Abstract: A method and apparatus for very fine grinding which uses a rotor rapidly rotating in a compatible cylindrical housing where there is an improvement of a friction inducing surface on the cylindrical face to assist in the grinding effectiveness.

Abstract: An apparatus for pre-composting organic material, comprising: a housing with two openings and a pre-composting means between the two openings wherein kitchen scraps may be fed in the first opening and the pre-composted scraps exit the second opening. In an embodiment of the present invention the pre-composter includes: a lid assembly which may facilitate feeding scraps into the pre-composter; a hopper and blade assembly for pre-composting or cutting and shredding the scraps; a component tray for securing the housing to the hopper; a bin for collecting the pre-composted scraps; and a crank assembly which delivers rotational power to the blade assembly.

Abstract: An integral blender includes a hollow shell having a horizontal conical plate integrally formed in the interior to divide the interior of the hollow shell into a container portion and a base portion. The conical plate has a through hole. The base portion is employed to accommodate a transmitting mechanism provided with a shaft extending out of the through hole to be fixedly connected with a cutter in the container. The shaft is closely wrapped with a waterproof annular seal having the bottom combined together with the conical plate. Therefore, with the container portion and the base portion integrally formed together, manufacturing cost can be lowered and convenience in practice can be advanced.

Abstract: In a combination coffee grinder and coffee storage device, a housing has a grinding chamber and a storage container located with the housing. The storage container has a removable airtight closure and the grinding chamber has grinding blades. A motor is located in the housing for driving the grinding blades. A pump, located in the housing, has an air connection to the storage container for evacuating air from the storage container.

Abstract: A length of a duct (42) can be altered added to a filter mask (4) mounted inside a container (2). Further the filter mask joins to the container by clasping and joining together ribs, which are easy to maintain for cleaning purpose. In detail, a duct (42) is mainly composed of a wheel spacer (42a) as a low profile “mount base”; and an extension tube (42b) can be assembled to or detached from said wheel spacer (42a) as demanded. A bottom rim of the filter mask (4) has a plurality of L-shaped ribs (44) disposed therearound. Ribs (44) corresponding to a plurality of transverse ribs (21) projected inward inside a bottom of said container (2) can clasp and join together with the ribs (21) respectively. Thus, the filter mask (4) mounted inside the container (2) can be avoided from relaxing hold on each other.

Abstract: Apparatus for extracting oil from the peel of whole citrus fruit includes a frame and a plurality of parallel horizontal rolls including toothed projections for piercing the outer surface of the whole fruit. Each of the plurality of rolls is rotatably supported via a rotatable shaft that is mounted to the frame. A plurality of motors are secured to the frame, each of the plurality of motors are mechanically coupled to a corresponding shaft of the rolls, wherein each motor independently rotates the shaft and roll. The apparatus also includes a controller for individually controlling the rotational speed of each of the rolls.

Abstract: The data destruction machine is a desk-top, portable unit with a short (under 10 second) cycle time, pluggable into a wall outlet. Upon insertion of a disk (such as a CD or split DVD) into the machine, which is fully automatic, data is removed. The machine converts the data-storage layer into residue consistent with security destruction standards from which no data is retrievable. A single machine may be used for declassifying CDs and split DVDs. Splitting DVDs in preparation for inserting them into the data destruction machine may be accomplished quickly and simply.

Abstract: The data destruction machine is a desk-top, portable unit with a short (under 10 second) cycle time, pluggable into a wall outlet. Upon insertion of a disk (such as a CD or split DVD) into the machine, which is fully automatic, data is removed. The machine converts the data-storage layer into residue consistent with security destruction standards from which no data is retrievable. A single machine may be used for declassifying CDs and split DVDs. Splitting DVDs in preparation for inserting them into the data destruction machine may be accomplished quickly and simply.

Abstract: The data destruction machine is a desk-top, portable unit with a short (under 10 second) cycle time, pluggable into a wall outlet. Upon insertion of a CD into the machine, which is fully automatic, data is erased, and the cleaned CD is ejected. The machine converts the data-storage layer into residue consistent with security destruction standards from which no data is retrievable.

Abstract: A machine, a method, and an air-cooled cutting brush for removing tread material for recycling from used motor vehicle tires prior to scrapping or retreading without damaging the tire cords and beads. The tread material is removed as fine particles, or buffings, ready for recycling without subsequent sorting out of cloth or metal. A tire is mounted in an upright position on a tire receiving assembly which expands to grip the tire beads. The tire receiving assembly is mounted on a supporting structure which pivots. An elongate, powered, rotating, cutting brush is mounted on a rolling mounting structure which moves the cutting brush into and out of engagement with the tread on the outer, ground-contacting portion and on the sidewalls of a tire. In operation, the tire is rotated as the cutting brush engages the tread material of the ground-contacting portion, the supporting structure is then pivoted to remove the tread material of one sidewall, and repeated on the opposite sidewall.

Abstract: Apparatus for reducing to particles tread portions and beaded side wall portions of vehicle tires, particularly extra large vehicle tires, or for preparing such vehicle tires for recapping, comprises a tire holder assembly, having a paired set of dual jacks carried by opposite ends, respectively, of elongate, rigid, tire clamping frames, and a rotary, cutter blade assembly made up of a side-by-side series of disks carrying cutter blades of chisel type offset from one another to provide a helically oriented series of such cutting blades. Opposite side and end members of each of the frames provide for clamping corresponding side wall beads of a received tire, while opposite ends of opposite end members of the respective frames, usually clamping corners thereof, span respective chords of the circumferences of corresponding beads of the tire.

Abstract: A machine for cutting used tires into selectively sized pieces or segments which includes a cutter which is movable relative to a die against which a tire is supported. An indexing mechanism is engaged with the tire to rotate the tire relative to the die after each successive cutting motion of the cutter so that contiguous and/or adjacent segments or portions of the tire are progressively severed from the middle reinforced inner bead of the tire.

Abstract: An apparatus for reducing extra large vehicle tires to particles or to prepare them for recapping comprises a tire holder assembly, made up of a set of dual jacks, in combination with a rotary cutter blade assembly made up of a side-by-side series of discs carrying cutter blades of chisel type. The set of dual jacks are preferably carried by an arbor having opposite shaft ends adapted to matingly interconnect with corresponding ends of a motivating shaft for quick and easy interchange of one size tire holder assembly for another size. When the tire is to be recapped, arcuate attachments are secured to members of the tire holder assembly that contact a tire bead so as to preserve the circumferential integrity of such bead during cutting, and the cutter blade assembly is replaced by wire buffing brushes following removal of the tread portion of the tire by cutting.

Abstract: A tire holding fixture comprises upper and lower simulated wheel halves disposed about upper and lower wheel half supports, and a guide disposed coaxially with respect to the wheel half supports. The guide cooperates with the wheel halves and wheel supports so as to center a tire upon the tire holding fixture. The upper wheel half support is designed to be inserted into the lower wheel half support. There are noncontinuous no-lead thread segments disposed about the interior of the lower wheel half support, and about the exterior of the upper wheel half support. These thread segments are designed to be interengagable so as to form a multiple stepped bayonet retention system, capable of holding the wheel supports together. Locking pins are translatable within the wheel half supports so as to allow corotation of the wheel half supports for processing a tire.

Abstract: An automatic apparatus for removing tread from beads of various sized tires is disclosed. The automatic apparatus includes a tire centering device for vertically orienting the tire so that the radial center axis of the tire is positioned along a horizontal reference axis. The tire centering device includes a catch box having movable side walls and movable bottom plates to accomplish this centering. After the tire is centered, the tire is moved to a tire gripping device which grips the rim of the tire. Thereafter, a tire cutter device is moved in position to cut the tread from the bead of the tire as the tire is turned one revolution. Finally, a tire ejecting device is actuated to eject the remaining bead of the tire from the tire gripping device so that the cycle can be repeated.

Abstract: A bale shredder is provided with a loading fork along a side of the shredder that will lift a first bale from the ground and move it into the shredder. The loading fork includes a support platform portion that is used for lifting and supporting a second bale with a first bale remaining in the bale shredding chamber, so that both bales can be transported to a location for shredding. The fork is operated by a single hydraulic cylinder that will tilt the bale into a position on a main support platform, and which has a slide plate that moves the bale closer to the chamber when the fork is tilted upwardly a sufficient amount. Further upward tilting causes the bale to tumble into the bale chamber for shredding.

Abstract: In an annular mixer for the wetting of solid matter, in particular for the wetting of fibrous material with a binding agent, a plurality of cutting devices are provided, downstream of a wetting zone and a subsequent secondary mixing zone and upstream of an outlet, in a radial plane relative to the shaft, for the reliable separation of clusters.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for preparing fragments from tire casings in which an umbrelal type tire casing support is provided and an electric motor is utilized to rotate the tire casings so that a cutter can be utilized to convert the tire casing into fragment portions, the cutter being mounted for slidable movement towards and away from the tire casing.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing the rubber from the crown portion of a tire having a rotatably driven rasp and a linearly displaceable capture roller. The capture roller is moved from a load position distant the rasp to an engagement position closely adjacent the rasp. First and second tensioning rollers are biased to pinch a tire between each of the tensioning rollers and the capture roller. In forcing a captive tire into the area between the tensioning rollers, the capture roller presents to the rasp a work surface which is highly stressed. Traction-enhancement rollers further deform the tire by increasing the wrap angle around each of the tensioning rollers.

Abstract: Rubber is recovered for re-use e.g. from scrap pneumatic tires by briefly raising a surface of the tire to a high temperature and then rasping the heat-treated surface. Tires reinforced either with a textile or a steel ply can first be parted on opposite sides of the breaker structure. A machine is provided which accepts pieces of vulcanized material and progressively reduces them to heat-treated particles by repetitively heating a surface of each piece and attacking it with a rasping tool.