Solid material comminution or disintegration inventions 06/07

20070145168 - Locked charge detector: An apparatus includes a mill, a rotary actuator configured to apply torque to the mill, a sensor configured to sense a parameter corresponding to rotation of the mill and a controller configured to generate control signals based upon acceleration of the mill. Rotation of the mill is modified as a... Agent: Rathe Patent &IPLaw

20070145169 - 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:IPDocketing

20070145170 - Shredder: The improvements relate to shredders for paper and the like having a shredding mechanism with an opening through which shredded material passes out of the shredding mechanism, a compactor plate located beneath the shredding mechanism and including an opening, and a base, wherein the shredder has a waste bag support... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070145171 - Rebar cutting shears: A demolition/scrap processing shears assembly includes pivotally connected jaws. The first jaw has first and second laterally-spaced shearing edges. The second jaw has third and fourth laterally-spaced shearing edges. The first and second shearing edges have a plurality of staggered shearing apexes that sequentially shearingly mate with the third and... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070131807 - Crushing apparatus: A rotary crushing apparatus having a hydraulic motor for driving a crusher includes a load detector for detecting a loading state of the hydraulic motor, a load judging device for judging the loading state of the hydraulic motor, a feeding amount controller that stops a feeding of an object to... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070131808 - Food waste disposer clean-out mechanism: A shredder plate assembly for a food waste disposer includes a disk with one or more water slinging devices attached, so that water flowing into the disposer flows over the water slinging device and against the inside of the disposer housing as the disk rotates.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070125890 - Method for the production of powder with high tannin content and its use: A method of producing powder with a high tannin content includes pulverizing a tannin-containing plant such as bark of radiata pine (Pinus radiata) and classifying the pulverized material into fine particles having a desired particle size, for example, fine particles having a particle diameter of 100 to 1,000 μm or... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070125891 - Refining member clash control method: A method and a control system for a refiner for pulp or like materials, the control system comprising a sensor mounted in direct mechanical connection to a non-rotating refining member so that the sensor is responsive to axial vibration movement of the support, and an analog to digital converter connected... Agent: James Earl Lowe, Jr.

20070125892 - Two-way self-lock paper shredder: A two-way self-lock paper shredder has a functional switch (11), a shredding mechanism (10), a control circuit power source (2) electrically connected to the said functional switch (11), as well as the following control circuits: a CPU (1), a motor-driving circuit (8), a reverse detection circuit (9), a paper-in detection... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20070125893 - Cutting ring element for a centrifugal chopper pump: A cutting ring element for a centrifugal pump of the chopper type comprises a ring-like structure having at least one cutting member positioned along the ring-like structure and extending outwardly therefrom. The cutting ring element is structured to be positioned adjacent the drive side of an impeller having cutting structures... Agent: Morriss O''bryant Compagni, P.C.

20070125894 - Mixing shaft for thorough mixing and comminuting of food products: A mixing shaft (1) is disclosed, used in an assembly (2) of a unit for thorough mixing and comminuting of food products. The mixing shaft (1) comprises a steel core (3), surrounded by a one-piece plastic coating (6) with mixing elements (4). In order to retain the plastic coating (6)... Agent: Horst M Kasper

20070125895 - Cutter structure of a paper shredder: The present utility model discloses a cutter structure of a paper shredder, which comprises a pull-rod (23), paper guide combs (24), cutter arbors (21), and at least one cutter-blade set composed of two cutter-blades (22), with said cutter-blade set being slipped on said cutter arbor (21), said pull-rod (23) being... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP