Adjustably Or Yieldably Mounted Rotary Surface Patents (Class 241/230)
  • Patent number: 11778948
    Abstract: An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hotspot AG, Inc.
    Inventors: James Nichols, Richard Brock, Terry Kwast
  • Patent number: 11673752
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a dispenser vane comprising a flexible outer surface and a plurality of flexible teeth arranged along the length of the outer surface. The flexible outer surface and flexible teeth are radially moveable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: 6D Bytes Inc.
    Inventors: Vipin Jain, Venkateswaran Ayalur, Vijayasimha Doddabalapur, Kevin Andrew Marshall, Jessica Pei-Sheng Murphy
  • Patent number: 11607774
    Abstract: A comminutor reduces the size of particles of frangible blast media from each particle's respective initial size to a size smaller than a desired maximum size. The frangible blast media may be entrained in a flow of transport gas. The comminutor includes an inlet and an outlet, both in fluid communication with an internal flow passageway. The internal flow passageway includes a first intermediate passageway which comprise the gap defined by two rotating rollers and a second intermediate passageway which includes an inlet disposed proximal the gap, extending in an upstream direction therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Cold Jet, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Mallaley, Richard Joseph Broecker
  • Patent number: 11510366
    Abstract: An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Hotspot AG, Inc.
    Inventors: James Nichols, Richard Brock, Terry Kwast
  • Patent number: 11077448
    Abstract: A portable grinding/shredding/chipping system with a drive track assembly which is manipulatable to facilitate altering the orientation of the portable grinding/shredding/chipping system. This arrangement results in improved loading and processing, of both long and short materials, as well as facilitates connection of a transport dolly and a transport truck/tractor without requiring any additional lifting mechanism. A pivotable housing provides greater access to the rotor and has an over-center arrangement which prevents the pivotable housing from inadvertently moving or pivoting back into engagement with the rotor. The portable grinding/shredding/chipping system is provided with a belt drive assembly which facilitates modification of the rotational speed of the rotor by merely replacing a sheave of the belt drive assembly. Lastly, both head and tail pulleys are driven by a respective motor so that a catinary of the discharge conveyor is radiussed which shortens an axial length of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TIGERCAT INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventor: Anders Ragnarsson
  • Patent number: 10788087
    Abstract: An assembly for a one-way clutch (OWC) includes a carrier, an outer race non-rotatably fixed to the carrier, an inner race, and a roller cage assembly. The roller cage assembly is disposed radially between the inner race and outer race to enable relative rotation therebetween. The roller cage assembly has a plurality of rolling elements and an annular cage and is configured to maintain the rolling elements in position. The cage including a flange extending radially inwardly. A support shim has an axial surface that contacts the flange, wherein the support shim is configured to absorb axial forces transmitted through the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: David Battle, Kenneth Hunt, Jordan Geiser
  • Patent number: 10766036
    Abstract: A crusher unit includes a mainframe that supports a crusher suitable for crushing bulk material. The unit has a primary motor carried by the frame to drive a crusher via a first drive belt extending around a first drive pulley and a first flywheel mounted at the crusher. The unit further includes a secondary motor carried by the frame to provide a secondary drive to the crusher via a second drive belt extending around a first or a second flywheel mounted at the crusher and a second drive pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Phil Nicholson, Martin Wheatley
  • Patent number: 10307764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine frame for a roll crusher that has two side walls and two end walls, where the mentioned end walls accommodate the storage of the rolls. The end walls are split horizontally in the area of the mounting of the rollers, and vertically between the mountings of the upper part. One advantage is that to remove a roller, removal of the respective upper end wall is sufficient. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the adjacent upper parts of the end walls do not touch. An advantage of this is that tilting of the end wall upper parts among each other or in contact with the side walls is prevented during removal. Furthermore, the gap resulting from the distance between the front wall upper parts in the preferred embodiment would be sealed, with the advantage that no material and dust can exit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: TAKRAF GmbH
    Inventors: Burkhard Petack, Marko Schmidt, Karsten Ebenhan, Patrick Neufeldt
  • Patent number: 10065191
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dual-roller crusher (1) with rollers (2, 3) rotatably mounted in a crusher housing and are driven by a motor so as to counter-rotate synchronously about respective parallel center axes, crusher teeth (6, 7) being mounted on the outer surfaces of the rollers (2, 3), every crusher tooth (6, 7) of a roller (2, 3) of the pair of rollers being fittable into a respective pocket (8, 9) in the outer surface of the other roller (2, 3) of the pair of rollers such that, during rotation of the rollers (2, 3), each crusher tooth (6, 7) engages in the respective pocket (8, 9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CRUSH + SIZE TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Matthias Dick
