Solid material comminution or disintegration inventions 12/06

20060289684 - Method of removing surface material from resin product and apparatus therefor: The present invention provides a method of removing a surface material from a resin product comprising: a step for coarsely crushing the resin product having a resin substrate and the surface material formed thereon by means of coating or adhesive bonding to prepare a coarsely crushed product 50, a step... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20060289685 - System and method for pulverizing and extracting moisture: A venturi receives incoming material through an inlet tube and subjects the material to pulverization. The material, as it undergoes pulverization, is further subject to moisture extraction and drying. An airflow generator, coupled to the venturi, generates a high speed airflow to pull the material through the venturi and into... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20060289686 - Screening finger tine assembly: A screening finger assembly having a holder (19) and a set of generally parallel finger tines (16) spaced apart in a row and each mounted in cantilever manner in a respective mounting (20, 22) in the holder (19). Each tine (16) has an outboard end (17), and an inboard end... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20060289688 - Food contact device: A food contact device including a handle member with a first end and a second end. The first end of the handle member includes a pressure enhancing structure. One or more blade elements are in direct or indirect contact with the second end of the handle member. In operation, a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20060289687 - Food masher: A food masher includes a support frame having an opening, a hopper having a perforated floor, received detachably by the support frame within the opening, a handle extending from the support frame, a lever extending pivotally from the support frame, and a plunger attached to the lever and extending into... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20060289689 - Papermaking refiner plates & method of manufacture: Replaceable refiner fillings used for refining of lignocellulosic and other natural and synthetic fibrous materials in the manufacture of paper, paperboard, and fiberboard products. The refiner fillings include a pattern of blades and spacers defined by a bar cluster, with the bar cluster being the basis of formation of the... Agent: Patrick J. Walsh

20060283990 - Method and apparatus for mechanical defibration of wood: The present invention provides a novel method and apparatus for producing pulp from lignocellulosic raw material, such as wood or annual or perennial plants, by mechanical defibration. According to the invention, fibers are peeled from the wood by means of grinding grits arranged on a defibration surface, wherein at least... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20060283991 - Garbage treatment device and drain tube washing device: A turntable, swing hammers and fixed teeth of a garbage disposer are combined with a cylindrical pipe in one body, and arranged to be attachable/detachable with respect to a hopper. A guide pipe branching upward from an upstream upper end portion of a S-trap formed in a drainage pipe in... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20060283992 - Waste pulping system: In a waste pulping apparatus, an impeller assembly comprises a rotating blade for pulping solid waste to form a slurry, the rotating blade having an axis of rotation, a base and a plurality of ears that axially extend away from the base. The impeller assembly also includes a sieve ring... Agent: Illinois Tool Works, Inc. Mark W. Croll

20060283993 - Apparatus for discharging material from a mill: A pulp lifter for installation in a grinding mill has a leading edge and a trailing edge with respect to rotation of the mill and comprises a first wall bounding an interior space and a second wall dividing the interior space into first and second sections. The first wall includes... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20060283994 - Food grating device and improved hinge mechanism: The present invention comprises a food triturating device with a first extension, a second extension and a hinge device therebetween. The hinge device is located within a housing, and comprises a hinge bar, a rotating drum mounted on a hinge bar. The rotating drum is slidable between a first position... Agent: Neal, Gerber, & Eisenberg

20060283995 - Apparatus for the separation and treatment of solid biomass: An apparatus to separate components of a solid feedstock is described. The apparatus may include a threaded shaft that has a plurality of reaction zone segments along the length of the shaft that are separated from each other by dynamic plug segments. The threads of the shaft have a first... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060283996 - Reinforced absorbent article: The present invention provides a reinforced absorbent article that includes one or more reinforcement means. The reinforced absorbent article allows for the use of high-speed processing without machinery malfunction and downtime. In one embodiment the reinforced absorbent article is a reinforced absorbent food pad.... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20060278741 - Waste processing apparatus and method: The present invention includes an apparatus and method for processing solid waste products. The apparatus comprises a rotatably mounted cylindrical vessel having a first end, a second end and an interior surface, at least one end terminating in a hatch that may be opened to allow access to the interior... Agent: Roger A. Gilcrest

20060278742 - Food waste disposer: A food waste disposer includes a food conveying section, a grinding mechanism, and a brushless permanent magnet motor operably connected to the grinding mechanism. A discharge device is configured so as to reduce the overall height of the food waste disposer.... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Attn. Docketing

20060278743 - Noise baffle for food waste disposer: A baffle for a food waste disposer includes a pleated portion with pleats that define an opening therethrough for equalizing pressure in the food waste disposer above and below the baffle. Water passing over the opening creates a venturi to pull air out of the high-pressure environment inside the grinding... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Attn. Docketing

20060278744 - Communication device: A crushing device is configured as a mobile or semi-mobile unit (1), in particular for use in open cast mining and in the recycling industry, with a feeding container (Z), a feeding conveyor means (3) connected downstream of this for a crusher unit (7), a discharge conveyor (8) serving to... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20060278745 - Clutch for rock crusher: Substantially unidirectional clutches for rock crushers that may help resist undesired rotation of the cones of the rock crushers are described herein.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20060278746 - Spice grinder: A spice grinder (12) comprising a first, static component (10) which includes threading (14) by means of which it can be screwed onto the threaded neck of a container and a second, rotatable component (16) which fits on the component (10). The first component (10) has a tapering bore with... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20060273208 - Pulper for pulverizing and suspending paper stock: A pulper to pulverize and suspend paper stock. The pulper includes a container open at the top with a cylindrical side wall and a driven rotor that is arranged in an off-center manner to the center of the container. The base of the container can be inclined toward the side... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060273209 - Plunger can assembly: A plunger can for a roller assembly within a pulverizing mill has a body which contains a compression spring. A stub shaft transfers the force generated by the compression spring to the roller assembly. A bushing in cooperation with a locking guide in the fore end of the plunger can,... Agent: Peter F Weinberg Gibson Dunn And Crutcher LLP