Abstract: A viscous food product dispensing system having a transport section for receiving a particulate food product from a bin, an auger for processing and conveying the received particulate food product from the transport section into an outlet adapter via one or more flutes, a milling device housed in the outlet adapter, and a discharge nozzle in the outlet adapter that pinches off the viscous food product created by the milling device. The auger has a unique design that allows it to engage and break whole nuts.

Abstract: Discharge grates and grate components of reducing equipment have reduced amounts of material to provide lower costs, lower weight, and less scrap while still providing adequate resistance to bending, deflection, and/or warping and suitable material discharge.

Abstract: A device and a plate-like grinding tool for grinding feed material that has a housing extending along an axis of rotation, in which a rotor rotationally driven about the rotation axis is arranged and includes a plurality of axially parallel grinding tools that are surrounded by a stator with stator tools. The effective edges of the grinding tools are arranged radially spaced from the stator tools by forming a grinding gap extending over an axial length of the grinding gap. The material is fed into the grinding gap on an inlet side and exits from the grinding gap on an outlet side. The axially extending effective edges of the grinding tools are divided in the axial direction into at least two first sections, each with a first radial distance from the rotational axis and into at least one second section with a second radial distance from the axis of rotation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device and a method for processing plastic material with at least one receiving container, wherein at least one mixing and/or comminution tool, rotatable about a rotation axis, is arranged, for mixing and warming the plastic material, and with at least one conveyor for discharging the plastic material from the receiving container, with at least one screw rotating in a housing, where the conveyor is connected, at its material inlet side via an opening which is formed in a side wall of the receiving container, with the interior of the receiving container. An imaginary extension of the central longitudinal axis of the conveyor extends, against the conveyance direction of the conveyor, past the rotation axis of the receiving container, without intersecting this axis, where the longitudinal axis of the conveyor is offset by a separation relative to the radial ray of the receiving container on the discharge side.

Abstract: A forming disk apparatus for processing foodstuff product that includes a plurality of holes that open into a portion of an axial side surface of the forming disk. A depression is also provided eccentrically in the side surface of the forming disk and positioned concentrically relative to the forming disk. A cutting apparatus is arranged to bear against an axial side surface of the forming disk such that the cutting apparatus is movable relative to the forming disk apparatus.

Abstract: A device for comminuting feedstock with a rotor which is disposed within a housing and rotates about an axis of rotation and is equipped over its circumference with comminuting tools. A ring disc is attached to front sides of the rotor in each case concentrically to the axis of rotation. The removal of the sufficiently comminuted material occurs via a screen deck extending over part of the rotor circumference. On axial front sides of the screen deck an arcuate sealing element following the outer circumference of the ring disc is disposed in each case, the element which to form a sealing gap in the plane of the ring disc lies radially opposite to the disc. The sealing effect of the sealing gap between the screen deck and rotor uniformly over the entire length is successfully achieved in this way.

Abstract: Discharge grates and grate components of reducing equipment have reduced amounts of material to provide lower costs, lower weight, and less scrap while still providing adequate resistance to bending, deflection, and/or warping and suitable material discharge.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for the processing of plastics, with a container with a rotatable mixing, wherein, in a side wall, an aperture is formed, and a conveyor being provided, with a screw rotating in a housing, wherein the imaginary continuation of the longitudinal axis of the conveyor in a direction opposite to the direction of conveying passes the axis of rotation, and wherein the radial distance (mb) between the implement and the inner surface of the side wall of the container is in the range from 15 mm to 120 mm, and complies with the following relationship: mb=k*DB where DB . . . is the internal diameter of the container in mm and k . . . is a constant in the range from 0.006 to 0.16.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the pretreatment and subsequent conveying or plastification of plastics, with a container with a mixing and/or comminution implement that is rotatable around an axis of rotation, wherein, in a side wall, an aperture is formed, through which the plastics material can be removed, a multiscrew conveyor being provided, with at least two screws rotating in a housing, wherein the imaginary continuation of the longitudinal axis of the conveyor in a direction opposite to the direction of conveying passes the axis of rotation, where, on the outflow side, there is an offset distance between the longitudinal axis of the screw closest to the container and the radius that is parallel to the longitudinal axis, and in that the two screws closest to the intake aperture are counter-rotating relative to one another.

Abstract: A material reducing machine includes a rotor assembly having a plurality of short cutting tools and a plurality of long cutting tools. The short cutting tools are arranged in rows which extend across the length of the rotor assembly, which rows are spaced around the periphery of the rotor assembly. Each of the short cutting tools has a cutting bit with a leading edge that is spaced outwardly from the periphery of the rotor assembly by a short cutter distance. The long cutting tools are also arranged in rows which extend across the length of the rotor assembly, which rows are spaced around the periphery of the rotor assembly. Each of the long cutting tools has a cutting bit with a leading edge that is spaced outwardly from the periphery of the rotor assembly by a long cutter distance that is greater than the short cutter distance of each of the short cutting tools. A breaker assembly includes a plurality of shear blocks, each of which is spaced so as to be aligned with a short cutting tool.

Abstract: A refiner (1) for refining fibrous material has a first refiner element (3, 5) and a second refiner element (3, 5). The second refiner element is arranged around the first refiner element in such a manner that the first refiner element and the second refiner element have a common middle axis (7) such that there is a refining space (8) between the first refiner element and the second refiner element. The first refiner element and/or the second refiner element are arranged to rotate around the middle axis and the refiner elements have refining surfaces (4, 6), through which the fibrous material is fed into or exits the refining space (8). The refiner has, in the direction of the middle axis of the refiner elements, at least two feed regions, through which the fibrous material to be refined is feedable into the refining space (8).

Abstract: To provide a mill that can greatly reduce noise during operation and can also contribute to greater device compactness. The mill is provided with: a tubular drum body configured in a manner so that a material to be milled introduced from one section can be discharged from another section; a central shaft that penetrates within the drum body in the direction of tube length thereof; and a plurality of milling plates that are attached at a predetermined interval in the axial direction of the central shaft, and that compartmentalize the interior space of the drum body in to a plurality of milling chambers. The drum body and/or the milling plates rotate, and the mill does not have a milling medium that mills the material to be milled by contacting the material to be milled while rolling within the drum body.

Abstract: A refiner (1, 18, 19) for refining fibrous material has a first refining surface (4, 11) and a second refining surface (4, 11), arranged at least partly substantially opposite to form a refiner chamber (12) to which material to be defibrated is arranged to be fed. The first or second refining surface is arranged to move in relation to the opposite refining surface. The first refining surface has elongated openings (14, 15) through which fibrous material to be refined is arranged to be fed into the refiner chamber, and/or the second refining surface has elongated openings (14, 15) through which fibrous material refined in the refiner chamber is arranged to be discharged. The elongated openings provided through the refining surface are arranged at an angle transverse to the blade bars and blade grooves of the refining surface on the first and/or second refining surface.

Abstract: A lid assembly for a food storage container includes a grating member removably attachable relative to the container. The grating member includes a grating surface having a plurality of cutting edges and a plurality of apertures configured to permit grated food product to pass therethrough. A drive member is rotatably coupled to the grating member. The drive element is drivingly coupled to an urging element that includes at least one inclined ramp surface. During rotation of the drive element relative to the container, the inclined ramp surfaces of the urging member urge the food product along the grating surface to grate and dispense the food product from the container.

Abstract: The invention relates to a comminution device, in particular to a comminution device comprising an adjusting mechanism, said adjusting mechanism including a hydraulic cylinder (165, 167) which is coupled between the first and the second cutting element and is in hydraulic communication with a closed hydraulic and pneumatic volume (220, 230), which is filled with a hydraulic fluid in a first part (220a) and with air in a second part (220b), and the wall of which is at least partially transparent so that the hydraulic fluid level can be read from a scale (222) which displays a wear condition of the first and second cutting element.

Abstract: A refiner (1, 18, 19) for refining fibrous material has at least one first refining surface (11) and at least one second refining surface (4), which are arranged at least partly substantially opposite to one another in such a manner that a refiner chamber (12) is formed between them, to which the material to be defibrated is arranged to be fed. The first refining surface or the second refining surface has openings formed through them and through which fibrous material to be refined can be fed into the refiner chamber or through which refined fibrous material can be removed from the refiner chamber. In addition, a method for refining fibrous material, a refining surface of a refiner and a blade segment for a refiner.

Abstract: An apparatus for a kitchen appliance for handling items to be processed includes a static housing part having an upper axial face, and a rotating ring element having a lower axial face which rests on the upper axial face of a static housing part in the presence of an annular gap there between. The upper axial face and/or the lower axial face and/or the rotating ring element is hereby constructed such as to effect a radial conveying of items being processed in the annular gap.

Abstract: A mobile slurry apparatus for creating a slurry from oil sand ore has a frame and a slurry box supported by the frame. Water is mixed with the ore to form a slurry that is retained in the slurry box. The frame base has a first set of spaced apart support points for supporting the frame in a stationary mode, and a second set of spaced apart support points for supporting the frame in a moving mode. The second set of spaced apart support points is closer together than the first set of support points and defines a lifting region disposed beneath a center of gravity of the slurry apparatus in a moving mode when the slurry box is empty. Thus, a single moving device can be positioned beneath the second set of support points for lifting and moving the slurry apparatus.

Abstract: Bottle crusher with a feed section, a crushing section, a collection section and a venting section, wherein the crushing section is essentially a hammer mill with a crushing assembly inside a drum; such that: —the crushing assembly includes a plurality of hammers, an assembly shaft and at least two hammer shafts; —each hammer shaft lies essentially parallel to, and is spaced equidistantly from, the assembly shaft to which it is attached; —each hammer includes a hammer tail and a hammer head at opposite distal ends of said hammer, such that each hammer tail is hingedly connected to one hammer shaft; and—the drum and crushing assembly have essentially co-incident centrelines; wherein the drum includes a void section which is an indentation in the inner surface of the drum, in cross-section across the drum, configured to create a reduced pressure in the feed section, when in use.

Abstract: A powder based granules disintegrating and sizing device having a drive shaft in a horizontal direction inside a casing, a rotor fixed to the drive shaft, a sizing stator having an inclined surface, a gap section A where the powder based granules settles being formed by the plate surface of the rotor and the inclined surface of the sizing stator, and a disintegrating and sizing section B being formed by the narrowest gap section between the circumferential edge of the rotor and the sizing stator. The drive shaft is supported in a cantilever fashion, the rotor is fixed to an open side end portion thereof, the sizing stator is installed over the whole circumference of the rotor, a raw material supply port is opened in the vicinity of the central portion of the rotor, and a product output port is opened in the vicinity of position directly below the rotor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing wash-free rice which does not require washing before cooking. The method comprises the following steps: preparing polished rice from brown rice polished by a built-in rice polishing machine and sifted by a built-in sifting machine and/or polished rice from outside sources; preparing rice polishing bran (parched bran) used as an abrasive; preparing a mixture consisting of the polished rice and the abrasive in a desired ratio; stirring the mixture in a tank by revolving stirring blades such that the polished rice and the abrasive are mutually rubbed in order to strip sticking bran including skin bran and foreign debris from the surfaces of the rice grains; sifting the stirred mixture in order to separate bran from the rice; separating residual sticking bran and foreign debris from rice grains in order to obtain finished wash-free rice; and recovering the separated bran for recycling as the abrasive.

Abstract: A device and method for dissociating feed material occurring as mixed materials is provided. The device includes a rotor/stator system arranged within a housing, a rotor of the rotor/stator system being equipped around its circumference with processing tools which are radially opposed by stator tools that are arranged stationary relative to the housing while maintaining a working gap; a first circumferential section for supply of the feed material and wherein the processing of the feed material takes place along a second circumferential section, the second circumferential section being divided in a direction of rotation of the rotor into a first subsection and at least one additional second subsection; and a stator tool followed by a processing path being provided at a start of each subsection with respect to the direction of rotation of the rotor.

Abstract: The disclosed trash comminution apparatus (TCA) is a device designed to work in conjunction with existing residential trash receptacles utilized by both municipal and private trash collection services. The TCA can pulverize, grind and shred most residential trash items into small pieces, while allowing non-shreddable material to be disposed of as well. In some embodiments, the TCA can be installed on the top of a commonly utilized trash receptacle. To install the TCA on a common receptacle, the hinged top of the receptacle can be removed. A rectangular opening can be cut near the top, on the back side of the receptacle. The TCA can then fit directly inside the top lip of the receptacle and can be bolted into the sides of the receptacle with a reinforcing metal band on both the interior and exterior of the lip of the receptacle. An electrical connection box with a three-prong electrical plug can be installed into the rectangular. The TCA can have a metal lid and a latch to latch the lid to the receptacle.

Abstract: Method for reusing bituminous products (11), in particular bitumen containing roofing materials and membranes, wherein the bitumen containing products are placed in a second hopper (9), where a particulate material having a grain size between 5 mm and 35 mm is placed in a first hopper (5), and that in the bottom of the second hopper, conveyor means (10) urges the bituminous material into a mixing chamber (8), and that inside said mixing chamber a milling and/or crushing wheel (14) is arranged, which wheel engages and crushes/mills the material transported from the second hopper in an engagement zone, and at the same position as the wheel engages the bituminous material, the particulate material by means of a first conveyor (7) is fed into the engagement zone, and that the wheel's action will fragment the materials and at the same time mix the fragmented bituminous materials and the particulate materials, and transport the material past a sieve (15) , where material having a particle size smaller than the siev

Abstract: A shaped opening is provided in the screen apparatus of a grinder. The shaped opening helps accumulate, gather and congregate materials that have not been reduced sufficiently in size. The shaped opening is located on the trailing edge of the screen opening. By being located on the trailing edge, lodged materials are urged into the shaped area during the grinding function. As more lodged materials are urged into the shaped area, the materials are congregated sufficiently for the cutters to engage the material and pull it back into the grinding chamber (and out of the screen).

Abstract: A milling apparatus comprising a radially symmetrical sleeve having an axial passageway with an upstream inlet and a downstream outlet or vice versa, a radially symmetrical rotor located within the sleeve, one of the rotor and sleeve being rotatable relative to the other, the diameter of the rotor being less than the diameter of the sleeve at each axial position to define an annular passageway between the rotor and sleeve, one or both of the surfaces of the rotor and sleeve having formations adapted to increase the surface area encountered by particles in a fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet.

Abstract: In order to provide a simple and economical method for the production of a flowable powder of a fluoropolymer compound, there is proposed a method for the production of a flowable powder of a fluoropolymer compound from a dry mixture, which contains at least one fluoropolymer material and at least one filler, which comprises the following method steps: pressing the dry mixture into lumps; crushing the lumps to form the flowable powder.

Abstract: A tearing mill for comminuting fruits (3) is equipped with a tearing bed (15) with tearing elements (4) and delivery vanes (5) for the fruits (3). Directly upstream of the tearing elements (4) in terms of the delivery direction (v), openings (16) for the comminuted pieces of fruit (8) are disposed in the tearing bed (15). As a result, low mechanical stress on the comminuted product (8) and a small proportion of fine particles are achieved, which improves the yield and output in an ensuing juice extraction operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new, particularly economical process for producing particulate water-soluble cellulose derivatives. The process involves forming a feed composition of swollen and/or dissolved cellulose derivative, and water. The feed composition is contacted with a carrier and heat exchange gas, in a sieve-free high rotational speed gas jet impact mill, and the cellulose derivative of the feed composition is converted into a solid state form of finely particulate particles. The particulate cellulose derivative is then separated from the heat exchange gas and carrier gas, and optionally dried. The mill drying and the particulate cellulose derivative product are influenced by establishing a specific water content in the swollen and/or dissolved cellulose derivative.

