Abstract: A food processor having an external slicing disc adjustment mechanism is provided. The food processor includes a work bowl and a lid configured to be selectively removable therefrom. The food processor further includes a slicing disc having a disc body and a slicing blade internal to the work bowl, and a mechanism for adjusting a spacing between the disc body and slicing blade. The mechanism includes a rotatable lever accessible form outside the work bowl.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dissolving compressed blocks of loose-fill cellulose thermal insulation material. The device includes a support surface for the compressed blocks of insulation and a cylinder with protruding members arranged on the cylinder mantel surface. Said cylinder is rotatable around a substantially horizontal axis to process and dissolve the compressed blocks of insulation between the protruding members and a processing zone arranged by an edge of said support surface. The invention discloses that said protruding members arranged on the cylinder mantel surface are elongated protrusions extending substantially parallel to the horizontal axis. The invention further discloses that the cylinder is arranged to rotate inside of an arc-shaped surface partly covering the cylinder mantel surface and prolonging the milling zone in a peripheral direction of the cylinder. Further, the invention relates to a loose fill insulation apparatus.

Abstract: An ice crushing device includes an ice storage container and an ice knife assembly arranged in the ice storage container. The ice knife assembly includes a rotary shaft, a fixed ice knife, a movable ice knife and an ice cube separator, the rotary shaft is capable of driving the movable ice knife to rotate, the fixed ice knife and the ice cube separator are located at two sides of the rotary shaft separately, and the fixed ice knife and the ice cube separator are both fixed relative to the ice storage container.

Abstract: This invention relates to a shredding device having a driving unit driving a rotor including shredding tools on its periphery which for comminuting a material such as waste material and/or industrial residues, interact with a least one counter knife assembly that is arranged in a stationary fashion with respect to the machine housing during the shredding operation. The shredding device is characterized in that the counter knife assembly includes at least two counter knife bars which run approximately parallel to each other and are arranged one above the other in the rotating direction of the rotor, the counter knife bars, for the compensation of wear at the shredding tools and/or at the counter knife assembly, being arranged for an adjustment radially to the rotor axis by a mutually different degree by means of an adjustment device. A process for operating a shredding device is also described.

Abstract: A crusher is provided that can quickly return to the operating state from a shutdown state which occurs due to the incorporation of a foreign object. Provided are a crushing rotor 32, a housing 41 and an anvil 33 supported by the housing to face a crushing chamber 31. A lever 90 is disposed on the side opposite the crushing rotor 32 with respect to the housing 41, pivotably installed with respect to side frames 19, and provided with a holding portion for holding the housing 41 to keep a posture where the anvil 33 faces the crushing chamber 31. An elastic member 93 is for biasing the lever 90 at a set biasing force. When the biasing force is exceeded, the lever 90 turns to permit the anvil 33 to turn and retreat from the crushing chamber 31.

Abstract: The spice grinder (10) disclosed comprises a non-rotatable component (12) which fits on the top of a bottle or other container and a rotatable component (14) which fits onto the component (12). The component (12) has a bore with teeth (24) projecting inwardly from the surface of the bore. The component (14) has teeth (51, 58) and grinding takes place in the grinding gap between these teeth and the teeth (24) when the component (14) is rotated on the component (12). Apertures (60) enable ground spice to fall from the inverted grinder. The grinder also includes a movable shutter (16) which is displacable with respect to the apertures (60) to enable the area of each passageway to be varied.

Abstract: A rotating browse food producing apparatus intended to produce edible feed stock for ruminants. The present invention incorporates a pair of spiral cutting blades mounted to a rotary machine that drives the cutting blades in a parallel axis located above a fixed reaction surface. Tree branch material is forced between the cutting blades traversing through an arc and a fixed reaction surface. The length of the spiral blades are configured to sever a fixed length portion of the cellulose feed stock to render a product suitable for animal feed.

Abstract: No-oil high-security shredders, other no-oil shredders, and other no-oil machinery are provided. By using zero-clearance and a sacrificial material, the need to oil shredder machinery has been eliminated. A single no-oil destruction machine advantageously may receive (with minimal operator intervention) a mixed input load, such as a mixture of a combination of paper (including paper that is folded, ripped, stapled, or otherwise irregular), CDs, DVDs, polyester, plastic cards, SMART cards, wood, Verichips, flash drives, biometric chips, and/or other generally-planar materials.

Abstract: A shredder for shredding a by-product, such as sprue, runner and the like generated when molding a thermoplastic synthetic resin product, into recyclable shredded pieces, is structured such that front and rear oscillating side walls are openable, right and left stationary side walls are connected by two support shafts and one connection member, and two support shafts serve as pivot axes of the oscillating side walls and connection members connecting the right and left stationary side walls.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a journal bearing apparatus that is specifically configured to apply an axial load on a rotor element carried on the rotor shaft.

Abstract: Material reduction apparatus for reducing waste material consisting of both metallic and non-metallic waste which is required to be rendered separable so that each type of waste material is rendered useable, and apparatus that embodies cutters on a single rotary shaft and a series of stationary cutting blades located in a position to allow the shaft mounted cutters to carry the waste material from the stationary cutting blade to effect the desired reduction of that waste material is provided with structure permitting removal of jammed material.

Abstract: Material shredding apparatus having a motor driven shaft carrying a material shredding rotor operatively mounted in a housing assembly adjacent a pivotally yieldable material shredding cutter and a shredded material sizing screen pivotally movable between a position in abutment with the pivotally yieldable shredding cutter and a shredder material receiving position adjacent the shredding rotor. The assembly being provided with electrical safety cutoff circuit means operative upon loss of shear pin support means for the material sizing screen and shredding cutter for stopping current supply to the motor driven shaft to avoid damage to the housing assembly by encountering tramp material to hard to shred by the shredding cutter.

Abstract: A rock crusher comprises a pair of rotors spaced apart to define a throat therebetween and driven in opposite directions. Impactor bars on the rotors crush rock that is delivered to the rotors and passes the broken rock fragments through the throat. The rock crusher may be conveniently provided in a harvesting vehicle such as a potato harvester to crush rock that has been picked up with and separated from the crop. The rocks can be crushed to a sufficiently small size that they may be conveniently returned to the field surface, and thus the arrangement avoids the trouble and expense that would otherwise be entailed in collecting and disposing of the separated rock.

Abstract: A trailered, short stroke reduction grinder including a telescoping, multi-stage push ram and hydraulic grinding head which are operable from seat mounted joy sticks in an enclosed operator cabin. Collected reduction materials are pushed to a grinding channel defined between multiple arcuate, sizing screens and the rotating grinding head. A hydraulic shear bar controls the entry of the material to the grinding channel. The grates of the sizing screen are arranged to provide a plurality of reduction apertures of progressively increasing size and differing geometric shape. A single hydraulic motor and belt drive linkage control the grinding head and permit forward and reverse operation. High density plastic slide bearings at cross supports of a discharge conveyor support a ribbed belt.

Abstract: The comminuting machine includes a housing provided with a rotary impact mechanism. A conveyor conveys infed material to the rotary impact mechanism which cooperates with an impact plate in disintegrating the infed material. A comb-like further comminuting structure follows the impact plate in the rotary direction and is arranged laterally of the rotary impact mechanism. The comb-like further comminuting structure extends over part of a discharge opening of the housing and is linked to a rear end of the impact plate. Displacement devices are provided for displacing the comb-like further comminuting structure between an operative position in which the comb-like further comminuting structure extends laterally of the rotary impact mechanism, and an inoperative position in which the comb-like further comminuting structure is pivoted away therefrom. Adjusting devices are provided for adjusting the comb-like further comminuting structure relative to the rotary impact mechanism.

Abstract: A rotary jaw crusher comprises a rotor, which carries at least one revolving jaw and rotates within a housing about a horizontal axis of rotation, and a stationary jaw, which is fixed to the housing and is substantially disposed above the descending portion of the flight circle of the rotor and rises toward the charging opening of the housing opposite to the sense of rotation of the rotor with a small inclination from the horizontal and is provided with crushing bars or the like, which protrude toward the rotor. In order to achieve a high efficiency and a low susceptibility to wear, crushing bars having sharp edges are provided on the stationary jaw and extend approximately normal to the axis of rotation of the rotor.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for crushing material such as rock and includes a support structure having an inlet and an outlet. A powered rotor shaft rotates with respect to the support structure about a shaft axis, and a rotor mounted eccentrically on shaft describes orbital motion about the shaft axis. The rotor has a rotor wall which moves cyclically and laterally with respect to the axis during the orbital motion. At least one stator is mounted in the support structure to provide a stator wall spaced oppositely from the rotor wall to define therewith opposing walls of a crushing chamber located between the inlet and outlet. Feed direction of material passing between the inlet and outlet is generally perpendicular to the shaft axis, and when the rotor describes the orbital motion, spacing between opposing walls of the chamber varies cyclically. The stator is mounted yieldably so as to move away from the rotor when a pre-determined threshold force is exceeded so as to reduce possible damage.

Abstract: An apparatus for breaking solid objects includes a box-shaped support (6) open at the top and at the bottom, a substantially horizontal rotor (6) mounted in the box and carrying at least one knife which turns with it while passing between backing knives, an active face of which is turned toward the rotor, and preferably has teeth, the backing knives being movable independently of each other and having their own return means, for example by oscillating the backing knives on a pivot parallel to the rotor. The knives may be set in forced oscillation, and may be individually removable.

Abstract: A waste paper processing system includes an upper shredding portion and a lower compressing portion. The shredding portion includes to horizontally parallel shafts mounting thereon a plurality of circular blades. The shafts are rotated to spin outwardly of a space between the shafts from a paper feeding direction. Presser arms are provided for retaining paper from above during shredding and stopper arms and a filter portion are provided below the blades to assure the paper is shredded sufficiently. After shredding the paper falls into a hopper and is introduced via a rotor to the compression portion. In the compression portion a screw is rotated for urging the shredded paper into a compression tube the tube as a narrower portion at the lower end for assuring sufficient compression of the shredded paper. In addition, water is added to the shredded paper in the upper side of the compression tube for binding the shredded paper together as pulp.

Abstract: This invention relates to a comminuting device which processes small pieces of bulk materials, such as pieces of rubber tires, into crumb-sized particles. It is designed to operate at slow speeds, 50-350 rpm by having the work material move along the exterior peripheral surface of a rotating drum cutting efficiencies are improved. This unique invention provides cutting teeth on the stator and drum each having limited rotational movement which permits greater efficiency for cutting multi-grade materials such as rubber tires having steel and material cord. Cutting blades can be rotated three times to expose unused cutting edges before replacement is required.

Abstract: A materials grinder for comminuting large "chunks" of aggregated material having a conveyor for transporting quantities of materials, including large "chunks" thereof, and a grinder having a large chamber for receiving and grinding the material into smaller and generally uniform sized particulates wherein the grinder is comprised of upper and lower grinding drums to said lower grinding drum, the guide means including breaker bars for controlling the flow of materials adjacent said grinding means and for determining the size of the particulate ground at each grinding drum.

Abstract: Portable tractor, trailer apparatus for shredding varieties of materials, including asphalt, concrete, wood, demolition and landfill debris. A fifth-wheel mounted trailer includes a collection hopper having a hydraulically driven end-wall which directs materials into a cutter-head. The cutter head is indirectly driven by a pair of hydraulic drive motors, transfer belts and tensioned pulleys. A pivoting floor section includes a number of spaced apart rakers determines the size of exhausted particulates. The cutter-head includes teeth which clear an axle space at each sidewall and teeth which distribute materials across the width of the head. The head is removable via sidewall channels provided in the support framework.

Abstract: A fabric bag is used to be packed with shredded waste material from a shredder/compactor. During loading, the bag is confined in a close-fitting steel box and is supported on a fork lift-type ballast. Use of the box as a confining rigid jacket enables the shredder/compactor to compress and compact the shredded feed. The front wall of the box can then be removed and a fork lift-type jack used to extract the packed bag and pallet as a unit, ready for shipping.

Abstract: A grinding device for medical waste includes a driving device, a hollow housing, a shaft vertically journalled in the housing driven by the driving device. A first bowl-shaped grinding container is coaxially provided in the housing with respect to the shaft, and includes a first wall having a plurality of through holes. A first cutting blade extends radially inward from the first wall. A second cutting blade is transversely provided above the first cutting blade and is adjustably mounted on the housing. The second cutting blade is cooperatively associated with the first cutting blade. A second bowl-shaped grinding container is coaxially provided in the housing, with respective to the shaft, around the first grinding container. The second grinding container has a second wall with a plurality of through holes. A third cutting blade extends downward from a radial inward flange on the second wall.

Abstract: A poultry pulverizer comprises a portable framework with a vertically oriented hopper secured thereto having an open top end and a lower end. A horizontally disposed shear wheel is positioned at the lower end of the hopper where it forms a bottom wall. The shear wheel has a downwardly extending vertical shaft journaled to the framework for rotation by a motivator that rotates the shaft and in turn the shear wheel. At least one cutter blade mounted on an upper surface of the shear wheel has a slightly raised cutting edge. A stationary anvil bar connected to and extending across the lower end of the hopper has an adjustable height slightly above the cutting edge of the cutter blade whereby poultry introduced into the hopper through the open top end drops by gravity to the lower end where it is pulverized by the shearing action of the rotating cutter blade and the stationary anvil bar. The pulverized poultry is discharged from the hopper through an opening in the shear wheel located adjacent to the cutter blade.

Abstract: A wood and stump chipper having a rotational chipper disc with protruding blade means for chipping wood advanced thereto; a support trough for wood; a ram for advancing wood along the support trough to the disc; power means for shifting said ram from a position spaced from said disc to a position adjacent said disc and return; and an anvil positionable adjacent the disc for cooperation therewith in chipping wood; the anvil being shiftable in a support between an extended position adjacent the disc and a retracted position away from the disc in a dimension transverse to the dimension of ram movement so as to move out of the path of the ram; and power means for shifting the anvil adjacent the disc when the ram is spaced from the disc and for shifting the anvil away from the disc and out of the path of the ram when the ram approaches the disc.

Abstract: A pulverizer device is provided for pulverizing food, garbage and the like. The pulverizer includes a housing with a centrally disposed, rotatable shaft carrying a plurality of cutting and grinding stages which cooperate with opposingly mounted cutting and grinding counterparts to sequentially pulverize the material. In order to accommodate a simple to manufacture and easily adjustable modification of the pulverizer device so as to be usable with both garbage and the grinding of certain food stuffs such as grain and spices, there is provided a manually adjustable annular ring mounted at the lowest stage of the pulverizer. A handle protrudes outwardly through a housing wall slot to accommodate rotation of the ring to effectively raise and lower the same to engage and disengage the last pulverizing stage.

Abstract: A mulcher-chopper of the type in which a horizontally disposed blade is mounted on a driven vertical shaft within a comminuting chamber. The blade is provided with deep and sharp serrations, thereby increasing the effective blade length and enhancing efficiency. Desirably the blade is oriented at an angle so that rotation provides a downdraft that helps move material into the comminuting chamber. A rigid bar, or anvil, extends diametrically across the comminuting chamber, and the blade is juxtaposed thereto, thus providing a highly effective shearing action.

Abstract: An arrangement of the working gap of a crushing machine having a housing in which is disposed a hammer crusher rotor via a horizontally disposed shaft. The working gap is disposed between the striking circle described by the hammers of the rotor as the latter rotates, and the bottom, trough-like inner housing surface that faces the rotor. The housing has an outlet for material that has been reduced in size, with the outlet extending tangential relative to the rotor. The housing also has an inlet that is provided with an anvil, and extends approximately radially relative to the rotor. The entire width of the working gap, when viewed in the direction of rotation of the rotor, is crescent-shaped from the anvil at the inlet to the tangential outlet.

Abstract: A lawn mower for a reel type lawn mower, and including mechanism for urging the bedknife cutting edge toward the reel and for positioning the bedknife cutting edge in the direction away from the reel, if desired. The cutting edge can be positioned either with a clearance or with no clearance, relative to the reel. The adjustment is automatic and consistently the same each time it is made.

Abstract: A forage or picking harvester for the rough grinding of grain has a housing with a cylindrically shaped outer wall. A cutting blade wheel is located within the housing coaxial with the cylindrically shaped wall. The housing has an inlet and an outlet with a discharge duct forming the outlet and extending outwardly from the cylindrically shaped wall. Blades are mounted on the cutting blade wheel and extend radially of the axis of the wheel with the radially outer ends moving along a circle located at the inside surface of the cylindrically shaped wall. A comb-like arrangement of bearing arms is located within the discharge duct adjacent to the opening from the housing so that the blades on the cutting wheel hurl the grains against the bearing arms whereby the arms effect a rough grinding of the grain.

Abstract: An abrasive roll rice polishing machine which comprises a vertical framework assembly, a vertical rotary shaft extending in the vertical axis of the framework assembly and journalled therein, an abrasive roll mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith, a vertically movable polishing cylinder provided within the framework assembly surrounding the abrasive roll in peripherally spaced relationship to the latter to define a polishing chamber therebetween, a hopper at the top of the framework assembly and a discharge port at the bottom of the polishing chamber.

Abstract: A vertical frictionally abrasive roll rice polishing machine in which a vertical rotary shaft extended in the vertically axial direction of a framework assembly, a vertical frictionally abrasive roll is mounted at the upper end of the shaft, a polishing cylinder surrounds the abrasive roll in coaxial and peripherally spaced relationship to the roll to define an annular polishing chamber therebetween, the polishing cylinder rotates and moves depending upon load applied thereto, the abrasive roll rotates but does not move vertically, a material supply passage is formed above the polishing chamber and a polished rice discharge passage is formed below the polishing chamber.

Abstract: A rotatable cutting blade assembly for a food processor having an annular flange intended to fit closely in a circular container of a food processor, the flange having in it an aperture above which a blade is mounted, a screw-threaded arrangement being provided whereby the axial distance between the blade and flange may be adjusted continuously within the adjustment range so that sliced portions of vegetable material of any desired thickness may be produced.

Abstract: An apparatus for crushing articles, such as aluminum beverage cans. The crushing apparatus comprises a rotatable, polygonal-shaped drum having blades mounted on each flat outer surface of the drum which project outwardly beyond the respective surface. The articles to be crushed are introduced into the area between the drum and a spring-loaded pressure plate, and on rotation of the drum, the blades engage the articles and move them into the nip between the drum and pressure plate to crush and flatten the articles. The apparatus also includes a quick release mechanism in which the pressure plate can be readily released to correct a jamming situation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for recovering metal containers of a selected type from a collection of trash is disclosed. The apparatus includes pneumatic and magnetic separators for removing extraneous debris. The separated containers are crushed and weighed. Compensation is issued in response to the weight of the separated containers. The separated containers are stored in an overhead compartment for collection and transportation.

Abstract: Waste such as combustible trash and prime garbage is mixed with rubber tires and shredded together to produce a compacted and combustible output product which can be used as a fuel or incinerated for further compacting.The apparatus involves interengaging rotary feeder-cutter wheels mounted on counterrotating shafts to pull materials through a feed path while shredding with the aid of shredder blades interspersed between the wheels. Feeding, mixing and conveying techniques through one or more shredder stages provide for attainment of high speed feed rates and handling of some degree solid debris such as steel belts in tires.

Abstract: An impact crusher is disclosed having a rotor carrying hammers arranged to strike and throw material against target members, and a material feed assembly. The feed assembly includes a downwardly inclined chute having depending cam followers which ride upon a cam surface having a horizontal portion and a downwardly curved portion at the end of the horizontal portion remote from the rotor. An actuating device is connected to the chute to move the chute and cam followers along the cam surface and down the curved portion thereof. Thus when a large rock bridges the space between the feed chute and the target members, and fails to drop into the range of the hammers, the chute is simultaneously retracted away from the rock as the upper end is tilted downwardly toward a horizontal position, to lower or drop the rock into the range of the whirling hammers.

Abstract: A leaf collector and comminutor is disclosed having a collection receptacle in the form of a bag and a housing for delivery of comminuted tree leaves into the bag, the housing having thereon a motor driven rotary blade assembly, having a fan portion and a leaf comminuting portion resiliently mounted on the fan portion, for the suction collection and comminution of the leaves to reduce their bulk and for delivery of the disintegrated leaves into the bag, a spring held shearing bar being provided with openings for passage of end portions of the blades, the mounting of the leaf comminuting portion of the blade and the mounting of the shearing bar providing safety features in the event that sticks or stones enter the housing.

Abstract: A comminution machine has a comminution rotor and a crushing edge between which is formed a crushing gap for breaking a charge of material. An adjustable rocker arm is provided which has an adjustable spacing from the comminution rotor which is independent of the crushing gap.

Abstract: A shredder for crushing materials, such as sugar cane, has a housing and a hammer rotor rotatably mounted in the housing for cooperation with an anvil resiliently mounted in the housing. The anvil is journaled at each of its lateral ends to a respective guide rod which form an acute angle with the anvil proper. The other end of the guide rod is journaled to the housing. At least one spring biased pressure member is mounted to the housing and acts on the anvil so that an effective force component extends tangentially to the anvil curvature. Adjustable abutments mounted to the housing cooperate with the anvil to adjust a working gap between the hammer rotor and the anvil.

Abstract: A forage chopping and propelling device including a casing having an inclined bottom and disposed therein a chopper rotor and a booster impeller that operate as an integrated assembly to receive forage from an inlet, chop the forage and eject the chopped forage out a discharge chute. The forage travels along a rectilinear path from the inlet to the discharge chute and undergoes recutting by at least one recutting bar disposed between the chopper rotor and the booster impeller.

Abstract: A forage harvester has a cylinder type cutterhead and a plurality of feed rolls that feed crop material radially into the cutterhead over a shear bar normally positioned adjacent to the cutterhead in registry therewith. The shear bar is mounted for resilient yieldable deflection when the cutterhead strikes a foreign object to a deflected position wherein it permits the tangential expulsion of the foreign object at the shear bar.

Abstract: For use in an agricultural forage cutter, a recutter characterized by open passageways for ready passage of the forage material and by a grindable cutting edge on the recutter adjacent the path of the rotating cutter knives whereby a shearing action is achieved.