Abstract: An atomizer for atomizing a material into fine particles thereof, comprising an atomizing unit and a pump for forcibly supplying the material to the atomizing unit. The atomizing unit comprises: a container having an inner space; an inlet for communicating the inner space of the container to the outside thereof; a honeycomb body being provided in the inner space of the container and having a peripheral surface, a plurality of first holes and a second hole, each of the first holes and the second hole being inwardly bored from the peripheral surface to connect with one another at the inside of the honeycomb body; and an outlet tube being connected to the honeycomb body and extending to the outside of the container for communicating the second hole and the outside of the container. The pump supplies the material into the container through the inlet. A plurality of the atomizing units can be connected in series to use.

Abstract: An attritor has one end of the milling chamber defined by a wall from which a bearing and seal housing is cantilevered, the wall having a flange onto which the milling vessel can be replaceably and interchangeably attached. The milling vessel and housing have a horizontal axis and a rotor rotatable about this axis in the housing as agitator elements for the loose milling medium therein.

Abstract: A jaw crusher is positioned within a duct connecting a high temperature furnace outlet and a cooler for crushing high temperature cement clinker material discharged by the furnace. The jaws are provided with cooling air-swept ducts that extend through the jaws and into the crushing chamber. The working surfaces of the jaws are provided with imbricated protective elements. A stationary jaw member within the duct provides a partition forming an air flow duct portion and a movable jaw member cooperates with the stationary jaw member to delineate a discharge crushing chamber separated from the air flow duct portion. The movable jaw is positioned at the wall of the duct for easy access while the drive mechanism for the movable jaw is located outside the duct.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for extracting gold from circuit boards, gold fingers and gold pins is described comprising the steps of applying liquid nitrogen directly to the surface of the circuit boards, gold fingers and gold pins, thus freezing the gold. A vibration is then instituted to loosen the gold from the substrate to which it was attached. The gold flakes or particles are then collected by a high powered vacuum apparatus.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the cleaning of residue from the surface of a container where the method comprises cooling a container and residue adhered to the container surface to a low temperature, substantially embrittling the residue and then impacting the container to fragment and separate the residue from the surface of the container. The cooling may be effected by contacting cold vaporized cryogen to the residue and container in an insulated box having a cryogen sprayer, an opening, and a door. A method for reducing the bulk volumes of containers comprising cooling the container to a low temperature to substantially embrittle the container and then stressing the container to fracture and break apart the embrittled portions and thereby reduce the bulk volume of the container.

Abstract: An industrial waste disposal apparatus which converts the waste from hazardous to nonhazardous form. The apparatus processes the waste into a solid block of nonhazardous material. The solid block may thereafter be disposed of through conventional disposal methods. This apparatus and process also reduces the volume up to 80% of the original volume.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating process material includes a vessel into which process material can be introduced, an arrangement for introducing steam into the interior of the vessel to heat and impart moisture to process material in the vessel, and several fluid transport conduits extending helically through the vessel for conveying heated fluid through the vessel between opposite ends of the vessel in order to raise the temperature and pressure within the vessel to treat the material while also allowing the moisture content of the process material to be reduced. The fluid transport conduits are also configured to contact the process material and assist in treating and densifying the material. The vessel can also be adapted to be pivoted so that the forward end of the vessel can be selectively positioned above and below a horizontal position. The vessel can also be interconnected with one or more similarly configured vessels to define a system for treating process material.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for preparing a quantity of individual treated fibers from one or more fiber mats. The apparatus comprises a fiber treatment zone, and a conveyor for conveying each mat through the fiber treatment zone. In the treatment zone each mat is impregnated by an applicator with a treatment material, such as a crosslinking substance, and conveyed directly to an attrition device. The attrition device fiberizes the mats to form a fiber output having a low nit level, such as no more than about three, and a dryer both dries the fiber output and cures the crosslinking substance. The fiberizer is configured to minimize the accumulation of fiber at locations therein. Fiber is transported from the attrition device to the dryer at a high velocity under reduced pressure to promote drying. A heated retention bin is provided after drying to increase curing time in the system. A thermobonding agent may be added to the dried and cured fibers to enhance the wet strength of webs made from the fiber.

Abstract: A solid waste recycling system for use in recycling containers containing residual liquids. The recycling system includes a housing having an inlet for receiving the containers. Two pluralities of oppositely rotating rotary knives shred the containers into shreds. A conveyor transports the shreds toward a drying zone. One plurality of spray heads washes the containers with hot water during shredding and another plurality of spray heads washes the shreds with hot water while the shreds are being conveyed toward the drying zone. The hot water and residual liquids are drained off in the drainage zone. The washed shreds are dried in the drying zone. The dried shreds are then stored in the storage receptacle, which is slidably removable from the housing. The rotary knives, drainage zone, dryer and conveyor are all located inside the housing, which is optionally mounted on rollers to provide a portable system.

Abstract: The ultracentrifugal disintegrator includes a device for cooling the annular zone (7), extending from the outer face (8) of the rotor (4) to the inner face (9) of the sieve (5), by feeding a gaseous coolant to the upper part of the zone (7), vertically with respect to the zone (7). Such a disintegrator is used for the cryocomminution of heat sensitive material.

Abstract: A waste disposal system includes a stock yard for storing waste articles, a pre-treatment apparatus for separating a metal bulk from each waste article fed from the stock yard, a cryogenic crushing apparatus for crushing the separated metal bulk, and a crushing apparatus for crushing the portion of the waste article other than the metal bulk. The system further includes a light-weight article separating apparatus for separating the crushed waste from said crushing apparatus into foamed material and other wastes, and a foaming agent collecting apparatus which separates the foamed material into solid plastics and gaseous foaming agent and then cools and liquefies the gaseous foaming agent.

Abstract: A side feed type of roller mill having a housing, a rotating table provided in the housing, and a feed inlet chute extending obliquely downwardly through an upper side wall of the housing and having a lower end exposed over the rotating table. The feed inlet chute includes a cylindrical chute body and a liner mounted inside the chute body. The liner is formed of a flexible elastic material, so that the inner surface of the liner is irregularly deformed as accompanying peristalsis and vibration by both the own weight and the gliding/falling forces of a feed material passing through the chute and the elastic restoring force of the liner itself. Accordingly, a deposit layer of the feed material formed on the inner surface of the liner can soon be autonomously removed by the deformation of the liner without interruption of the operation of the roller mill. Thus, stable and efficient pulverization can be continuously performed.

Abstract: A disposal system 1 for waste material comprising independently integrated shredding 2, storage 3, and furnace 4 systems. A first transportation system 5, controlled by the shredding system, transports material to the storage system which has capacity that permits repeated shredding cycles with no furnace cycle. A second transportation system 6, controlled by the furnace system, removes material from the storage system at a rate satisfying the output heat demand 7 of the furnace system. The shredder 19 has a hopper 20 with three vertical sides, 9 10, and 11, and a fourth inclined side 12 with a blade 13 at its lowest end. A single rotating member 14 cooperates with the blade. A pusher 15, acting along the inclined side, dislodges any bridging in the hopper. A grate 16 receives the shredded material and cooperates with the rotating member for further shredding. There is a magnetic separator 17.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for pulverization of natural and synthetic polymeric material by heating to a pre-melt or softening temperature below its melting point, cooling and applying normal and shear stresses sufficient to form fine powder, and fluidizing the powder in a gas stream preventing its agglomeration. The same process and apparatus is suitable for enhancement of reactivity of polymeric and solid monomeric material to form homopolymers, copolymers, and new polymeric materials.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for pulverization of thermosetting, crosslinked thermoplastic and natural polymeric materials by applying normal and shear stresses by oppositely rotating meshing conical screws sufficient to form fine powder. The process may be conducted at relatively low temperatures, and in the case of many materials, at ambient or near ambient temperature and pressure conditions. The fine powder may be fluidized to aid in its discharge.

Abstract: The raw material in used tire carcasses is reclaimed by cutting the tire into quarter segments and freezing the segments with liquid nitrogen in a controlled environment freezing chamber. Rotary air locks pass material to and from the chamber. Steel and fiber materials are removed in a stripping chamber where the frozen rubber both broken into smaller chunks. A robot arm with magnets and hooked fingers removes the fiber and steel. The rubber chunks are then pressed through dies to reduce the size to a uniform rubber crumb. The press consists of multiple pointed fingers in registration with multiple sized holes in a screen type die. The rubber crumb is removed with a suction device and dried using heat from a closed loop nitrogen cycle on the way to collection containers.

Abstract: The apparatus for processing a composite supply of material having limestone, culm or gob and pond fines for grinding reduction with coal, has the ability to discard the low BTU value materials and materials hard to grind, and comprising grinding means having a grinding chamber in which the composite supply of material is processed to initiate the first removal of fine material so that the remainder is left to go through a grinding step with emphasis on discarding the low BTU value and hard to grind material while the remainder is subject to reduction to a fineness that responds to a supply of air acting to carry the fines to a cyclone separator to recover the fines for use in a combustion step and reuse the air to circulate through the grinding chamber and pick up heat of combustion to cause moisture reduction in some of the material to improve the efficiency in the grinding process, and to limit the presence of sulfur in the stack gas from the combustion step.

Abstract: An agitator mill comprises a milling container and a rotor mounted therein. The rotor is built up in axial direction of individual rings and is provided with radially projecting agitator tools being integral with the rings and consisting of a wear-resisting material of good heat conduction. The rings are cooled by a cooling medium at their surfaces facing away from the grinding area.

Abstract: This invention relates to a granular material processing machine characterized by the presence of a reviving main shaft in the center of a container, and the installation of multiple sub-shafts supported around the said main shaft at certain intervals, wherein multiple ring-shaped parts are fitted to said sub-shafts so that there will be sufficient space among the sub-shafts, and said ring-shaped parts are made to come into contact with the inner walls of the container.

Abstract: Apparatus for reducing to particles scrap rubber, consisting of an inclined pre-cooling tunnel (11) comprising a conveying means (27) and adapted to be charged via a feed shaft (13), a main cooling tunnel (12) filled, at least in part, with a cooling medium (38) and provided with a conveyor means (41) and a size reduction device (46) downstream of the main cooling tunnel (12). The main cooling tunnel (12) and the pre-cooling tunnel (11) are interlinked via at least one gasification pipe (48) conveying a cooling medium.

Abstract: Medical waste products including plastic and non-plastic elements are placed in a metal container which includes a raised insert element for supporting the waste above the bottom of the container. The container and used medical waste products are subjected to dry heat treatment at temperatures below the waste material flash points but of sufficient temperature and for a sufficient time to melt the plastic elements as well as to sterilize the contents. During the heating process the metal, rubber and other non-plastic elements remain on the raised insert; whereas, the molten plastic flows through or over the side of the insert to the bottom of the container. Upon cooling the plastic and non-plastic components of the medical waste products are separated as well as being sterile such that the container can be opened and the contents separately handled for appropriate recycling.

Abstract: A medical waste disposal system includes an assembly for superheating a quantity of untreated medical waste which is partially saturated with water to an internal temperature of at least 275 degrees Fahrenheit for at least thirty minutes. After such superheating the vessel is rotated to cool the same to under 100 degrees Fahrenheit after which the contents are deposited into a matrix of grinding elements having surfaces of different grinding dimensions and capabilities such that the output thereof is unrecognizable as medical waste. Such output is then deposited into a microwave assembly to further disinfect and decontaminate the medical waste. After such treatment the output of the system may be treated in the same fashion as conventional household refuse.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for chunking or kibbling foodstuffs by moving the foodstuff through a device adapted to produce individual particles of random shape and size. The invention is characterized by adapting the device or utilizing the process so that the foodstuff is exposed to a liquid cryogen prior to entering the device while the portion of the device producing the particle is simultaneously exposed to the liquid cryogen.

Abstract: A coffee making apparatus comprises a roaster for roasting dried coffee beans, a tank having a meshed case for temporarily storing roasted coffee beans, a blower which sends air to the roasted coffee beans in the meshed case to cool the roasted coffee beans, a milling/extracting unit receiving the cooled roasted coffee beans from the tank for milling the roasted coffee beans and thereafter extracting a coffee solution therefrom by pouring hot water, a coffee server for receiving the coffee solution which has been extracted, and a case in which the roaster, the tank, and the milling/extracting unit are provided.

Abstract: A waste disposal system includes a stock yard for storing waste articles, a pre-treatment apparatus for separating a metal bulk from each waste article fed from the stock yard, a cryogenic crushing apparatus for crushing the separated metal bulk, and a crushing apparatus for crushing the portion of the waste article other than the metal bulk. The system further includes a light-weight article separating apparatus for separating the crushed waste from said crushing apparatus into foamed material and other wastes, and a foaming agent collecting apparatus which separates the foamed material into solid plastics and gaseous foaming agent and then cools and liquefies the gaseous foaming agent.

Abstract: A method of reducing the oil content of cuttings, in which the cuttings are introduced into a drum-shaped space, where an elevated temperature is predominant and subjected to a hammering treatment in that space and the drum-shaped space is permanently heated from without so that during the performance of the hammering treatment the temperature in the interior is maintained in the vicinity of, but below, the cracking temperature of the oil in the cuttings to be treated, while further the pressure in the spaces is maintained at a value of at least 0.3 bar gauge.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a coffee maker for performing the appropriate automatic operation in accordance with whether or not there are coffee beans contained in the apparatus, informing the user of the type of automatic operation which is possible to perform at the present time, and, in the event that the user has not completed all of the necessary preparations for operation, preventing the occurrence of useless operation and dangerous operating conditions by automatically stopping operation at the point just before the step for which the preparations have not been completed.

Abstract: An incinerator for disposing of a syringe needle having a first pair of electrical contacts adapted to connect a source of electricity at approximately opposed positions across the width of the syringe needle such that the electricity will flow across the width between the positions for welding and sealing the needle, and a second pair of electrical contacts adapted to connect a source of electricity to flow across a portion of the length of the syringe needle for incineration of said portion. The present invention ensures that the end of the needle is completely sealed, i.e., sufficiently sealed to prevent any possible leakage of harmful quantities of fluid.

Abstract: An ice dispenser provides a storage bin in which ice cubes manufactured by an ice maker are stored until used. A powered agitator within the bin operates to move cubes to an exit end where they enter a lifting and metering drum. From the lifting and metering drum the ice cubes, in one embodiment, pass through an adjustable ice crusher which functions to crush the ice into particles the size of which can be changed by adjustment of the crusher. In one position, the crusher can be adjusted so that uncrushed cubes pass through the crusher. In a second embodiment, a deflector is provided to allow the ice cubes to bypass the crusher when uncrushed cubes are required. The deflector is moveable to a position to cause the cubes to pass through the crusher and for delivery of crushed ice. The lifting and metering drum operates at a lower speed than the agitator or crusher and is driven by gearing connecting the lifting and metering drum with the agitator.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a coffee maker in which disposal of the used coffee grounds and cleaning after brewing can be performed easily, and which is capable of being reused immediately. It is a fully automatic coffee maker in which a roaster which roasts raw coffee beans, a cooler means which cools the coffee beans roasted by the roaster, a grinder means which grinds the beans and supplies the ground coffee, and a water heater and supplier which heats and supplies the water from a water tank, are all contained inside an outer case 1.

Abstract: A fluidized crusher/drier for use in a fluidized crushing/drying system includes: a generally tower-shaped housing; a product discharge outlet provided in the ceiling of the housing; a material supply inlet provided in a lower portion of a housing wall for supplying industrial waste therethrough; a chute surface defining part of the housing wall extending downward from the material supply inlet to the bottom of the housing; at least one hot blast inlet provided in a lower portion of the housing wall for supplying hot blast; an arcuate bottom surface having an arcuate cross section and defining the bottom of the housing; and a single crusher vane wheel provided near the arcuate bottom surface of the housing for rotation along the arcuate bottom surface while maintaining a slight distance from it.

Abstract: An ultrafine grinding mill in which fed material flows down through an agitated bed composed of small grinding medium characterized in that the ultrafine grinding mill comprises a vertically arranged cylindrical housing, a net member having a mesh size preventing the grinding medium from passing therethrough and arranged at the bottom of the cylindrical housing, a rotary shaft arranged on a central axis of the cylindrical housing, and agitating blades mounted at several stages on the rotary shaft, and in that both a gap between the tip of each agitating blade and the inner surface of the cylindrical housing and a gap between the agitating blade of the lowermost stage and the net member are not more than 2/3 the diameter of the grinding medium at room temperature.

Abstract: A mobile industrial plant for drying different organic liquids into powders having a chassis with wheels connected thereto, a low temperature evaporator mounted on the chassis for evaporating liquid substances therein, a steam condenser connected to and interactive with the evaporator so as to condense the evaporated liquid, a vacuum pump interconnected to the steam condenser for causing a vacuum within the condenser, a pulverizing drier mounted on the chassis in a position so as to receive a concentrated liquid substance from the evaporator, an air-heater mounted on the chassis and connected to the evaporator and to the pulverizing drier so as to supply heat thereto, a separator-filter connected to the pulverizing drier for drawing out hot humid air and filtering particles, a hot-air separator mounted on the chassis and connected to the pulverizing drier and the air-heater, and an engine connected in driving relationship to the evaporator, the steam condenser, the vacuum pump, the pulverizing drier, to the a

Abstract: In general, used thermoplastic liquid containers such as oil and solvent bottles are discarded. When recycling oil bottles, the usual practice is to wash the bottles with a solvent to remove oil therefrom. Washing of the bottles results in large quantities of used, oil-containing solvent, which present a disposal problem. A simple solution to the problem of recycling liquid containers with no preliminary washing or cleaning operation includes the steps of tumbling the bottles to promote liquid separation, shredding the bottles into small pieces and draining the liquid therefrom, grinding the pieces of plastic to yield a particulate thermoplastic, and mixing the particulate thermoplastic and any liquid remaining therein with an additive, e.g. an oil absorbent and a filler such as calcium carbonate, glass, mica or talc, and when the liquid is an oil, an absorbent to produce an extrudable mixture which can be used to form new containers.

Abstract: A slicing/shaving machine particularly adapted for high speed slicing/shaving or food products in which at least one slicing/shaving blade defines a slicing/shaving edge of a generally arcuate configuration. The blade is carried by a slicing/shaving drum which is rotated about an axis to impart a circular path of travel to the slicing/shaving edge disposed at an angle other than parallel thereto. The product is fed/guided generally radially toward the slicing/shaving edge and is sliced/shaved thereby along the circular path in a continuous high speed fashion.

Abstract: Mill for triturating and breaking up solids predispersed in liquids, whose stator consists of two hollow truncated cone-shaped halves connectable to each other by their open major bases provided with flanges, with their minor bases closed and provided with external cooling or heating chambers. The front half presents the grinding body separating means and the outlet connection of the ground product, with its cooling or heating chamber. The rear half presents a central orifice traversed by the rotating shaft of the mill and the inlet connection of the product to be ground. The rotor consists of a body formed by two hollow truncated cones, joined by their open major bases and their minor bases being closed, which are attached to the shaft end. It has a hermetic seal formed by a ring fastened to the shaft, surrounded by a retainer fastened to the rear half of the stator.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for separation, recovery, and recycling municipal solid waste and the like by introducing solid waste materials into a rotatable pressure vessel, rotating, pressurizing, and heating the pressure vessel and thus the waste material while simultaneously applying an extruding action to the solid waste material. The extruding action is achieved by a rotatable extruder mechanism carried in the pressure vessel which forces the processed solid waste material through a constricted area adjacent the exit of the pressure vessel.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for recycling a polyolefin material end product. This apparatus comprises a housing and a curvilinear recycling area disposed within the housing and having an inner curvilinear surface. A mechanism, adjacent one end of the recycling area, is provided for feeding the polyolefin material end product into the recycling area. The apparatus further comprises a blade, horizontally disposed and rotatably mounted within the recycling area at an end opposed to the one end, for cutting the polyolefin material end product. A mechanism is provided for introducing liquid into the recycling area. Moisture is exhausted from the recycling area. The process of the present invention comprises several steps. Polyolefin material end product is fed into a curvilinear recycling area for an interval of time sufficient to fill the recycling area to a predetermined capacity.

Abstract: Method of producing a paint or other plastic resinous material or product which on application to a surface imparts the surface with a tanned skin or leather-like appearance. The method includes incorporating into a paint or a plastic resin fluid a granular non-flocculating resin-plastic-compatible leather powder having a specific gravity of about 0.38 to about 0.5 g/cc. The leather powder is produced from tanned skin and/or leather chips and/or strips which have been steam heated a period of time sufficient to permit the chips and/or strips to swell and simultaneously cause the naturally occurring twisted and tangled collagen fibers therein to shrinkk and to automatically loosen and become less twisted and less tangled which upon pulverization produces a powder including relatively smooth granules having lubricity and relatively non-fibrous.

Abstract: Apparatus and process for simultaneously milling, dehydrating and/or sterilizing a material by introducing the material into a chamber comprising rotating instruments while substantially simultaneously introducing a hot gas into the chamber. Gas and material are introduced tangentially to the chamber at points opposed from each other, and the gas and material both enter the chamber in the same direction as the rotating instruments.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for safely and simply disposing of hypodermic syringes and needles. The apparatus includes: (a) a housing or enclosure; (b) microwave generator, (c) microwave absorber, and (d) a syringe receiver heated by the microwave absorber to a temperature greater than the melting point of the needle. The apparatus is self-contained and can be provided in any desired size.

Abstract: In a slag crushing device according to the present invention, a cylindrical body having a slag insertion port in its one end and a discharge port in the other end is rotatably provided around a shaft center so inclined that the position of the discharge port is below the position of the slag insertion port. At least one crushing annular body having a smaller radius than that of the cylindrical body and idled parallel with the shaft center of the cylindrical body is arranged inside of the above cylindrical body. This crushing annular body is guided by a guide frame provided on the inner periphery of the cylindrical body. The guide frame is provided with apertures for introducing slag into the crushing annular body and apertures for discharging the slag crushed.