  • Patent number: 10065192
    Abstract: A machine frame (1) for a roll press. This machine frame has an axial frame (2) for absorbing axial forces developing due to the operation and at least two radial frames (3) for absorbing radial forces developing due to the operation. The elements (36) of the radial frame (3), which absorb the radial forces, are mounted elastically in the machine frame (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TAKRAF GMBH
    Inventor: Meinhard Frangenberg
  • Patent number: 9814628
    Abstract: A separating device separates liquid absorbent fibers from a material including the liquid absorbent fibers of an absorbent article and impurities. The separating device includes: a case; an insertion port for inserting the material into the case on an airflow; a rotation member in the case for agitating and opening the material; and a discharge port for discharging the liquid absorbent fibers from inside the case on an airflow. The rotation member has a revolving axis with an axial direction along a predetermined direction from the insertion port to the discharge port, and a shaft member rotating around a rotating axis that has been set with an axial direction along the predetermined direction, while revolving around the revolving axis. The shaft member has protruding sections protruding outward and intersecting with an axial direction of the shaft member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Hayashi, Hidetaka Oyama, Masashi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 9610705
    Abstract: A brush chipper assembly has a housing and a feeder subassembly connected to the housing. The feeder subassembly includes opposed, first and second feeder rollers. When the feeder subassembly is actuated, the first feeder roller is operable to rotate in a first direction and the second feeder roller is operable to rotate in a second direction (opposite to the first direction) so as to draw the brush into the housing. Also provided is, a chipping subassembly substantially contained within the housing behind the feeder subassembly. The chipping subassembly including first and second, opposed chipping heads, each of which carrying cutting teeth for chipping the brush. When the chipping subassembly is actuated, the first chipping head is operable to rotate in a third direction (opposite to the first direction) and the second chipping head is operable to rotate in a fourth direction (opposite to the second direction).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Inventor: Daniel Gaudreault
  • Publication number: 20150129698
    Abstract: A roll for use in processing crop materials in a crop processor apparatus is disclosed. The roll has a generally cylindrical cross-section and a plurality of alternating longitudinal ridges and longitudinal grooves on a surface of the roll. The longitudinal ridges having outer edges interrupted by gaps between the ends of the roll, forming tooth segments between the ends of the roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Tyler Olson, Roger L. Olson
  • Patent number: 8851408
    Abstract: Grain crushing apparatuses for processing grain are disclosed. In one embodiment, a grain crushing apparatus includes a first and second sidewall spaced apart from one another a throat dimension in a first direction, and a first and second support shaft positioned transverse to the first and sidewall. The first and second support shaft are each configured to rotate about an axis of rotation. The grain crushing apparatus also includes a first and second grain crushing roller. Each of the grain crushing rollers include a plurality of teeth extending from a root a tooth height. The first and second grain crushing rollers are intermeshed with one another such the first and second grain crushing roller are maintained at positions spaced apart from one another in a second direction normal to the first direction by an overlap distance less than the tooth height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Inventor: John Bihn
  • Publication number: 20140209719
    Abstract: A coal pulverizer monitoring system and method measures a displacement of wheels in a vertical roll wheel pulverizer using strain gauges bonded to tension rods in an ambient environment outside the hostile environment of the milling area of the pulverizer. Signals from the strain gauges reflecting strain on the tension rods are converted to a displacement of the wheels inside the pulverizer, and thus a coal bed height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Orlando Utilities Commission
    Inventor: Bradley J. Dunst
  • Publication number: 20140166793
    Abstract: An anti-jam assembly for an article destroying appliance includes a fixed core mount assembly including a first support member spaced apart from a second support member with at least one moveable cutter shaft rotatably mounted and disposed there between. A third elongate member extends in parallel relationship to the at least one cutter shaft. This third support member is moveable from a first position to at least a second position. The first and the at least second position correspond to a variable width of a feed path directing an article toward the at least one cutter. An arm is affixed to the elongate member and pivotal at a mounting surface when the elongate member moves toward the second position. A sensor activates when it detects movement of the arm. The arm and the sensor are removed from a proximity of the at least one cutter or the feed path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Josh DAVIS, Russell T. CHAMBERS, Kenneth HYDAK, BaoJun (Will) ZHAO, Hua (Kevin) REN, RuiPing WANG, JieGuang (Jiemy) ZHOU
  • Patent number: 8708265
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a roller crusher having two generally parallel rotatable rollers separated by a gap, and a feeding arrangement for feeding material to the rollers. The roller crusher includes a base frame and a first and a second roller frame section, each of the first and second roller frames sections being pivotably connected to the base frame and arranged for carrying one of the rollers in bearings arranged at opposed ends of each roller. The roller crusher also includes at least one balancing cylinder extending between one of the roller frame sections and the base frame such that when the at least one balancing cylinder is activated, the interconnected roller frame sections will pivot relative to the base frame, thus adjusting the position of the rollers relative to the base frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Leh Hendrix
  • Patent number: 8662431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a roller grinder comprising two rollers, each mounted on a separate shaft, a fixation means, a guide member, and a first and a second end member. A center of the guide member is rotatably attached to the fixation means in a position, which in a horizontal direction is located centrally between said rollers. Each end of the guide member is attached to a first end of the first and second end members, respectively, by means of a joint, such that both the guide member and the first and second end members can rotate around the joint, and the first and second end members, respectively, are rotatably attached at a second end to a respective one of the shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Metso Minerals (Sweden) AB
    Inventor: Lars Gronvall
  • Publication number: 20140048634
    Abstract: A method for regulating the roll gap pressure of a roller press and a corresponding roller press. The roll gap pressure is regulated dependent on at least one oscillating movement that is measured on the roller press. This has the advantage that the roller press can always be operated at the maximum roller press efficiency without the roller press reaching the overload range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: KHD HUMBOLDT WEDAG GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter Brendler, Meinhard Frangenberg, Hans-Peter Makulik, Stefan Seemann
  • Publication number: 20130228642
    Abstract: A food processor includes a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a cutting blade. A rotating disk is adjustable relative to the blade assembly to vary the thickness of the food items cut by the blade assembly. A mounting arm is positioned below the cutting blade and has a ramp defined therein. The food processor includes an adjustment assembly operable to move the rotating disk relative to the cutting blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: KEVIN JAMES BEBER, JEREMY T. WOLTERS
  • Patent number: 8517296
    Abstract: The roller grinding mill for comminuting brittle grinding stock includes at least one grinding roller which co-operates with a counter-face in such a manner that the grinding stock is comminuted between the grinding roller and the counter-face and a pressing system for applying a force to the grinding stock via the grinding roller. The pressing system includes: at least one hydropneumatic store and at least one dual-articulation actuating cylinder. The dual-articulation actuating cylinder is connected to the hydropneumatic store and has two pistons and a housing which acts as a coupling rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Polysius AG
    Inventors: Daniel Frerich, Nils Hörster, Alexander Peters, Ludwig Könning, Thomas Rüther
  • Publication number: 20130175372
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for trimming plants, in particular, buds and flowers, to remove unwanted plant material. A typical application would be to process a plant to leave only trimmed buds and flowers for use in potpourri, fragrant sashes, or as a prelude to further processing of essential oils. The invention enables faster and safer production of plant material than prior plant processing machines. The apparatus employs an original combination of a slotted metal drum and a lawn mower type cutting reel that are rotated in the same direction, but at different speeds, to create a cutting interface that shears the unwanted plant material off and then collect this debris though a novel vacuum manifold into a waste collection device. The cutting interface between the slotted drum and the cutting reel is adjustable to keep the distance between the two between 0.002 and 0.006 inches for a very sharp and clean cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: MOSMAN MACHINERY COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: MOSMAN MACHINERY COMPANY, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130026273
    Abstract: Grain crushing apparatuses for processing grain are disclosed. In one embodiment, a grain crushing apparatus includes a first and second sidewall spaced apart from one another a throat dimension in a first direction, and a first and second support shaft positioned transverse to the first and sidewall. The first and second support shaft are each configured to rotate about an axis of rotation. The grain crushing apparatus also includes a first and second grain crushing roller. Each of the grain crushing rollers include a plurality of teeth extending from a root a tooth height. The first and second grain crushing rollers are intermeshed with one another such the first and second grain crushing roller are maintained at positions spaced apart from one another in a second direction normal to the first direction by an overlap distance less than the tooth height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: TEAMWORK MANUFACTURING, LLC
    Inventor: John Bihn
  • Patent number: 8172166
    Abstract: A roll mill for a milling-dispersing treatment has a fixed roll fixed to a frame, and a transfer roll displaceable into and out of contact with the fixed roll in a direction perpendicular to the fixed roll by a servomotor and a ball screw. A laser sensor disposed between the fixed roll and the transfer roll measures the distance between the rolls, and a load sensor measures a pressing force between the rolls. An electronic automatic control device maintains a constant distance and a constant pressing force between the fixed roll and the transfer roll by feedback of detection signals sent from the respective sensors, wherein the servomotor is driven by the electronic automatic control device to adjust the position of the transfer roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Inoue Mfg., Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Inoue, Choji Hatsugai
  • Publication number: 20120048976
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure roller for use in semi-autogenous comminution of maters. The roller has an outer face (11) accommodating a set of wear resistance inserts (13) in a spaced array over the outer face. The inserts are embedded in the surface of the roller and extend into an outer section of the roller. Each insert is spaced inwardly from or is flush with the outer face of the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: HOFMANN ENGINEERING PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Erich John Hofmann, Karl Peter Steiner
  • Publication number: 20110121117
    Abstract: The roller mill according to the invention comprises a grinding table which is arranged for rotation about a mill axis, at least one grinding roller which can be rotated about a grinding roller axis and which is in rolling engagement with the grinding table, and at least one pivot lever which is for retaining the grinding roller and which has a pivot axis, the pivot axis being orientated parallel with or inclined relative to the grinding roller axis. A fixed motor is further connected to the grinding roller via a drive train in order to transmit the drive power, the drive train comprising a drive train which is fixed in position and a drive train which is also movable with the pivot lever. The fixed drive train has a drive element which is in contact with the movable drive train and which is arranged coaxially relative to the pivot axis of the pivot lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventor: Guido Scholz
  • Publication number: 20110101139
    Abstract: A roll mill for a milling-dispersing treatment has a fixed roll fixed to a frame, and a transfer roll displaceable into and out of contact with the fixed roll in a direction perpendicular to the fixed roll by a servomotor and a ball screw. A laser sensor disposed between the fixed roll and the transfer roll measures the distance between the rolls, and a load sensor measures a pressing force between the rolls. An electronic automatic control device maintains a constant distance and a constant pressing force between the fixed roll and the transfer roll by feedback of detection signals sent from the respective sensors, wherein the servomotor is driven by the electronic automatic control device to adjust the position of the transfer roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Inoue, Choji Hatsugai
  • Patent number: 7841552
    Abstract: A two-roll machine has two rolls rotatably mounted in bearing housings, driven in opposite directions and separated from each other by a roll gap. One roll is a loose roll with bearing housings horizontally supported on machine frame side parts by hydraulic cylinders applying a roll pressing force. The other roll is a fixed roll with bearing housings horizontally supported on frame end pieces. The bearing housings are mounted on sliding tracks of two lower-flange and two upper-flange machine brackets. The two-roll machine includes a lower frame adjacent to the fixed roll, the lower frame lengthening the two lower-flange machine brackets. A transverse frame is connected to the two upper-flange machine brackets, the transverse frame having a clear opening width which permits the rolls to be moved through the transverse frame onto the lower frame. The frame end pieces are releasably connected to the lower-flange and upper-flange machine brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: KHD Humboldt Wedag GmbH
    Inventors: Meinhard Frangenberg, Alexander Hagedorn
  • Publication number: 20100252667
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roller mill having a mill housing, a mill path which is supported so as to be rotatable about a mill axis inside the mill housing, and at least one mill roller which can be rotated about a mill roller shaft and which is engaged with the mill path in terms of rolling action. There is further provided a pivot lever which is for rotatably retaining the mill roller and which has a pivot shaft arranged parallel with the mill roller axis and which is supported outside the mill housing. The pivot lever is further in operational contact with a hydropneumatic resilient system in order to adjust the pressing pressure of the mill roller. The pivot lever is supported outside the mill housing with spacing therefrom in such a manner that the forces which are produced by the hydropneumatic resilient system are dissipated into the mill foundation directly or via pillars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: POLYSIUS AG
    Inventors: Dirk Dilly, Franz-Josef Zurhove, Thomas Rüther, Ludwig Könning, Pedro Guerrero Palma, Bernhard Peterwerth, Thomas Spliethoff, Heiko Fornefeld
  • Publication number: 20100200682
    Abstract: The invention discloses a system for processing bone product comprising at least a mincer and a comminuter (10), a method to operate such a system and a comminuter (10) for use in such a system and method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventor: Jeroen Maaren
  • Publication number: 20100200686
    Abstract: A roller press (1) is described for grinding particulate material such as cement raw materials, cement clinker and similar materials, the roller press having two oppositely rotating rollers (2, 3) with one roller being movably supported relative to the other roller and with the rollers (2, 3) forming between them a roller gap (4). A co-rotating annular disc is attached to one of the rollers (2), which subject to actuation by a number of springs (7), is movable in the direction of the roller axis and which, in the area around the roller gap (4,) extends over the end surface (3a) of the other roller. The annular disc is divided into a number of ring sectors (5) over its circumference, each individually biased by springs towards the end surface (3a) of the other roller (3). Hence, it is possible to maintain the grinding bed thickness at the ends of the rollers, thereby attaining a uniform pressure distribution across the rollers, as well as uniform grinding efficiency and uniform wear on the rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: FLSMIDTH A/S
    Inventors: Lars Demuth, Nicolaj Stenberg Balk Moller
  • Patent number: 7708221
    Abstract: A kernel processing assembly includes a first roll supported in bearings on a first frame element and a second roll supported in bearings on a second frame element, that forms a slot with the first roll through which harvested crop can be conducted. A rotary bearing is arranged on the first side of the slot that retains the first frame element and the second frame element free to pivot against each other. A pre-load arrangement is arranged on the second side of the slot that pre-loads the first frame element and the second frame element against each other. The rotary bearing includes a shaft to which an eccentric is fastened that retains the first frame element free to pivot, and that the shaft is supported in bearings, free to rotate, relative to the second frame element, so that the width of the slot can be varied by rotating the shaft about its longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Manfred Engel
  • Publication number: 20100012760
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roller mill having at least one mill roller and a rotatable mill platen, which are arranged in a mill inner space, and a moment arm which is retained so as to be pivotably movable and rotationally secure in a bearing, with the mill roller being supported in a rotatable manner at one end of the moment arm and there further being provided means for applying a force to the moment arm comprising a pressure cylinder which is in operative contact with the moment arm in order to adjust the mill pressure which is applied by the mill roller. The contact location, at which the force of the pressure cylinder is transmitted to the moment arm, is located outside the mill inner space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Polysius AG
    Inventor: Pedro Guerrero Palma
  • Patent number: 7469851
    Abstract: Described is an adjustable roll drive including a fixed drive cylinder having a fixed drive gear, a fixed intermediate gear rotated by the fixed drive gear, a movable intermediate gear rotated by the fixed intermediate gear, and a movable driven cylinder having a movable driven gear wherein the movable driven gear is rotated by the movable intermediate gear. A linkage system is employed to maintain a substantially constant distance between axes of successive gears and an adjustment mechanism to vary a distance between the fixed drive cylinder and the movable driven cylinder. The continuously adjustable roll drive may be adapted further for use in grain grinding operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Inventor: Georg Bartosch
  • Patent number: 6776366
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a dual coacting roller machine having a driven sprocket mounted onto a first roller shaft, a drive sprocket mounted onto a second roller shaft, and a pair of idler sprockets connected by a belt to the driven sprocket and drive sprocket, wherein one of the idler sprockets is mounted onto a mounting bracket connected to the driven sprocket, such that repositioning of the driven sprocket relative to the drive sprocket produces a corresponding repositioning of the mounting bracket and idler sprocket, such that the tension on the belt remains essentially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Inventor: Martin Tschesche
  • Patent number: 6616077
    Abstract: A method for adjusting the separation between a pair of roller assemblies. A frame is provided. One roller assembly is rotatably supported by a first pair of supports fixed with respect to the frame. On the other hand, another roller assembly is rotatably supported by a second pair of supports that are movable with respect to the frame. A pair of shims is provided. One shim is positioned between a first one of the second pair of supports and a first member that is fixed with respect to the frame. The other shim is positioned between a second one of the second pair of supports and a second member that is fixed with respect to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Inventor: Larry E. Koenig
  • Patent number: 6409110
