Solid material comminution or disintegration inventions 11/07

20070272775 - Method for processing plastic waste to obtain matrix material; the matrix material and the composite material: A method for producing matrix material from thermoplastic wastes originating from communal and industrial rubbish. According to the method: a) the base material plastic waste is primary cleaned if necessary, depending on its solid contamination; b) after the possible primary cleaning step if necessary, the plastic waste is inputted into... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates

20070272776 - Method and apparatus for processing excavated earth: According to the invention, a grinding operation is used to process excavated earth, excavated material, or any other mineral material of an indeterminate shape which is to be reused at a construction site. In the process, the excavated material as well as additional piece-type coarse material passes through the grinding... Agent: Venable LLP

20070272777 - Processes for reducing particle size of aripiprazole: Micronized aripiprazole Form II having a particle shape and wherein 90% or more of the particles have a particle size of about 30 μm and the micronized aripiprazole Form II does not have more than 10% by weight of aripiprazole Type C as determined by X-ray diffraction and processes for... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070272778 - Tmp refining of destructured chips: A system for thermomechanical refining of wood chips comprises preparing the chips for refining by exposing the chips to an environment of steam to soften the chips, compressively destructuring and dewatering the softened chips to a solids consistency above 55 percent, and diluting the destructured and dewatered chips to a... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20070272779 - Micron hammermill: An improved design for hammermills. The invention contains a centered rotor from which eight rows of hammers pulverize material against cutting plates inside a working chamber. The cutting plates have slots that are angled. The hammers may have a beveled, angled leading edge. Both the angled cutting plate slots and... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070272780 - Method and device for clamping of crushing shell: A gyratory crusher comprises an outer shell, which should be fastened in a frame included in the crusher, and an inner shell, which is intended to be fastened on a crushing head and to define together with the outer shell a crushing gap for receipt of material to be crushed.... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070267525 - Shredder having an illuminating module: Disclosed is a shredder, where the shredder is provided with an illuminating module neighboring a control panel or paper inlet thereof. The illuminating module is electrically connected to an activating circuit of the shredder motor, such that illuminators of the illuminating module are illuminated at the same time of activating... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070267526 - Remote operated brush chipper with conspicuity light: A method and apparatus for enhancing safety in operating a brush chipper. A remote-enabled warning light flashes any time the brush chipper may be operated via a wireless remote control module. Workers on the ground are thereby notified the functions of the brush chipper may be changed in a manner... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20070267527 - 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: John R. Thompson Stoel Rives LLP

20070267528 - Container-grater for a friable food product: A container-grater for a friable food product The container-grater comprises a base (10) on which an inverted cup-shaped element (12) having a polygonal cross-section is mounted rotatably so as to define a chamber (14) for containing the food product. The base (10) includes a grating plate (18) which constitutes the... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070262181 - Device and method for grinding biological samples: In a biological sample grinding device and method, a bearing having a plurality of rolling elements disposed between a pair of rings is disposed in a container in which a fluid having at least one biological sample particle therein is introduced. With the bearing immersed in the fluid having the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070262182 - Processing tool for foodstuffs: A processing tool for garlic and like edibles including a container mounted comminuting unit having-upper-and lower sets of spaced linearly aligned blades selectively presented in an upwardly directed operating position upon an inverting of the unit, the blades of each set having a comminuting profile differing from that of the... Agent: Dart Industries Inc

20070262183 - Device for producing and processing food: A device for producing and processing food, in particular meat, comprising at least one perforated plate (P) comprising holes through which the food can be pressed. The perforated plate, (P) is made of two parts, for example, a carrier and an insert, and a press element, for example, a blade... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070257140 - Method of controlling a brush chipper: An improved brush cutter having an upper feed control member with stop, forward, neutral, and reverse positions also has a lower feed stop member with selectable sensitivity. Another aspect of the invention is to predict the feed roller shutoff point according to the rate of engine deceleration. According to another... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20070257141 - Brush chipper and methods of operating same: An improved brush cutter having an upper feed control member with stop, forward, neutral, and reverse positions also has a lower feed stop member with selectable sensitivity. Another aspect of the invention is to predict the feed roller shutoff point according to the rate of engine deceleration. According to another... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20070257139 - Method for comminution of material: The invention relates to a method for comminution of material in a grinding mill, in which method the ground material from the mill is classified by means of particle sizes. After the classification of the ground material at least the part of the material having a particle size greater than... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070257142 - Coffee grinder and improved method of grinding coffee to prevent wastage: A process for grinding coffee beans to insure that only the amount of coffee beans necessary to brew a desired amount of coffee are ground, and that the remaining beans are not ground, but rather saved for future use.... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070257143 - Food mill including a removable blade assembly: A food mill including a container having a first flange and an opposing second flange, and a blade assembly removably connected to the container. The blade assembly includes a support arm having a first end defining a slot engageable with the first flange, and a second end including a latch.... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070257144 - Roller mill safety system: The invention relates to a roller mill safety system. In order to minimize the loss of production of a crushing plant, particularly a cement crushing plant and optimize on the gear side the availability of the roller mill, according to the invention a replacement gear is provided alongside the operating... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070257145 - Crushing device: The invention relates to a crushing device, which includes a frame structure and a rotor mounted rotatably by bearings at its ends to the frame structure. Shredder elements are arranged in connection with both the frame structure and the rotor. At at least one end, a hub motor is connected... Agent: Fildes & Outland

20070252024 - Reciprocating blade and circumferentially driven blade food preparation device: A food processing appliance for multiple purposes having one or more driven blades. A motorized, electrically powered reciprocating blade food preparation appliance that performs similar tasks as a mandoline slicer and, optionally, has a rotational blade that is mounted and driven in a novel manner to conserve space and make... Agent: Steven A. Garner, Esq. Conair Corporation

20070252025 - Wattle manufacturing system: A wattle manufacturing system generally includes a hopper having an inlet for receiving a supply of straw, a loosening mechanism for loosening the straw when the straw is placed in or near the hopper inlet, a compaction chamber positioned to receive the loosened straw from the hopper, and a discharge... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP