Miscellaneous Patents (Class 241/30)
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Patent number: 8434705Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Vecoplan AGInventor: Wolfgang Lipowski
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Publication number: 20130099033Abstract: Milling apparatus suitable for mechano-chemical breakdown of contaminated media reliant upon housed ball mill units each able to be cradle mounted to receive a rotational drive of a shaft and to feed material downwardly from housing to housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: Bryan Geoffrey Black, Owen Ross Williams
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Patent number: 8413916Abstract: A shredder includes a cutting assembly capable of shredding paper mounted in a shredder housing and a detector mechanism capable of shutting off the cutting assembly in response to detecting a force applied to the cutting assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Alan Pilch, Josh Davis
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Patent number: 8408484Abstract: True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, into a fiber or powder. The cutting system includes a cutting blade, typically a rotary cutter, and a sacrificial plate or round bar contacting the cutting blade. The contacting portion has a zero clearance during the cutting operation. A metering mechanism is also provided which is capable of metering the material at a predetermined rate to the cutting blade. A mechanism is also provided for incrementally moving the sacrificial blade towards the cutting blade to ensure that the zero clearance is maintained between the cutting blade and the sacrificial plate, even when the sacrificial plate begins to wear down due to usage.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Inventor: Charles A. Castronovo
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Patent number: 8403242Abstract: A system for producing snow incorporates a snow-making machine with ice supplied externally or manufactured on-site. The snow-making machine has one or more multi-bladed impellers fitted blades which impact ice blocks, pieces or tubes fed to the inlet of a snow-making chamber. The impact of the blades with the ice in a velocity range 150-300 Km/h produces artificial snow, with characteristics very similar to natural snow, suitable for ski-fields or other applications for snow. The blades may incorporate serrated or jagged cutter portions the break the latter ice pieces to sizes suitable for conversion to snow.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Inventor: Alfio Bucceri
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Publication number: 20130062444Abstract: An electrical appliance, such as a shredder, having low standby power consumption is provided. A power isolation circuit is positioned to electrically disconnect electronic components of the shredder from the shredder's primary power source. An auxiliary power source may generate or store power for powering electronic components, such as sensors or processors, while the primary power source is disconnected. A power isolation controller may use a timer, light detector, or user interaction sensors to determine whether to reconnect the primary power source to the electronic components.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Fellowes, Inc.Inventors: Michael D. Jensen, Adam Kadolph
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Publication number: 20130056138Abstract: A method of making an active electrode material is provided. Activated carbon having between about 70 and 98 percent microporous activated carbon particles of a total amount of activated carbon by weight and between about 2 and 30 percent mesoporous activated carbon particles of the total amount of activated carbon by weight is provided. Binder is provided. The activated carbon and the binder is mixed to form an active electrode material mixture. In some implementations, a method of making an electrode film includes forming a film of active electrode material comprising activated carbon having between about 70 and 98 percent microporous activated carbon particles of a total amount of activated carbon by weight and between about 2 and 30 percent mesoporous activated carbon particles of the total amount of activated carbon by weight. The method further includes bonding the film to a current collector to form an electrode film.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Linda Zhong, Xiaomei Xi
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Patent number: 8387903Abstract: An apparatus and a method for receiving and destructuring collectable items, the apparatus having at least one item destructurer (112,113) at an exit of the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an item receiving floor (114); an item pusher (115) reciprocally slidable along the floor, means for causing an item when placed on the floor to be engaged by one or the other side of the pusher and pushed towards and into engagement with said destructurer, and pusher drive means (117) configured to provide gradually increasing pushing force on the item towards the destructurer. Means may be provided for selectively causing an item when placed on the floor either to exit through the floor via a trap door device or to be engaged by one or the other side of the pusher and pushed towards and into engagement with said destructurer.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Tomra Systems ASAInventors: Tom Lunde, Roar Abrahamsen
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Patent number: 8382017Abstract: Grinding system (1) comprising a grinding mill (2) and a reload cartridge (3) containing a material to be ground (37) and adapted to be removably mounted on the grinding mill. The cartridge has a closure member (33) which is opened by an opening member (18) of the grinding mill when the cartridge is coupled to the grinding mill.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Francois BichInventor: Francois Bich
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Patent number: 8376253Abstract: A food processor having a coupling point to attach a processing device to the food processor; a cover part; a detection device disposed at the coupling point, wherein the detection device detects the attached processing device or the cover part; wherein each of the processing device and the cover part has a respective actuating element to actuate the detection device; and wherein the detection device has at least a first actuating region and a second actuating region that is oriented differently from the first actuating region.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Aleksander Oblak, Jurij Pesec, Darko Rudez, Roman Sabec
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Publication number: 20130034643Abstract: A device and method for processing aggregate material, in particular for preparing olive paste for the extraction of oil. The device includes a housing having an inlet for receiving aggregate material, a driving shaft coinciding with the central longitudinal axis of the housing, a crushing drum mounted on an eccentric segment of the driving shaft, free to rotate thereabout, and a final grinder located downstream from the crushing drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Inventors: Eric TURGEMAN, Yariv Gershony
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Patent number: 8366029Abstract: The method is used to determine the filling level of a loaded mill container (2). The container (2) has a drive torque (M) applied to it by means of a drive (6), and causes it to rotate. The drive torque (M) on the drive (6) is set by means of a predeterminable drive test sequence. A time/rotation speed profile of a rotation speed of the container (2) which results from the drive test sequence is recorded, and is analyzed. The filling level is determined on the basis of the results of the analysis. The method produces up to date, accurate information, determined during the milling operation, about the filling level of the container (2).Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2007Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Norbert Becker, Hans-Ulrich Löffler, Stefan Smits, Kurt Tischler
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Publication number: 20130020423Abstract: A shredding machine for domestic or office use having a feed passage 3 leading to a cutting mechanism 10, 11 powered by an electric motor, has a thickness measuring device 15 for measuring the thickness of bundles of paper fed through the feed passage and the machine is controlled by a microprocessor which receives signals from the thickness measuring device and prevents the cutting mechanism from being energised if the thickness measured is above a threshold determined by the microprocessor. The microprocessor varies the threshold in accordance with electrical supply voltage, the electric motor temperature and the electric current drawn by the motor during a previous shredding operation, so that the maximum thickness the shredder will accept can be reduced automatically when motor temperature increases or as the effectiveness of the machine deteriorates throughout its working life.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: ACCO UK LIMITEDInventor: ACCO UK LIMITED
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Patent number: 8353471Abstract: A method of producing a foundation bed (1) for a granulator mill includes the steps that the foundation bed is cast from a plastic- or concrete based casting material in a mold (13) manufactured from thin sheet metal, the mold being given surfaces (16) for cooperation with a granulator mill housing (2) with high precision. In order to avoid after-treatment of the surfaces (16) of the mold intended for cooperation with the granulator mill housing, these surfaces are clamped during the casting process against a common, configurationally stable clamping member.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2008Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Rapid Granulator ABInventors: Henrik Karlsson, Kurt Sjöberg, Ulf Henning, Björn Pettersson
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Patent number: 8348185Abstract: A shredder feeder has a first receiving post configured to receive a roll of first material, second and third receiving posts respectively configured to receive first and second rolls of second material, and a pair of guideposts that form an outlet of the shredder feeder therebetween. The respective guideposts are positioned to respectively direct the second material from the first and second rolls toward the first material from the roll of first material so that the first material is interposed between the second material from the first roll of second material and the second material from the second roll of second material when the first material and the second materials from the first and second rolls of second material pass concurrently through the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Identisys, Inc.Inventors: Debra R. Ferril, David Roman
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Publication number: 20130001338Abstract: A method and associated apparatus for detaching a frozen charge from an inner wall of a grinding pipe of a tube mill such as is used for grinding. The method includes controlling a driving device of the grinding pipe to detach a frozen charge from an inner wall of the grinding pipe, which driving device is operable to apply a driving torque to the grinding pipe. Controlling the driving device includes varying the driving torque applied to the grinding pipe around a predetermined reference level.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Robert Keller, Patrick Meier
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Patent number: 8336792Abstract: An assembly has a bin level detection system having at least one sensor positioned to receive radiation reflected off any material deposited in a bin and to determine an intensity of the reflected radiation. The intensity corresponds to an amount or level of shredded material deposited in the bin. The system may detect radiation from one or more emitters, or, alternatively, detect ambient light entering the bin via a window. A level indicator system may also be provided to indicate the amount of material deposited in the bin, including if the bin is full. The assembly may comprise a shredder and a shredder housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Fellowes, Inc.Inventors: Tai Hoon K. Matlin, Michael Dale Jensen, Jakub M. Krynski
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Publication number: 20120318898Abstract: The invention provides for methods, systems, and devices for processing rubber materials including rubber from tires, tubes, shoe soles, or any other rubber containing product. Characteristics of the rubber materials, such as chemical composition and/or product manufacturer, model, and manufacture date, can be identified. Identification can be performed by personnel, can be automated, or can be a combination thereof. The characteristics of the rubber material can be used to sort the rubber product. Rubber materials suitable for a particular end product can be selected for further processing, which can include size reduction, material separation, chemical and physical processes, devulcanization, or a combination thereof. Processed rubber materials can be stored or delivered to a user or manufacturing site with product specifications.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Alan Higginson, David Higgingson, Rachel Aucock, Brete C. Harrison
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Publication number: 20120312907Abstract: The invention relates to an elongated insert member (1) for a grinding roll for heavy wear operation. The insert member (1) comprises a core (2) of a first material having a first hardness, said core (2) having an extension in the longitudinal direction of said insert member (1), and a body (3) of a second material having a second hardness, said body (3) enclosing said core (2). The first hardness is greater than the second hardness. The invention also relates to a cassette and a segment for a grinding roll, a grinding roll and a roll machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2009Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: METSO MINERALS (WEAR PROTECTION) ABInventors: Lars Gronvall, Pekka Siitonen, Mikko Kaipiainen, Jari Liimatainen
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Patent number: 8328125Abstract: A gearbox assembly for a gyratory crusher and/or cone crusher, which includes a drive shaft having a rotational movement, and a drive shaft gear attached to a distal end of the drive shaft. The drive shaft gear imparts a rotational movement of the drive shaft to a first gearing assembly, the first gearing assembly imparting a second rotational movement to a second gearing assembly, the second gearing assembly imparting a third rotational movement of the second gearing assembly to drive a ring gear, and wherein the ring gear is attached to and rotates an eccentric assembly of the gyratory crusher and/or cone crusher. The cone crusher is preferably configured to crush rock, stone, ore or minerals. A method of making or retrofitting a crushing device such as, for example, a cone crusher or other gyratory crusher, is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: FLSmidth A/SInventors: Mark Solomon, Eduardo O. Hurtado, K. Chris Littleford, Charles Morgan
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Patent number: 8317116Abstract: A method and process line apparatus for processing a sized ore feed excavated from an ore deposit is disclosed. The method involves disposing a processing apparatus in a processing apparatus position relative to the ore deposit, and disposing a first mobile conveyor to receive a sized ore feed at a receiving location located along a length of the first mobile conveyor. The first mobile conveyor is operable to convey the sized ore from the receiving location to a discharge end of the first mobile conveyor. The method also involves disposing a second mobile conveyor to receive the sized ore from the discharge end of the first mobile conveyor at a transfer location along a length of the second mobile conveyor and to convey the sized ore from the transfer location to the processing apparatus. The first and second mobile conveyors are oriented at an operational angle between a length of the first mobile conveyor and a length of the second mobile conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Suncor Energy Inc.Inventors: Terry Dirk, Paul Frederick MacDougall
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Patent number: 8302890Abstract: A modular ore processing system for concentrating ores includes a plurality of separate modules constructed so as to be serially arranged to form a feed processing system for concentrating a desired material in the ore, wherein the modules are individually transportable to a processing site to be operationally coupled to form the modular ore processing system.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Gekko Systems Pty Ltd.Inventor: Alexander Hamilton Lewis-Gray
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Patent number: 8302891Abstract: A device for gathering and removing chicken litter from chicken houses and for compacting the litter onto a compost pile. The scraper, hauler and compacter cleans and levels the floor of a chicken house as the scraper is being pulled by a tow vehicle such as a small tractor. A tiltable container is filled with the litter as scraping is done. When the container is full, the apparatus is towed to a compost pile where the scraper is either backed onto the pile or can be pulled up onto the pile. The container is tilted and the tailgate is opened. The apparatus is configured such that the wheels are in the rear and when the container is tilted into an unloading position with the tailgate hanging down in front of the wheels, the tailgate levels the litter out as the apparatus is moved forward. The wheels compress the litter onto the compost pile.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Inventors: Kevin V. Koehn, Rusty L. Schmidt
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Publication number: 20120275981Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing nonpassivated silicon, which process comprises providing a sample of silicon and, under inert conditions, reducing the mean particle size in the sample by applying a mechanical force to the sample. The invention also provides nonpassivated silicon which is obtainable by such a process, and compositions which comprise the nonpassivated silicon. Further provided is a process for producing hydrogen, which process comprises contacting water with nonpassivated silicon, thereby producing hydrogen by hydrolysis of said silicon. The invention also provides a pellet for generating hydrogen, the pellet comprising nonpassivated silicon encapsulated within an organic coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventors: John Stuart Foord, Sobia Ashraf
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Patent number: 8297544Abstract: True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, into a fiber or powder. Destruction of the material is further enhanced by advantageous strategic patterning of cutting edges on a rotary cutter, and further by secondary shredding features. For example, on the same axis as the rotary cutter, may be disposed, one on each end, rotating secondary shredders that receive material that has been cut by the rotary cutter as well as material that has escaped cutting by the rotary cutter. A variety of materials, of different thicknesses and types, may be reduced to a dust or powder-size.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Inventor: Charles A. Castronovo
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Patent number: 8292204Abstract: True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, into a fiber or powder. The cutting system includes a cutting blade, typically a rotary cutter, and a sacrificial plate or round bar contacting the cutting blade. The contacting portion has a zero clearance during the cutting operation. A metering mechanism is also provided which is capable of metering the material at a predetermined rate to the cutting blade. A mechanism is also provided for incrementally moving the sacrificial blade towards the cutting blade to ensure that the zero clearance is maintained between the cutting blade and the sacrificial plate, even when the sacrificial plate begins to wear down due to usage.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Inventor: Charles A. Castronovo
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Patent number: 8292205Abstract: A device for crushing one or more tablets and method for using the same are disclosed. The device preferably contains a lower body portion and upper body portion which assemble to define a cavity between the two portions. The cavity has a floor which may define an anvil. At least one opening is placed within the cavity to accept a tablet. A platen body may be adapted to travel along a substantially vertical axis between a closed and open position and may be guided along a rear vertical wall of the cavity. A pinion is preferably placed on an elongate member and operatively engages with a rack placed on the platen body such that movement of the elongate member is translated to the platen body. A crushing surface may be placed on the platen body and is preferably parallel to the anvil. The crushing surface and anvil may be placed at an oblique angle relative to the vertical axis of travel for the platen body.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Health Care Logistics, Inc.Inventors: Doug Clouser, Gary L. Sharpe
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Patent number: 8276837Abstract: In a method for detaching a charge (5) which is stuck to the inner wall of a grinding pipe (1), the grinding pipe (1) is rotated in a targeted manner such that the charge (5) that is stuck is removed from the inner wall of the grinding pipe (1) as a result of multiple modification of the rotational speed of the grinding pipe (1) and, optionally, as a result of abrupt braking of the grinding pipe (1). Generally speaking, the material-dependent maximum angle of rotation F of the grinding pipe is not exceeded in order to avoid the charge that is stuck from falling in an uncontrolled manner. The invention supercedes labor-intensive and protracted methods for detaching such charges (5) since the tasks can be carried out by the same motor of the drive device (2) which is used to drive the grinding pipe (1) during the grinding process.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Norbert Becker, Stefan Smits, Kurt Tischler
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Publication number: 20120227634Abstract: Provided are a method of dry-grinding calcium carbonate in the presence of a grinding aid agent which is a copolymer of (meth)acrylic acid with a monomer containing an alkoxy or hydroxy polyalkyleneglycol group, and a method of producing a hydraulic binder base including dry grinding a calcium carbonate in the presence of the grinding aid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: COATEX S.A.S.Inventors: Jean-Marc SUAU, Jacques Mongoin, Yves Kensicher, Olivier Guerret
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Publication number: 20120220679Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing pulverulent organic porous materials, comprising (i) the provision of an organic xerogel or organic aerogel and then (ii) the comminution of the material provided in step (i). The invention further relates to the pulverulent organic porous materials thus obtainable, to thermal insulation materials comprising the pulverulent porous organic materials, to building material and vacuum insulation panels comprising the thermal insulation materials, and to the use of the pulverulent organic porous materials or of the thermal insulation materials for thermal insulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Marc Fricke, Mark Elbing
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Publication number: 20120211576Abstract: A pulverizer includes a cutting rotor with a multiplicity of cutting blades, a cutting stator surrounding the cutting rotor with a plurality of stator blades, a milling stock inlet for the milling stock feed and a discharge screen in direction of rotation of the cutting rotor located after the milling stock inlet, wherein all stator blades in direction of rotation of the cutting rotor are arranged between the milling stock inlet and the discharge screen. Furthermore, an operating method for a pulverizer as described above is also contemplated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventors: Roland Nied, Wolfgang Rohmann, Hermann Sickel, Thomas Becker
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Patent number: 8245959Abstract: A method for disposing of self-powered cards includes eradicating any identifying information from the card without damaging the power source in a manner that would allow unwanted materials to become exposed, and disposing of the power source. In one embodiment, the method includes first identifying the location of the power source. Eradication can take many forms, for example, damaging the magnetic strip (demagnetizing or cutting); obscuring information on the body of the card; and/or disabling the smart chip. Once all identifying information is eradicated without damaging the power source, the power source can be properly disposed of at a waste disposal site. The information can be removed by the owner of the information or by a facility that has security safeguards to protect the information. Because the identifying information is eradicated, any waste disposal site that disposes of power sources can be used, regardless of the sensitivity of the information.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: EMC CorporationInventors: Robert Black, Yong Qiao
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Publication number: 20120187230Abstract: A shredding machine for domestic or office use having a feed passage 3 leading to a cutting mechanism 10, 11 powered by an electric motor, has a thickness measuring device 15 for measuring the thickness of bundles of paper fed through the feed passage and the machine is controlled by a microprocessor which receives signals from the thickness measuring device and prevents the cutting mechanism from being energised if the thickness measured is above a threshold determined by the microprocessor. The microprocessor varies the threshold in accordance with electrical supply voltage, the electric motor temperature and the electric current drawn by the motor during a previous shredding operation, so that the maximum thickness the shredder will accept can be reduced automatically when motor temperature increases or as the effectiveness of the machine deteriorates throughout its working life.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: ACCO UK LIMITEDInventors: Paul A. Aries, Michael D. Sawford
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Publication number: 20120187229Abstract: A device for crushing one or more tablets and method for using the same are disclosed. The device preferably contains a lower body portion and upper body portion which assemble to define a cavity between the two portions. The cavity has a floor which may define an anvil. At least one opening is placed within the cavity to accept a tablet. A platen body may be adapted to travel along a substantially vertical axis between a closed and open position and may be guided along a rear vertical wall of the cavity. A pinion is preferably placed on an elongate member and operatively engages with a rack placed on the platen body such that movement of the elongate member is translated to the platen body. A crushing surface may be placed on the platen body and is preferably parallel to the anvil. The crushing surface and anvil may be placed at an oblique angle relative to the vertical axis of travel for the platen body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: Health Care Logistics, Inc.Inventors: Doug Clouser, Gary L. Sharpe
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Publication number: 20120187228Abstract: Mechanical milling of biomass as a pretreatment to render the biomass readily saccharifiable requires high energy input. Preceding mechanical milling by treatment with anhydrous ammonia was found to greatly reduce the energy requirement for fine milling, providing a more economical pretreatment process for commercial use.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: E.I.DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: CARL E. CAMP, JELENA CIRAKOVIC, BRUCE A. DINER, Janine Fan
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Publication number: 20120178856Abstract: The present invention relates to cellulose fibers with an enhanced metering capability, a process for the production of these and the use of these for the reinforcement of compound materials, in particular thermoplastic polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: Lenzing AGInventors: Markus Gobl, Josef Innerlohinger, Friedrich Suchomel
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Publication number: 20120178350Abstract: A desirably close clearance between outer edges of the flights of a conveying screw and the inside surface of a separator housing and screen can be obtained by offsetting the axis of the screw within the screen and by rotating the axis of the screw about the axis of the separator housing. Adjustments to the amount of such offset of the screw axis can be made in steps as the outer edges of the flights on the conveying screw wear.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventor: A. Rae McFarland
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Publication number: 20120175443Abstract: A method, and method-implementing system structure, for metering the flow of material through the shredding zone in a rotary shear shredder, which zone is defined, at least in part, by confrontingly rotating knives that are carried on a pair of adjacent, power-driven, nominally matched-motion counter-rotating shafts. The method includes holding the speed and rotational direction of one of the shafts essentially constant while selectively varying, in a manner variably differentiating the relative rotational motions of the two shafts, the speed, and under certain circumstances also the direction, of rotation solely of the other shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: SSI Shredding Systems, Inc.Inventor: Michael G. Neunzert
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Publication number: 20120175444Abstract: A food processor having a coupling point to attach a processing device to the food processor; a cover part; a detection device disposed at the coupling point, wherein the detection device detects the attached processing device or the cover part; wherein each of the processing device and the cover part has a respective actuating element to actuate the detection device; and wherein the detection device has at least a first actuating region and a second actuating region that is oriented differently from the first actuating region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventors: Aleksander Oblak, Jurij Pesec, Darko Rudez, Roman Sabec
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Publication number: 20120180166Abstract: A method of producing a stably transformed corn plant in a single container is demonstrated. This method allows for the automation of the transformation process and reduces labor, material, and ergonomic costs associated with traditional plant tissue culture systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Anisha Akula, David R. Duncan, Brenda A. Lowe, Michael T. Mann, William L. Petersen, Jyoti R. Rout, David D. Songstad, Joel B. Wilks, Wanggen Zhang
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Patent number: 8215574Abstract: The invention relates to a pulper and to its method for recycling wastes and/or product residuals. The pulper comprises a tank is which a rotor is provided for defibrating the stock mixture to be recycled, as well as a screen for drawing off the defibrated outfeed from the tank, the rotor being powered by an electric motor comprising a drive shaft in active transmission with the rotor. In accordance with the invention the electric motor is configured as a three-phase synchronous motor for operation in a speed range from 0 to 1000 rpm. It is connected to the output of a frequency inverter controlled by a controller, the output of the drive shaft being directly connected to the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignees: BTA International GmbH, Biotec Sistemi S.R.L.Inventors: Harry Wiljan, Roland Carra, Stefano Bozano
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Publication number: 20120168543Abstract: A blade set associated with jaws for demolition equipment used to break railroad rails includes a bottom blade associated with a bottom jaw and a top blade associated with a top jaw, wherein the bottom jaw and the top jaw are rotatable relative to one another. The bottom blade includes two spaced-apart support rails separated by a cavity, while the top blade includes a single raised knife rail positioned and central to the cavity and rotatable toward the cavity. The top blade additionally may be marked with indicia, such as red paint, such that the machine operator may properly orient the top blade during a cutting operation to maximize safety. Additionally, the recesses may also be aligned and sized to engage the head and the foot of a rail such that tension and/or a bending moment is introduced between the head and foot of the rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventor: John R. Ramun
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Patent number: 8211571Abstract: Artificial graphite particles, having a secondary particle structure in which a plurality of primary particles composed of graphite are clustered or bonded together, and having a layer structure in which the edge portion of the primary particles is bent in a polyhedral shape.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2010Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Takei, Hidetoshi Honbo, Juichi Arai, Manabu Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20120160945Abstract: The present disclosure, in one aspect, relates to a milling apparatus having a cutter housing and feed chute, a rotary cutter, at least partially housed within the cutter housing and in communication with the feed chute, and a feed ram removably positioned within the feed chute for maintaining a workpiece against the rotary cutter. The feed chute and feed ram may be selectively positionable at one of several angular positions with respect to the rotary cutter. In this manner, the force applied by the feed ram on the workpiece is a function of the weight of the feed ram and the angular position of the feed ram with respect to the rotary cutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Charles Schiff, Rudy Duke, David Kaes
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Publication number: 20120160944Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing nanoparticle and microparticle powders of a biologically active material which have improved powder handling properties making the powders suitable for commercial use using dry milling processes as well as compositions comprising such materials, medicaments produced using said biologically active materials in particulate form and/or compositions, and to methods of treatment of an animal, including man, using a therapeutically effective amount of said biologically active materials administered by way of said medicaments.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Aaron Dodd, Felix Meiser, Marck Norret, Adrian Russell, H William Bosch
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Patent number: 8201760Abstract: An articulating flexible overhead boom disposed on one aggregate processing plant and configured to pivot so as to hold a power cable connecting two adjacent aggregate processing plants at an elevation above the ground so as to permit walking and/or driving a vehicle between the adjacent plants while the connection power cable remains overhead.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Terex USA, LLCInventor: Edwin J. Sauser
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Publication number: 20120145393Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed that comprise cement kiln dust having a mean particle size that has been altered. An embodiment discloses a subterranean treatment method comprising: introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, wherein the treatment fluid comprises cement kiln dust having a mean particle size that has been altered from its original size by grinding, separating, or a combination thereof. Another embodiment discloses a subterranean treatment method comprising: introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, wherein the treatment fluid comprises cement kiln dust having a mean particle size that has been reduced from its original size.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Craig W. Roddy, Jiten Chatterji, Chad Brenneis, Callie R. Jarratt
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Publication number: 20120132736Abstract: A pulverizing grinder used in the industrial processing of partially processed, or raw, silicon ore to achieve finely powdered silicon or silicon compound. It involves several parts, primarily an electric motor and a disc and blade arrangement driven by the motor, to achieve a finely ground silicon powder material. The upper part of case contains the electric motor, which dives a shaft that extends to a lower part of the case. The revolving shaft of electric motor is connected with the main shaft inside the case. At least one tier of rotating disc is fastened to the bottom of the shaft. Each disc has an even number of blades, each of which is positioned by suitable anchor fixture. The grinding or pulverizing of the silicon material is achieved by the high speed rotation of the discs and the impact of the blades on the material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Inventor: Xinqi Zhu
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Publication number: 20120125154Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods of making Sn-MCx-C and Sb-MOx-C nanostructured anode compositions that exhibit excellent capacity retention with high capacity and rate capability that alleviate the volume expansion encountered with alloy anodes during the charge-discharge process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventors: Arumugam Manthiram, Sukeun Yoon
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Patent number: 8181894Abstract: A device for the grinding of coffee, for instance in (semi)automatic machines for the preparation and the dispensing of drinks, comprising a housing (11), inside which are positioned at least two milling heads (19, 25) of which at least one (19) is revolving, means (2) of driving said at least one revolving milling head (19), an inlet (32) for feeding the coffee between the milling heads (19, 25) and an exit (35) for the ground coffee. Advantageously, the housing (11) and the milling heads (19, 25) internal to it are coupled to the means of driving (2) through an insert-and-lock joint (12, 13, 18, 218, 20, 120) that allows their rapid removal and reassembly without the aid of tools. Preferably the device includes means of regulating the relative distance between the milling heads and at least one sensor (S) for the measurement of such distance and/or a sensor (S1) of the speed of rotation of the drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Rhea Vendors S.p.A.Inventor: Luca Doglioni Majer