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing compacted biomass is provided which include a conveying system forwarding compacted biomass in a controlled manner in a mainly horizontal direction, and first and second rotatable rollers positioned downstream of the conveying system with their axes of rotation generally horizontal and parallel. The first roller is positioned horizontally closer to the conveying system than the second roller. The first and second rollers are rotated in opposite directions with different peripheral speeds and the rollers are provided with teeth-like elements projecting from the outer surfaces to engage the compacted biomass material and to pass the material through a gap formed between the two rollers. The peripheral speed of the second roller is higher than the peripheral speed of the first roller, whereby the material to be processed is fed into the gap in a controlled manner and subjected to a stretching and loosening action in the gap with low energy consumption and high reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Babcock & Wilcox Volund APS
    Inventor: John E. Piper
  • Patent number: 6394376
    Abstract: A modular material processing apparatus comprises a housing including a frame, the frame defining a pair of oppositely facing lateral ends and a pair of oppositely facing longitudinal sides; a pair of co-acting, substantially parallel, counter-rotating roller assemblies, each of the roller assemblies including a substantially cylindrical, material processing roller member mounted to a rotating shaft extending substantially parallel with the longitudinal sides; a first support assembly mounted to one of the lateral ends of the frame, the first support assembly including a fixed support and an adjustable support, each of the fixed and adjustable supports supporting a corresponding one of the roller assemblies; and a second support assembly mounted to the other one of the lateral ends of the frame, the second support assembly including a fixed support and an adjustable support, each of the fixed and adjustable supports supporting a corresponding one of the roller assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Inventor: Larry E. Koenig
  • Patent number: 6357683
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roll mill with two rolls which are rotatably mounted in a machine frame and have an outer wear protection casing. In order to facilitate a particularly simple and rapid replacement of the wear protection casings on the rolls, both rolls are mounted only at one end in the machine frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Krupp Polysius AG
    Inventors: Norbert Patzelt, Johann Knecht
  • Patent number: 5816511
    Abstract: Machine for milling cereals and the like of the type comprising at least one pair of cylinders (2, 3) rotating about respective axes of rotation, one of which is fixed and one movable in translation with respect to the other, each end of the movable cylinder (3) being connected to a support member (5), the opposite ends of which are respectively pivotably mounted on a device (20) for adjusting the interaxial distance of the cylinders (2, 3), acting about a single fixed axis of rotation, and on a device (10) for absorbing the reaction forces of the milling operation, to which the upper part (2b) of the member (2a) supporting the fixed cylinder (2) is also connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Berga S.p.A.
    Inventors: Bernardino Bernardi, Cesare Roberti
  • Patent number: 5813324
    Abstract: A needle destruction device has a main frame, a lateral plate, a motor, a motor shaft extending from the motor, a drive gear connected to the motor shaft, a follower gear engaging with the drive gear, a first upper roller, a second upper roller, a first lower roller, a second lower roller, a first upper shaft extending from the first upper roller, a first upper driven gear connected to the first upper shaft, a second upper shaft extending from the second upper roller, a second upper driven gear connected to the second upper shaft, a first lower shaft extending from the first lower roller, a first lower driven gear connected to the first lower shaft, a second lower shaft extending from the second lower roller, a second lower driven gear connected to the second lower shaft, the first upper driven gear engaging with the follower gear and the second upper driven gear, the first lower driven gear engaging with the follower gear and the second lower driven gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Inventor: A-Fang Lin
  • Patent number: 5694709
    Abstract: A pipeline padding machine is provided comprising a crushing mechanism for crushing large pieces of excavated material into smaller pieces of material that are suitable for use in padding a pipeline or underground cable. In preferred embodiments, the crusher comprises two parallel rollers that are arranged with a selected gap between them. The rollers are driven toward each other, such that excavated material that is fed onto the rollers is drawn into the gap, and pieces that are too large to fall through the gap are crushed by the rollers. The crusher mechanism may be installed on a known type of padding machine, preferably at the end of the transverse conveyor over the trench. Alternatively, the crusher may be mounted on the padding machine frame. The output material from the crusher may be screened or otherwise processed, or it may be delivered directly to the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Inventors: Thomas J. Cronk, Jr., Ray E. Hudson
  • Patent number: 5678777
    Abstract: At least a pair of metal rolls having different peripheral speeds with each other are removably mounted to respective rotary shafts in a cantilever form. The axial length of each of the metal rolls is between 100 and 500 mm and the peripheral speed of the high speed roll is between 12 and 30 meter/second. A cover is fitted to a milling chamber that houses therein the paired metal rolls and has a transparent member at least as a part thereof. With such an arrangement, the rolls can be replaced with ease and the milling operation carried out in the milling chamber can be easily monitored through the transparent member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Satake, Hideki Sakaki, Katsumi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 5601242
