and the sealing plate is so disposed that in the open position it does not interfere with the flow of powder out of the mill.

Abstract: An improved beads grinding machine for liquid material comprises a cylinder having a neck portion connected to an upper housing a transmission shaft mounted in the housing by means of two bearings, a plurality of blades secured onto the transmission shaft which extends into the cylinder, a cooling chamber around the cylinder, a sleeve secured onto the transmission shaft at the portion corresponding to the neck portion, a refined liquid material chamber between the neck portion and the sleeve, an inner ring fastened onto an inner end of the sleeve, an outer ring fastened onto an end plate which is fastened onto an inner portion of the neck portion, and a lubricant seal mounted on the transmission shaft in the vicinity of one of the bearings, said inner and outer rings being adjustable.

Abstract: A coal-water slurry producing system comprises: a continuous wet-type ball mill for grinding the coal with the addition of water and additives thereto to obtain coal-water slurry, supplying device for supplying the coal-water slurry discharged from the ball mill to a filtering apparatus, for filtering the supplied coal-water slurry to remove coal particles of a predetermined particle size or above, delivery device for delivering the filtered coal-water slurry containing coal particles of the predetermined particle size or below to a slurry storage tank, and a combustion apparatus. The coal-water slurry producing system further comprises a screen apparatus disposed at an exit of the ball mill to remove coarse coal particles contained in the coal-water slurry, and recovery device for recovering the removed coarse coal particles at an entrance of the ball mill.

Abstract: An improved vertical grinding mill is proposed which comprises a shell, a vertical screw shaft rotatably mounted in the shell, a classifying means, a drive for the screw shaft, and means for forming a current of fluid for taking fine particles out of the shell. The inlet for the fluid is provided in the center of the bottom of the shell directly under the screw shaft. The fluid is uniformly distributed in all directions, carrying up the pulverized fine particles.

Abstract: A device which regulates the retention time of material ground in a grinding mill is disclosed. The device comprises a cylindrical casing, a wall in the casing having a plurality of apertures therethrough, a reservoir chamber defined between the wall and a side of the casing, lifting structure in the reservoir chamber, and a reservoir scoop spaced from the casing and extending into the resevoir chamber. The discharge scoop comprises a hollow longitudinal member including a first opening on its upper surface and a second opening on its lower surface, with the openings being spaced longitudinally from each other.

Abstract: A media mill having a cylindrical vessel which is vertically oriented and a motor-driven rotor extending through the vessel to agitate grinding media and a liquid product within the vessel. A tubular outlet housing extends radially outward from the vessel and forms an opening through which a screen assembly is removably mounted. The screen assembly comprises a stack of adjacently positioned annular rings which are supported on a tubular carrier element. Adjacent screen elements retain the grinding media within the vessel while openings between the elements permit the milled product to flow therethrough and into an interior cavity terminating in an outlet. The screen assembly extends into the interior of the vessel and is removably secured to the outlet housing by a quick disconnect retainer means.

Abstract: A closed agitator mill for grinding and mixing solids in liquids has a grinding space partially filled with auxiliary grinding elements, in which an agitator mechanism that can be driven at high speed is located; the agitator mechanism comprises an agitator shaft and agitator tools attached to it and generates a flow of grinding stock and auxiliary grinding bodies. At least one tubular screen cartridge, which is interchangeable from outside, is disposed before a ground stock outlet from the grinding space. The screen cartridge protrudes into the space between the agitator shaft and the wall of the grinding space and serves to separate the auxiliary grinding elements from the grinding stock.

Abstract: An improved grinding machine of the type in which raw material to be ground is agitated in the presence of a large number of grinding media is installed in the horizontal posture. An inner tube through which raw material is introduced into the interior of a grinding tank is fitted to a raw material inlet port which is disposed on the upper outer surface of the grinding tank at the one end of the latter. The inlet port is designed in the tubular configuration extending upwardly of the grinding tank and has a flange at the uppermost end thereof to which a flange on the inner tube is fastened. The inner tube is equipped with a vibrator adapted to be periodically actuated by compressed air or the like medium of which supply is controlled by means of a control valve. The vibrator may be actuated under the effect of electromagnetic force. The inner tube is joined to a raw material feed tube via a flexible joint tube which is interposed therebetween.

Abstract: There is described a method for direct fuel firing, particularly for plants such as hot water generators, etc., operating with a burner, a combustion chamber and a high-temperature exchanger, which comprises using a moist solid fuel, crushing said fuel upstream of said combustion chamber, and feeding directly therein, without lowering the water content thereof, the crushed fuel in the presence of a primary combustive fluid, and an equipment for the working of said method.

Abstract: An agitator mill has an arrangement for diminishing the pressure of the attritive elements towards the outlet. This arrangement comprises particularly means for generating a force pointing away from at least one separator opening forming a passage for the product, but retaining the attritive elements within the milling container. This force affects substantially selectively only the attritive elements. According to one embodiment, this force acts upon the attritive elements in counter-direction to the direction of flow of the product. The force may either be a centrifugal force acting selectively onto the relative large mass of the attritive element or a magnetic force acting selectively upon steel balls, iron balls or the like used as attritive elements.

Abstract: A mechanism and method for the comminuting and grinding of brittle grinding stock including a roll press with the material passed from the roll press to a deagglomeration drum which co-rotates with the tube mill. The material from the deagglomeration drum is passed to the tube mill and the material from the tube mill being passed to a separator. In one form the material from the separator is passed to a second separator and the coarser products from the second separator are led back to the tube mill with an airstream conducting the finer material from the tube mill to the first separator.

Abstract: An apparatus for uniformly feeding grinding balls to a grinding mill. The apparatus includes a ball storage hopper, a regulator and an inclined chute for conveying balls from the hopper to the regulator. The chute includes a panel for controlling the depth of the balls. The regulator includes a discharge drum having a plurality of compartments adapted to receive the balls, an electric motor for rotating the drum, and a means for retaining the balls in the drum. The drum is rotated at a predetermined speed and feeds the balls into a mill at a uniform rate which can be controlled to approximately match the attrition rate of the balls in the mill.

Abstract: A sandmill outlet screen is formed by a stack of rings which have projections and corresponding recesses stamped into them. The projections provide a gap between rings whereby flow passages between the rings are created. These passages permit the liquid being processed by the sandmill to flow out of the sandmill, but keep a grinding media in the mill. With the projections of one ring nested in the recesses of an adjacent ring, a small gap is provided. With the rings oriented to prevent nesting, a larger gap is provided. With the rings arranged so that the projections of adjacent rings abut each other, a still larger gap is obtained. This variable flow passage capability is further enhanced by varying the height of the projections.

Abstract: A mill for effecting a reduction in size of a particulate in a particulate-containing substance wherein the mill includes a support structure, an elongated vessel rotatably mounted on the support structure about an axis of rotation as well as a drive motor therefor. The mill further includes an inlet port and an outlet port for allowing the particulate-containing substance to flow through the vessel structure. An elongate and generally cylindrical, hollow rotor body is provided and extends centrally of the vessel structure and along a majority of the length thereof. The rotor body is fixedly secured to the vessel structure and rotatable therewith. A plurality of cavities are disposed in and equally spaced about the cylindrical peripheral surface on the hollow rotor body so that each cavity opposes the inner surface of the vessel structure.

Abstract: A rotary mill is provided with an improved loading means for charging material to the mill. The loading means is particularly adaptable for charging a batch-type rotary mill in a protective environment when, as part of a loading assembly of this invention, it is provided with removable plug and loading conduit members which can be interchanged without exposing the mill or charge material to air during the loading of the mill.

Abstract: An agitating mill, particularly an agitating ball mill, comprising a housing having an inlet for material to be ground and for air, an outlet for fines and air, and at least one horizontal agitator shaft which is provided with agitating members. The outlet for fines and air has a large area and is provided in the top wall of the housing and extends throughout the length and width of the top wall of the housing. A plurality of agitator shafts are preferably provided which are juxtaposed and superposed.

Abstract: A liner for the outlet port of a rod mill including a cylindrical body provided on the peripheral edge of an opening of the liner and projecting outwardly through the outlet port to prevent a rod from exiting the liner. The projecting length of the cylindrical body on the side close to the end portion of the barrel of the rod mill is preferably longer than that on the opposite side.

Abstract: An apparatus for adding grinding media to a grinding mill is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a supporting structure including a face plate adapted to be mounted on a wall of a hopper or pipe containing the grinding media, a resilient rubber wheel mounted on the supporting structure and protruding through a slot in the face plate and said wall of the media container, and means for rotating said wheel at a low speed for withdrawing grinding media from said container and delivering the same to other conveyances for direction to the grinding mill.

Abstract: A mechanical seal apparatus for use between a wall and a shaft extending through an opening in said wall with relative rotation occurring therebetween. The shaft extends from a first region at a first pressure into the opening in the wall and a second region at a second pressure. A seal element is positioned within the opening and has mutually contacting sealing faces. One annular seal member is fixed with respect to the wall and another annular seal member is fixed with respect to the shaft. The annular seal member is oriented at an exterior portion of the wall and has an outer diameter less than the diameter of the opening in the wall to define a gap therebetween. A bushing member is snugly received in the gap for preventing entry and collection of material into the gap. The bushing member has an axially facing surface facing away from said opening as well as radially outwardly of said shaft for repelling the material from entry into the gap.

Abstract: A ball mill stator providing a milling space between a housing and a cover and a ring-like displacing body in the milling space with a V-shaped radial cross-section forming part of the rotor. The material being milled together with the balls flows around the displacing body from a feed inlet to an outlet along spiral paths. The milling media kept back at the milling gap are moved through a duct into an annular space and from this point through conveying ducts of an impeller outwards and re-enter the milling space at a small distance above the feed inlet. The impeller is sealed between the rotor and stator and is powered by a motor, or by a variable speed drive, run at a speed controlled by readings taken from different parts of the mill system such that the milling media is evenly distributed in the material being milled by which they are moved along making the milling operation more uniform and efficient.

Abstract: A batch-type rotary grinding mill operable under seal to the atmosphere is provided with a discharge system which permits discharge of material from the mill under seal and without disturbing the seal in the mill. The discharge system comprises at least one discharge chute which is sealably secured to the shell wall, spiraling adjacent to the shell and traversing the shell wall from one end to the other. The material is discharged from the discharge chute via a hollow trunnion which, preferably, contains a conveyor to aid in passing the material out of the mill into an environmentally protected device.

Abstract: Apparatus for treating a granular substance, especially for milling nuclear reactor fuel in powder form having a treatment drum supported rotatably about a central axis, an associated drive unit to drive the treatment drum about this central axis, and a cover at one end. The cover has two cover sections which are arranged side by side in the direction of the central axis of the treatment drum and can be rotated relative to each other about the central axis between two stops by means of a cover drive unit. The outer cover section has an opening for docking a substance container and the inner cover section has a passage opening which is aligned at one of the two stops with the opening for docking and which is closed at the other stop by the outer cover section. The treatment drum can be tilted about a tilting axis perpendicular to its central axis by means of a tilting unit.

Abstract: A mill for effecting in a particulate-containing substance a reduction in size of the particulate. The mill includes a support on which is rotatably mounted a vessel having a comminuting media contained therein. A shaft extends centrally of the vessel and is fixedly secured thereto to rotate with the vessel. Plural planar discs are secured to the shaft and extend in a plane transverse to the axis of rotation of the vessel. Planar blades are secured to both the disc and to the vessel so that the vessel, shaft, discs and blades rotate as a unit. A spacing is provided between the radially outermost extremity of the blades and the discs and the internal surface of the vessel. Deflector members are oriented in the spacing for deflecting media radially inwardly into engagement with the discs and blades so that the disc and blades can accelerate the comminuting media radially outwardly in response to a rotation of the vessel and connected discs and blades.

Abstract: In the centrifugal barrel finishing machine of the type having X barrel assemblies, in which X is integer, the method and apparatus are provided whereby during a given total finishing time Y of the workpieces, each succeeding assembly containing finished workpieces is to be replaced with another assembly containing unfinished workpieces at the end of each time interval of Y/X, during which the workpieces in each succeeding assembly is to be finished for the number of X times, that is, equal to the number of X assemblies. In this way, the workpieces in each succeeding assembly can be replaced with workpieces to be finished in each time at the finishing for the processes in the preceding unit has been completed, thereby permitting continuous finishing process and replacing tasks for each succeeding assembly, and thus eliminating the need of exchanging the mass in all the assemblies at a time during stopping.

Abstract: There is disclosed a system for sensing and controlling the mill load in a grinding mill. The system includes a load cell located in the region of the mill that is subjected to reaction axial thrust forces developed during mill operation. The load cell senses the thrust forces and provides output signals representative of the values of the thrust forces. The system further includes a load controller which is responsive to the output signals for determining the charge load of the mill and for providing control signals to the mill so as to control entry of materials into the mill.

Abstract: An agitator mill comprising a grinding vessel (3) which encloses a grinding area, a storage vessel (37) which contains grinding bodies (28), and a device (8) for feeding grinding bodies (28) from the storage vessel (37) into the grinding area. This device (8) essentially consists of a housing (11) attached to the grinding vessel (3) and a rotatable worm (13) situated therein. When the worm (13) is rotated, the grinding bodies (28) may be fed trouble-free as required into the grinding area, even if re-used grinding bodies (28) are concerned which have been worn out of true and have varied diameters.

Abstract: A dynamic separator for a grinding mill having a stator installed in a stationary manner and a rotor provided on a rotary shaft such that it faces the stator. Between the stator and the rotor is provided a small gap for the passage of processed material in order to separate and discharge the processed material from the dispersion media. The rotor is arranged and configured together with the stator such that the relative position of the rotor rim area and the stator are constantly varied.

Abstract: A milling apparatus comprises a container with a plate extending across the container and movable relative thereto by an oscillator which communicates oscillatory movement to the plate at right angles to its plane. The oscillation can be tuned so that the natural frequency of oscillation of the plate and communication means is the same as or a whole number multiple of the oscillation frequency of the oscillator. The oscillator comprises a rotatable eccentric member driven to provide mechanical oscillations. The plate within the container acts to agitate grinding elements provided within the container. The container can either be used in a batch mode by moving the plate from an inlet to an outlet or in a continuous flow mode in which the comminuted material passes the plate from an inlet to an outlet.

Abstract: A centrifugal rotary barrel-type finishing machine makes use of the produced centrifugal force for the purpose of the work surface finishing, stirring, mixing and/or milling, including work or material handling upright tubs, each having a top opening and a bottom opening to be closed and reopened by a top cover and a bottom cover, respectively, the top cover being capable of moving up and down and thereby closing and reopening the top opening, and the bottom cover including a hinged-plate pivotally supported at one end, thereby simplifying the discharging and recharging operation of the contents.

Abstract: A drum mill intended for autogenous or semi-autogenous wet-grinding processes has a screening wall, which is arranged adjacent an end wall provided with a hollow material-discharge trunnion and which separates said end wall from the grinding space, whereat said screening wall has at least one first group of relatively small grate openings through which fine material ground in the mill constantly leaves the grinding space and departs through the discharge trunnion, and at least one second group of relatively large openings through which mixed material, comprising both fine and coarse material, can leave the grinding space. This second group of openings communicates with an individual material outlet via a switching means by which the material mixture passing through said second group of openings can be prevented from leaving the mill.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for feeding a fluid to a rotary body such as a cylindrical rotary mill. A rotary annular manifold is connected to the mill. A plurality of orifices in the face of the manifold, each with normally closed valves, allows the fluid to enter the manifold for subsequent distribution to the rotary mill. Fluid is transmitted to the rotary manifold from a stationary manifold. Fluid is transmitted to the stationary manifold from a fluid source. The stationary manifold has a cavity which is positioned against the rotary manifold and aligned over several of the orifices. As fluid, under pressure, enters the cavity in the stationary manifold, the fluid pressure opens the orifice valves and enters the rotary manifold. As the manifold rotates, orifices moving past the cavity close preventing the escape of fluid and subsequent orifices pass in front of the cavity allowing more fluid to enter the rotary manifold.

Abstract: An apparatus for the grinding of hard materials having a conveyor for forming a thin layer of material and moving the layer upward at an angle, and then causing the material in the upper region of the conveyor to tumble back down and along the surface of the upward moving layer, to generate a fine abraded product from the rubbing surfaces of the material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of and apparatus for dry grinding a granular material in a grinding tube mill (1) having a final grinding compartment (2) and one or more preceding grinding compartments (3) containing grinding bodies. The material, after having passed through the preceding compartment or compartments (3), is discharged through openings (6) in the mill (1) and is divided into a fine and a coarse fraction in a separator (9). The coarse fraction is returned to the preceding compartment or compartments (3), and the fine fraction is fed to the final compartment (2). The ground material is discharged by flowing over a dam ring (12) from the final compartment (2). Any grinding bodies carried with the overflow are separated by a sieving diaphragm (13) from the material and returned to the final compartment (2). The invention also relates to the granular material ground according to the method of the invention.

Abstract: In a grinding mill hollow drum structure a novel fastening assembly is provided for securing a discharge lifter between grates and a discharge head portion of the drum structure. The fastening assembly includes a hollow cantilever post having a body and a securing stem portion, being threaded or under tension or conical or the like, that adjoins the body at one end thereof and is accessible from outside the structure to receive a nut for releasably securing and adjusting the post in fixed relation to the discharge head portion. The post, once secured, provides a transverse load bearing capability for supporting the lifter, the wear plates and grates. A retaining structure surrounds the body of the post and cooperates with the discharge lifter to secure the lifter to the body.

Abstract: Discharge cone assembly adapted to be mounted inside a rotary grinding mill or the like is disclosed, in the preferred embodiment, including first and second holders, first and second wearable inserts, first and second cover plates, a wearable nosepiece, and first and second securing plates. The rotary grinding mill includes discharge assemblies having discharge chambers. The ground material from the mill flows into the discharge chambers through grates formed in the discharge assemblies. The holders are permanently mounted in the mill for receiving the wearable inserts. The preferred inserts are captured within the holders by the cover plates and are in ground material communication with the discharge chambers of the discharge assemblies. The nosepiece is in ground material communication with the first and second inserts and provides a unitary outlet therefore.

Abstract: Milling apparatus wherein material to be milled is agitated with a charge of particulate material also includes one or more predispersing chambers through which the material to be milled enters the apparatus. The chamber includes pumping means which carry out predispersing work.

Abstract: An agitator mill for treating a liquid containing material particles for example for dispersing paint pigment in a mixture of solvent and binder basically comprises a milling vessel containing freely movable milling bodies and with an inlet and outlet for said liquid, stirrer mechanism within the milling vessel and an electric stirrer motor for driving the stirrer mechanism. The mill features, for the purpose of obtaining optimum operating efficiency, a control circuit which regulates the stirrer motor current to a constant value by adjustment of a pump supplying the liquid to the milling vessel and/or a volume controller for controlling the volume of milling bodies within the milling vessel or the volume of the milling vessel and a temperature control circuit which controls the operating temperature in the milling vessel to lie at a constant value. Various variants and control possibilities including the use of a computer are set forth together with methods of controlling the agitator mill.

Abstract: A rotating kiln or cooler for use in the manufacture of cementitious materials comprises a tubular body (1) mounted for rotation about the longitudinal axis thereof, a material being fed into the body at one end and removed at the other end. Air or combustion gases flow through the body (1) in the opposite direction to the material.In order to improve the heat transfer between the material and the air or gases, at least one ring (12) of lifting members (34) is provided on the interior periphery of the body (1). The members (34) lift the material and allow it to drop back to the bottom of the kiln, thus increasing the surface area of the material in contact with the air or gases.

Abstract: A separator system for separating grinding bodies and ground material in an agitator mill wherein stationary and moveable or oscillating separator members in a grinding chamber define a variable gap which narrows when a moveable separator member moves against the flow of ground material.