Abstract: In a grain milling machine, a milling chamber 25 is defined by a gap between a cylindrical body 24 and a rotating body 23, and grinding plates 27 and 28 are arranged on both facing surfaces of the milling chamber 25. On the surface of at least one of the grinding plates 27 and 28, polyhedral hard diamond abrasive grains are deposited. The grinding plate 27 provided on the side of the cylindrical body 24 is fixed, and the grinding plate 28 provided on the side of the rotating body 24 moves with respect to the grinding plate 27, so that the surfaces of grains fed into the milling chamber 25 are ground by the grinding function applied between the grinding plates 27 and 28. Thus, it is possible to maintain sufficient grinding force and to carry out efficient and high-quality grain milling without the need of any complicated maintenance of the machine.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating stones from stone-laden earthen material, particularly material that has been previously discarded from stone quarries, includes a hopper having a conveyor that feeds quantities of stone-laden earthen material unto a bed of spiked rollers that separates the earthen material from the stones, allowing the earthen material to pass through interstitial spaces between the spikes on adjacent rollers and conveying the remaining stones to the discharge end of the bed. The detachably mounted spikes on adjacent spiked rollers are offset with respect to one another to permit the spikes on adjacent rollers to pass between each other as the rollers are rotated. The drive mechanism allows each respective spiked roller to be driven independently and at different rotational speeds relative to one another at least for short periods of interrupted operation.

Abstract: A method for preparing a food supplement. The food supplement consisting essentially of at least 70% by weight of an oil seed constituent, at least 8% by weight of an additional plant constituent and at least 4% by weight of yeast wherein oil seed constituent, additional plant constituent and yeast are prepared by blending and cutting for less than about 20 minutes at a temperature of less than about 100.degree. F. and in the presence of light of a wavelength not greater than that of red light and of an intensity not greater than that of a darkroom light to thereby inhibit oxidation of the components of the composition.

Abstract: A rotary mill, particularly designed for the milling of flour, includes a screen assembly within which the hammer assembly rotates. It consists of a fine inner cylindrical screen surrounded by a coarse support screen. The cylindrical end edges of the screens are supported in end channels. The intake end of the cylindrical screen is provided with an annular wear plate around the inside thereof and extending two or three inches inwardly to protect the fine screen against heavy wear as the whole grain is entering and beginning to be broken up by the hammer assembly. A lip projects inwardly from the free edge of the wear strip to restrain movement of large particles onto the screen.

Abstract: An adjustable length rotary drive coupling comprising a first rotary shaft provided with at least one tooth and a second rotary shaft provided with a plurality of abutment surfaces spaced apart along the length thereof associated with each the tooth. One of the rotary shafts is a drive shaft, with the other shaft being a driven shaft. Each tooth is selectively engageable with any of its associated abutment surfaces, to enable the length of the rotary drive coupling to be adjusted.

Abstract: According to the present invention a crushing mechanism having at least two pairs of co-acting rollers, each roller having a hub with a plurality of teeth extending from a circumference thereof, the pairs of rollers being mounted in open cage fashion and characterized in that each tooth is, at least at its outermost position, in the form of a flat plate angled relative to a radius of the hub with an edge lying parallel with a roller axis, the rollers at their closest positions having plates on one in spaces between plates in the other, the plates of the at least two pairs of co-acting rollers comprising a means for crushing without scraping material in the crushing mechanism, the angle of each plate is substantially the same angle which would be present on a face of a gear tooth between co-acting rollers having gear teeth for crushing material.

Abstract: An improved mechanical fractionation system (20) for processing of xanthophyll-containing vegetative crops and the like to yield economically valuable end products, and particularly a relatively xanthophyll rich high protein, essentially friable when dry particulate fraction primarily derived from non-vascular plant leaf or petal tissue, and a separate tougher, particulate fibrous fraction derived principally from plant stem and the leaf vascular xylem and phloem network. The system (20) preferably includes a drying assembly (22) for partially drying the vegetative crop to a moisture content of from about 15-30% by weight, a fractionating hammermill (24) serving to separate the partially dried crop into a high protein xanthophyll-containing fraction and a high fiber fraction, respectively, and an individual, downstream high protein and high fiber fraction processing assemblies (26, 28).

Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus and process for making foods coated in bread crumbs.The apparatus has a crumbing apparatus for converting loaves, of bread into breadcrumbs; a coating location whereto fresh crumbs are delivered from the crumbing apparatus; and a conveyor for transporting substrate food to the coating location for coating with the crumbs and for transporting coated food away from the coating location.The process involves the steps of obtaining baked and staled bread; inserting the bread into an apparatus which converts the bread into crumbs and substantially immediately coats the crumbs onto a substrate food. For conversion into crumbs, bread is supported on rods over a rotating drum having teeth which project between the rods to engage the bread. Thus bread too moist for grinding can be crumbed.

Abstract: This apparatus (10) for reducing lumps of coal, and the like, on a grid (14) disposed over a material-receiving area (16) includes a carriage (12) guided across the grid (14) on a track (44) by a drive system (50) and having roll assemblies (60) mounted thereto. Each roll assembly (60) includes a drive roll (62) having stationary shaft assemblies (66,68) mounted to the carriage (12) and driven by an internally mounted motor (78), and a set of pick rings (64) mounted to the drive roll (62) at longitudinally spaced intervals and having pick circles with picks (90) pointing in both directions. The material-receiving area includes a conveyor system which, when the area is wide, includes a longitudinal conveyor (100) flanked by a plurality of lateral feeder conveyors (102).

Abstract: Multiple size-reducing actions of heavy solid waste are carried out during each unidirectional rotation of a ballast-weighted drum rotor means having impact-cutter bar means projecting in fixed position about its drum surface. Feedstock contacts the rotating rotor means and is propelled against an anvil surface. Frangible materials are split and/or otherwise fragmented during such initial stage. Continued rotation cuts or crushes larger feedstock product with maximum dimensional aspects determined in part by the radial projection of the impact-cutter bar means as the latter move into a zone defined by a grate partially circumscribing the rotor means. Intermediate product in the space between the rotor drum and the grate passes through apertures in the grate or is driven into and sheared at such apertures which determines maximum cross-sectional dimensions of size-reduced product. The configuration of such grate apertures facilitates shearing of intermediate product.

Abstract: In order to avoid a liquid overfill condition and detect a maximum liquid level in a liquid containing reservoir 12, a filler pipe assembly 10 is provided in which an elongated filler pipe 14 has one end 16 integral with the liquid containing reservoir 12 and the other end 18 remote from the liquid containing reservoir 12. The elongated filler pipe 14 has a liquid-supplying opening 20 at the end 16 thereof integral with the liquid containing reservoir 12 and a liquid-receiving opening 22 at the end 18 thereof remote from the liquid containing reservoir 12. It also includes a liquid passageway 24 extending between the liquid-receiving opening 22 and the liquid-supplying opening 20. The elongated filler pipe 14 is adapted to receive liquid in the liquid-receiving opening 22 and direct liquid along the liquid passageway 24 and into the liquid containing reservoir 12 as it exits the liquid-supplying opening 20.

Abstract: A pinned mill for a mixer having a mixing mechanism has a motor outside the mixer container and a rotor inside the container and spaced apart from its walls. The rotor is rotationally drivable by the motor and is at least partly surrounded at a tangent by a stator having pins arranged concentrically with the rotor axis, the rotor being arranged inside the pins. The rotor is provided with elements defining a grinding gap with respect to the pins. In order to improved the grind performance without notably increasing the drive power, the rotor elements defining the grinding gap with respect to the stator pins are embodied only by vanes extending approximately radially to the rotor axis. The radially outer ends of the vanes have a cutting edge. The stator pins have an edge associated with the radially outer vane edges. The rotor is also embodied as substantialy open, inside the stator.

Abstract: A reversible downdraft rotary hammer mill for processing waste material in which breaker plates and a grate assembly are cooperatively arranged so the terminal ends of the grate assembly are laid back to form with the adjacent terminal ends of the breaker plates, when a terminal end of one breaker plate is opened relative to the tip circle of the rotary hammers and the other breaker plate is closed up to be adjacent the hammer tip circle, a tapering wedge shaped space for the opened breaker plate and a crushing surface for the closed up breaker plate. The cooperation of the breaker plates and the grate assembly enables the processing of a high volume of lightweight and fluffy material while avoiding plugging of the mill inlet.

Abstract: A method and mechanism for slicing oversize wood chips including a housing, a cylindrical drum rotatable within the housing, an anvil rotor rotatable within the drum and having a plurality of arms with a blade mounted on each of the arms to move chips along the inner surface of the wall of the drum, said drums having slots therein with knives adjacent the slot so that chips are cut as they are moved along the wall past a slot, and the knives and blades at a relative angle to each other with either one or both of them being at an angle to the axis of the drum and rotating the drum within its housing and rotating the anvil rotor at a slower speed so that the chips are pushed against the inner wall of the drum by centrifugal force and are cut by the scissor action between the blade and knife.

Abstract: A fruit juice squeezer is disclosed for obtaining fruit juice from fruit by pressing and cutting, which includes: a squeezer body having a reservoir means for storing said fruit juice, a handle rotatable with respect to said body, and mincer means comprising a perforated plate fixed to said body and a cutter disposed adjacent to said perforated plate and fixed to said handle and filter means comprising a mesh member fixed to a perforated plate, and a sliding member rotatably engaged with said mesh member and fixedly fitted into said handle, and are operable by turning of said handle.

Abstract: A roll crusher for discarded storage batteries or other types of bulky scrap has two rotors provided with axially spaced-apart annuli of teeth which cooperate with rows of teeth provided on a grate normally adjacent to the undersides of the rotors. The grate is pivotable about an axis which is closely adjacent to, parallel with and disposed at a level below one of the rotors so that it can assume an inoperative position in which it extends substantially vertically downwardly and each of its sides is readily accessible for cleaning, replacement or inspection of its teeth. The teeth of the grate are disposed in rows and each such row of teeth is integral with a discrete plate-like carrier which is removably inserted into the frame of the grate so that it can be expelled or withdrawn if the treated material is not readily detachable from the teeth of the grate while the grate dwells in the inoperative position.

Abstract: The invention involves equipment comprising what may be referred to as a cutting head cylinder or unit provided with discharge passages and adjacent cutting edges and an improved impeller rotatable in the unit for directing a product or material introduced into the head tangentially against the cutting edges for comminuting or reducing the size of the product for flow outwardly through the passages. More particularly, the impeller structure embodies improved principles of design and construction and method of its operation whereby the product is presented substantially uniformly or evenly to the cutting edges and over the inside surface throughout the length of the cutting head or cylinder in order to substantially alleviate any concentration of the product in any localized areas within the confines of the head.

Abstract: A method for chopping olives comprises feeding olives into an abrading zone in a pulper having at least one rotatable brush which clears a screen extending around the periphery of the abrading zone. The brush is rotated to abrade the olive meat between the brush, the screen, and the pits from the olives. The product passing through the screen is collected and has a uniform character and is essentially pit free. The pit caps are separated from the olive pits by this process and shredded through the screen.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing solid particles from a pasty mass, in particular for removing bone particles from a mass of meat particles, in which the mass is advanced through at least one slit-shaped channel defined between two walls spaced apart in parallel relation at least one wall being provided with apertures having a diameter smaller than the smallest of the largest dimension of the particles to be removed, and the spacing between the walls being smaller than the smallest of the largest dimension but larger than the largest of the smallest dimension of the particles to be removed. During the advancement of the mass through said channel a scraping action is exercised over the inner surface of the apertured wall by means of one or more scraping elements.

Abstract: A device for the homogenization of material to be crushed particularly for crushing coal to uniform grain size comprises a first conveyor for feeding the material to be crushed which has an upper section and a lower section which extends downwardly away from and below the upper section. A coarse material conveyor overlies the lower section and is disposed at the level of the upper section and between it and the upper section there is a grading device which permits deflection of the fine material so that it is fed downwardly with the lower section and the transfer of the coarse material over the lower section onto a perforated crusher plate. A crushing roll is disposed above the crusher plate in a position to crush the coarse material which is fed thereon to a side operable to the material carried by the lower section and to deposit this material onto the lower section by passage through the openings of the crusher plate.

Abstract: A wood chip rechipping method and apparatus are provided wherein a slotted, cylindrical drum rotates about a concentrically mounted rotatable anvil rotor having a plurality of arms, each of which has a blade at its outer extremity. The drum and anvil rotor arms rotate in the same direction, but at different speeds. The rotating apparatus induces centrifugal force on the wood chips to position them against the inner periphery of the drum where the blades on the relatively faster rotating anvil arms shear off a chip slice having a predetermined thickness. This shearing action continues until each chip has been rechipped into slices capable of passing through one of the drum knife slots and into the discharge outlet.