Abstract: A method of recycling of oil filters utilizes a shredder and a thermal unit. The oil filters are shredded into metal and porous media particles. The shredded matter is placed in a thermal unit and heated. The heat will be sufficient to convert the porous media to an ash, but not sufficient to melt the steel. After heating for a sufficient duration, the shredded metal particles will be separated from the ash and recycled. The ash will also be recycled.

Abstract: Wet refuse together with some amount of water may be deposited through a drain port of a sink tub in a common household. The wet refuse is then comminuted into finely divided pieces in a fully automatic manner by a wet refuse crusher without the need for any manual operation, and charged, together with water, into a wet refuse disposer containing a bed or matrix of particulate material loaded with microorganism such as soil bacteria capable of decomposing organics where all of the wet refuse is decomposed and consumed in at most about half a day as the finely divided pieces of wet refuse have tens or hundreds of times as great surface area as the wet refuse in its original form. The water entrained with the wet refuse is passed and discharged through the particulate bed material having a filtering function.

Abstract: An apparatus and novel method for processing medical waste materials comprising an elongate pressure vessel of generally cylindrical configuration having an inlet end, and a closely fitting closure member for the inlet. An elongate drum of generally cylindrical configuration is mounted in the vessel for rotation about its longitudinal axis, which drum can be selectively driven in either rotative direction. The longitudinal axis of the drum is disposed at a slight angle of incline to the horizontal, placing the inlet end at a slightly higher elevation than the opposite end. A helically configured member is disposed along the interior perimeter of said drum, such that during rotation of the drum in a first rotative direction, the helically configured member moves the waste material in a direction away from the inlet end of the drum, whereas during rotation of the drum in the second rotative direction, the helically configured member moves the waste material toward the inlet.

Abstract: A particulate proteinaceous product and methods for producing the same from waste raw animal parts are disclosed. The product is dry to the touch, is compressible into pellets or cakes, and comprises about 45 to 65 w/w percent partially hydrolyzed, non-denatured animal protein, about 20-35 w/w percent oil derived from the animal parts, about 10-15 w/w percent moisture, and about 0-7 w/w percent ash. The product also has less objectionable odor, less propensity to oxidize, and higher nutritional value than existing products.

Abstract: A media drum incorporates an inner and outer cylinder, having a helical vane located generally intermediate thereof, with the media drum being supported upon a base, and its bearings, and motivated into rotation by a drive motor. The media drum integrally contains two parts, an entrance segment, and an exit segment. At the exit segment a cooling component, in the form of a liquid spray, is either directed into the drum, or into a jacket surrounding the exit segment of the drum, for cooling of the castings, media sand, abrasive members, to achieve a rapid cool down of these various components during usage of the apparatus. A reservoir is provided for collecting any excess liquid coolant, and a steam jacket surrounds the drum for collecting any generated steam for its removal.

Abstract: A meat emulsification system for producing meat products with optimum emulsification stability. The emulsification system includes a perforated plate and a rotary multibladed cutter disposed adjacent an upstream side thereof which is operable for breaking the meat into a fine emulsion and raising the temperature thereof as it is directed through the perforated plate. Meat to be emulsified is fed to the emulsifying mill by a positive displacement pump which creates a positive pressure at the inlet of the mill and which can be varied in order to control the through put of the mill, and thus, the temperature rise of the product discharged from the mill for achieving optimum emulsification stability in the processed product.

Abstract: A device for skiving and roller burnishing a workpiece (6) including a cutter (8) and a chip crusher (14) for crushing strings of chips (10). The crusher is positioned beneath the cutter such that low pressure coolant directs the chips from the end (12) of the workpiece and cutter directly into the crusher. The crusher includes rolls (26, 28) having a plurality of teeth (30) for pulling the strings of chips through the crusher.

Abstract: A meat emulsification system for producing meat products with optimum emulsification stability. The emulsification system includes a perforated plate and a rotary multibladed cutter disposed adjacent an upstream side thereof which is operable for breaking the meat into a fine emulsion and raising the temperature thereof as it is directed through the perforated plate. Meat to be emulsified is fed to the emulsifying mill by a positive displacement pump which creates a positive pressure at the inlet of the mill and which can be varied in order to control the through put of the mill, and thus, the temperature rise of the product discharged from the mill for achieving optimum emulsification stability in the processed product.