Abstract: Replaceable liner for the discharge assembly of a rotary grinding mill or the like is disclosed, in the preferred embodiment, as including first, second, and inner most self-supporting box members. The first box member includes closed sides, bottom, and second end, and includes an open top and first end. The second box member includes closed sides, top, and bottom, and includes open ends. When the grate is removed from the first discharge casting, the second box member can be inserted within the first discharge casting and moved into the second and third discharge castings. Then the first box member can be placed within the first discharge casting. Thus, when the grate is attached to the first discharge casting, the first and second box members will be captured within the first and second discharge castings. The inner most box member is provided for installation in the three inner most castings which form the discharge cone of the discharge assembly.

Abstract: A device for processing rare earths with a grinding vessel having ball-shaped grinding bodies and an agitator for rotating the bodies, said vessel having a connection for the supply of liquid hexane andhaving near the bottom a tapping opening communicating with an evaporation vessel, said vessels having connections with a vacuum source and for the supply of rare gas, the evaporation vessel having an outlet for the ground product, and an outlet for the vaporlike products communicating with a condenser, the outlet of the condenser communicating through a control vessel and a hexane supply vessel with the inlet of the grinding vessel.

Abstract: An agitator mill for continuous fine grinding and dispersion of solid constituents suspended in a liquid has a grinding container, an agitator mounted for rotation in the grinding container, a charge of grinding elements within the grinding container, an inlet into the grinding container for flow of grinding stock to the charge of grinding elements and an outlet from the grinding container for flow of grinding stock away from the charge of grinding elements, pressure means for the application of pressure to the charge of grinding elements to vary the volume of the charge of grinding elements, the agitator having a shaft for rotating it, a drive bearing in the region of one end of the grinding container to permit rotation to be applied to the shaft in the region of a drive end of the shaft and an end bearing for the other end of the shaft, the said end bearing being disposed within the charge of grinding elements.

Abstract: This invention is directed to an improved rotary grinding mill such as a ball mill, rod mill or an autogenous mill, having an improved arrangement wherein the usual "overflow" or "grate discharge" arrangements are dispensed with in favor of an annular array of lifter segments providing a diaphragm having a radial clearance from the mill shell, being spaced from the inner surface of the mill head to provide an annular entry slot of restricted opening, with a plurality of lifter blades located therein. The improved mill permits the maintenance of favorable flow gradients within the mill while allowing the carrying of a maximum usable quantity of grinding media, despite increases in mill size that militate against the combination. The discharger provides a sufficient intake area that large throughputs may be accommodated, while avoiding many of the drawbacks associated with grates.

Abstract: A material discharge regulating gate, for a rotating material processing drum, having a vertical circular member having a diameter larger than the discharge end of the drum, the circular member having a continuous surface with a material discharge opening therein, and means for rotatably mounting the circular member adjoining the discharge end of the rotatable drum.Apparatus comprising a rotatable material processing cylindrical drum having a substantially horizontal axis and a circular discharge open end, a material discharge regulating gate adjoining the discharge end of the drum, said gate comprising a vertical circular member having a diameter larger than the discharge end of the rotatable drum, the circular member having a continuous surface with a material discharge opening therein, and means for rotatably mounting the circular member adjoining the discharge end of the rotatable drum to rotate independent of the drum.

Abstract: Replaceable liner for the discharge assembly of a rotary grinding mill or the like is disclosed, in the preferred embodiment, as including first and second, self-supporting box members. The first box member includes closed sides, bottom, and second end, and includes an open top and first end. The second box member includes closed sides, top, and bottom, and includes open ends. When the grate is removed from the first discharge casting, the second box member can be inserted within the first discharge casting and moved into the second and third discharge castings. Then the first box member can be placed within the first discharge casting. Thus, when the grate is attached to the first discharge casting, the first and second box members will be captured within the first and second discharge castings. Reinforcing members are embedded in the box members for retaining their shape.

Abstract: A partition for a tube grinding mill having inlet openings in an upstream wall thereof and a central discharge opening in a downstream wall thereof, a polygonal envelope formed in said partition defining a central discharge area communicating with said discharge opening and a coaxial reservoir chamber, passages through said envelope connecting said chamber with said discharge area, and scoops defining said passages partially extending in said chamber and partially in said discharge area having a deflector member in said discharge area to divert material towards said discharge opening during rotation of the mill, said scoops being adjustably mounted in different angular positions.