    Abstract: A roller press (1; 11) for grinding of granular material and comprising two or more rollers (3, 5; 13, 14, 15) alternately rotating in opposite directions, of which at least one is displaceable in a guideway (7; 16, 17) and where only some of the rollers (5; 14) are connected to a driving means. According to the invention the guideway for each of the displaceable rollers is provided so that it is substantially parallel to the resultant force on that roller. As a result, virtually all of the resultant force acting on the displaceable roller will be acting substantially eliminating the reaction force at right angles to the guideway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: F. L. Smidth & Co. A/S
    Inventor: Knud T. Andersen
  • Patent number: 5553796
    Abstract: A roller mill having a fixed roller and a floating roller mounted on a frame and driven in opposite directions includes two gear units for the rollers and two independent torque absorbers to minimize the transfer of torque loads to the frame. Each torque absorber has a pair of two arm levers pivoted at spaced axes on the frame so that one end of each lever is adjacent one end of the other. A first force transmitting member couples the adjacent ends of the levers to each other and a second force transmitting member couples the opposite ends of the levers to the associated gear unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Krupp Polysius AG
    Inventor: Jorg Bettenworth
  • Patent number: 5381977
    Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for material bed comminution of brittle material for grinding, with two roll-like comminuting tools, in which the length:diameter ratio is in each case less than 1 and of which one tool is fixed and the other is mounted so as to be movable, wherein a working gap distance is maintained between the two comminuting tools in the unloaded starting position and the comminuted material for grinding is substantially pressed to form agglomerated scabs. In order to ensure a relatively low wear and a relatively maintenance-free operation the length:diameter ratio of the comminuting tools is less than approximately 0.3 and the diameter of the roll-like comminuting tools is chosen to be sufficiently great that the scab thickness is always greater than the working gap distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Krupp Polysius AG
    Inventor: Olaf Otte
  • Patent number: 5362001
    Abstract: Rubber scrap is pulverized by feeding it into a gap between a parti-cylindrical recess in a block and a cylinder rotating in the recess. A plurality of blocks are mounted one above another in a first frame, and a like plurality of cylinders are mounted in a second frame. The blocks are so arranged that rubber scrap pulverized in the recess of one block is fed into the recess of the next lower block for further pulverizing. All of the cylinders are driven in rotation by a single motor through a belt or chain drive. A hydraulic cylinder piston unit is provided for raising the first frame relative to the second frame and thereby varying the gaps between the cylinders and the respective recesses of the blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Paul Troester Maschinenfabrik
    Inventor: Hans J. Gohlisch
  • Patent number: 5350126
    Abstract: A shredding device for paper web is equipped with a receiving drum, the peripheral surface thereof being formed as a suction surface, a bladed drum having a pair of free rollers which rotate in contact with the peripheral surface or the receiving drum. a pair of rocking arms which support the bladed drum and the pair of free rollers so that they are free to rock, and a pair of pressure springs which urge these rocking arms toward the receiving drum. The urging force of these pressure springs press the pair of free rollers against the peripheral surface of the receiving drum with a specified force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco, Inc.
    Inventor: Takayuki Irikura
  • Patent number: 5154364
    Abstract: A grinding clearance adjustment device for milling roller frames is disclosed, in which a casing contains two grinding rollers, one of which is constructed as a pivotable loose roller. Adjustment members, for the rollers are provided, as well as a device for the automatic setting of the grinding clearance by means of a remotely controllable drive motor, the latter being coupled to the adjustment members via transmission means. The motor operates through a clutch. In the preferred embodiment, the adjustment members are constructed as a first closed standard component, which has a lever-transmitted setting part with a longer and a shorter lever arm and which is laterally positioned in the vicinity of the grinding rollers. The drive motor and clutch are constructed as a second closed standard component, which is spaced from the first standard component, and the adjustment forces derived from the drive motor are coupled to the longer lever arm of setting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: Buehler AG
    Inventor: Leendert Ketting
  • Patent number: 5054702
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mill and to a method of applying a coating of wear-resistant material to the surface of a cylinder crushing shell. According to the invention the coating is formed by the winding of a profiled strip about the suface of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Krupp Polysius AG
    Inventor: Otto Heinemann