| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 241036000 | Of comminutor drive | 70 |
| 20080223964 | Shredder Head Having Motor Driven Shredder Blades and an Associated Safety Feature and/or a Method of Shredding Material - A shredder having a safety feature(s) that reduces potential safety hazards by detecting the temperature of a shredder motor and issuing a warning as an predetermined overheat temperature approaches. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080230638 | FOOD PROCESSOR - A food processor includes a control unit that is operable in accordance with an initial control signal from a switch unit so as to activate a motor unit to operate in a sequence of an initial judgment mode and a food processing mode. The control unit switches operation of the motor unit from the initial judgment mode to the food processing mode upon determining a first target rotary speed in accordance with a motor rotation signal generated by a sensor unit for indicating a rotary speed of the motor unit during operation of the motor unit in the initial judgment mode so as to drive rotation of a cutting blade unit provided in a container to process food items contained in the container. The control unit activates the motor unit to rotate at a second target rotary speed associated with the first target rotary speed during operation of the motor unit in the food processing mode. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090026294 | Shredder With Biometric Detection Safety Feature - A shredder having a biometric information safety feature(s) that reduces potential safety hazards. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090032627 | Spice Grinder - A spice grinder appliance | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090108111 | Discharge opening and power control structure of a grinder - A discharge opening and power control structure of a grinder is disclosed to include a grinder body, which has a discharge opening for discharge of the ground powder and a battery chamber with a positive and negative contacts extended out of the grinder body, and a shut device, which has a slot and a metal contact plate and is rotatable relative to the grinder body between the open position where the slot is in alignment with the discharge opening to open the discharge opening and the metal contact plate is in contact with the positive and negative contacts to turn on the power supply, and the close position where the discharge opening is closed and the power supply of the grinder is off. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090218425 | Shredder Adapted To Detect A Full Shredder Basket - A shredder having a feature which prevents shredder operation or provides a user alert when the accumulation of shredded material in the disposal basket has reached the capacity of the basket. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090261189 | SECURE, STREET-SIDE, PERSONAL INFORMATION, MAIL SHREDDER - A residential, street-side; secure information destruction or shredding system that allows an individual to deter identity theft quickly, personally and effectively by destroying documents and other mail items containing personal information. This secure, street-side, personal information, mail shredder is designed to be constructed in order to provide an environmentally sound housing, easily and securely attached, in a non-evasive manner, to a post, column, or any other type of unit designed to hold a street-side mailbox or attached to a post, column, or unit within reach of a street-side mailbox. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100051731 | SHREDDER WITH THICKNESS DETECTOR - A shredder is disclosed. The shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder mechanism enables the at least one article to be shredded to be fed into the cutter elements. The motor is operable to drive the cutter elements so that the cutter elements shred the articles fed therein. The shredder also includes a detector that is configured to detect a thickness of the at least one article being received by the throat, and a controller that is operable to perform a predetermined operation responsive to the detector detecting that the thickness of the at least one article is at least equal to a predetermined maximum thickness. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100147982 | ELECTRIC CONDIMENT GRINDER - A cordless electric condiment grinder includes a hollow housing elongated to extend between a base for supporting the grinder uprightly and an opposing top, the top of the housing having a bulbous form to define a condiment reservoir. A rotary grinding mechanism is disposed in a lateral opening in the top of the housing and a tilt switch controls operation of the grinding mechanism, allowing freshly ground condiment to be dispensed automatically upon rotating the grinder through an acute angle and thus is particularly suited for use by people with limited dexterity. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100176228 | Safety switch of a shredder - This specification discloses an improved safety switch of a shredder. The paper outlet at the bottom of the shredder housing is provided with several switches around it, each of which is connected by a wire with another one in series to form a switch circuit. The switch circuit is connected through wires with a shredder control circuit to form s closed circuit. The switch is triggered by an external force, and the signal is transferred to the next switch. If the next switch is not triggered by an external force, the signal is interrupted and stopped. In other words, the switch circuit cannot form a closed circuit with the shredder control circuit and the shredder cannot function. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100181398 | OVERLOAD FAULT CONDITION DETECTION SYSTEM FOR ARTICLE DESTRUCTION DEVICE - An article destruction device includes an electric motor driving at least one moving component. An indication panel includes at least three visual indicators situated in sequence. Each visual indicator is associated with a stage of an approaching overload (motor cool down) condition. A first visual indicator lights when the motor or corresponding sensor temperature is below a first threshold, i.e., when the device is first powered on. A second indicator lights when the temperature exceeds the first threshold and is below at least a second threshold, i.e., the temperature is approaching a fault condition. A last visual indicator lights when the temperature exceeds the first and the at least second thresholds, i.e., the fault condition is met. A thermistor on the motor energizes (self-heats) with the motor. A thermostatic switch controls current flow through windings of the motor depending on measured temperatures meeting operating and equilibrium temperature thresholds. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100187341 | Shredder - The invention relates to a shredder for cutting up data storage media, for example sheet-like materials (paper, stacks of paper, etc.), CD-ROMs, DVDs, floppy disks or articles of that kind, the material feed of which is assigned a switching device for at least automatically starting its cutting tool when materials to be shredded are being fed, in particular an office shredder whose feed opening of the material feed, which leads to the cutting tool, is assigned at least two signal-emitting sensors which are arranged at a distance from one another and are operatively connected to a control unit by means of circuitry. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100213296 | SHREDDER HEAD ADAPTED TO VARY POWER BY THICKNESS OF MATERIAL - A shredder head adapted to vary the power consumed by the shredder according to the thickness of the material to be shredded. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100213297 | SHREDDER HEAD WITH THICKNESS DETECTOR - A shredder head adapted to indicate the thickness of the material to be shredded and to possibly deactivate the shredder if the thickness exceeds a predetermined maximum. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100224713 | Multiple Safety Element Torque Limiter - A displaceable drive ball safety element type torque limiter is installed in a variable speed AC motor drive crusher mill drive which can include a selective operable locking brake to hold the crusher components stationary during maintenance operations. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100252664 | SHREDDER THICKNESS WITH ANTI-JITTER FEATURE - A shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder also includes a detector that is configured to detect a thickness of the at least one article being received by the throat, and a controller that is configured to operate the motor to drive the cutter elements to shred the at least one article and to set a flutter threshold higher than the predetermined maximum thickness threshold, if the detected thickness is less than a predetermined maximum thickness threshold. The controller is also configured to thereafter continuously detect the thickness of the at least one article being inserted into a throat of the shredder; and to perform a predetermined operation responsive to the thickness detector detecting that the thickness of the at least one article is greater than the flutter threshold. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100270404 | TYPE PROTECTION DEVICE FOR SHREDDERS - The present invention relates to a new type protection device for shredders which comprises a paper number detecting device mounted at the paper inserting passage of the shredder, a warning device mounted on the shredder and a controlling device in line connection with the paper number detecting device and the warning device respectively, mounted in the shredder and in line connection with the driving component of the shredder driving the shredder blades, preferably the protection device further comprises an insert detecting device in line connection with the controlling device and mounted at the paper inserting passage, and at least one opaque shielding component mounted at the paper inserting passage and at the middle of which there is at least one slot along the length direction, the present invention controls the number of the paper to be shredded during the paper inserting stage, and shreds paper automatically only in a predetermined value range, to avoid abnormalities that result in failure of the machine such as jam and tooth breaking when the shredder is shredding many pieces of paper, so as to reduce maintenance times and cost, extend service life, and make application of shredders safer and more reliable, more convenient and simpler, then to achieve better protection of shredders. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100282879 | ANTI-PAPER JAM PROTECTION DEVICE FOR SHREDDERS - The present invention relates to an anti-paper jam protection device for shredders comprising a paper thickness detecting device, an indicating device and a controlling device, wherein the paper thickness detecting device is an electromagnetic induction paper thickness detecting device comprising a contact element, an electromagnetic element and an electromagnetic induction element, the contact element is connected rotatably to the body of the shredder, one end of which is positioned in the paper inserting passage, on the other end of which is mounted the electromagnetic element, the electromagnetic induction element is mounted on the body of the shredder and spaced with the electromagnetic element face to face, and the controlling device is in line connection with the electromagnetic induction element, the present invention controls the thickness of the paper to be shredded during the paper inserting stage, and shreds paper automatically only in a predetermined value range, to avoid abnormalities that result in failure of the machine such as jam and tooth breaking when the shredder is shredding many pieces of paper, so as to reduce maintenance times and cost, extend service life, and make application of shredders safer and more reliable, more convenient and simpler, then to achieve better protection of shredders. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100282880 | Paper Shredder Control System Responsive to Touch-Sensitive Element - The invention is directed to a touch-sensitive paper shredder control system. The touching feature is implemented through a series of electronic circuits, taking input from a conductive touch panel on the shredder feed throat, processing the signal, and through a motor driving circuit, stopping the mechanical parts of the shredder. The system has a touch detection circuit unit, which contains a bioelectricity controlled switching circuit to sense the conductive touch panel. The bioelectricity controlled switching circuit is configured to trigger a ground switching circuit in the touch detection circuit unit which outputs to a multifunction control circuit unit. The control circuit unit then takes care of the remaining protection issues. The touching device for paper shredders protects humans and other living beings including pets from injuries through automatic and real time monitoring. The complete control process is both safe and sensitive. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100308142 | MAGNETIC SWITCH FOR FOOD PROCESSOR - A magnetic switch for, inter alia, a food processor, wherein, when a cover is locked on a bowl, which in turn is locked to a base, magnets are brought towards a magnetically controlled working contact connected in series in the supply circuit of a motor. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110049278 | Jet mill - A jet mill in which crushed material introduced into a crushing chamber is comminuted by gas being sprayed from a plurality of gas-jet nozzles, wherein high-efficiency pulverization is performed by optimizing various pulverization conditions according to the type of crushed material or other such properties. The direction in which gas is sprayed into the crushing chamber is variable adjustable; the spraying direction of each nozzle is displaced simultaneously by the electromotive actuator; swirl flow is produced in three dimensions, including the flow of a directional component that is perpendicular to the horizontal swirl flow; and a fine-powder discharge port of a first pulverization chamber and a fine powder introduction port of a second pulverization chamber are communicatingly connected by a ventilation duct. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110101138 | BLENDER SYSTEM HAVING A CUTTER ASSEMBLY - A blender system ( | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110133008 | PERMITTIVITY-BASED PAPER SHREDDER CONTROL SYSTEM - The invention is directed to a permittivity-based paper shredder control system. The touching feature is implemented through a series of electronic circuits, taking input from a conductive touch panel on the shredder feed throat, processing the signal, and through a motor driving circuit, stopping the mechanical parts of the shredder. The system has a touch detection circuit unit, which contains a bioelectricity controlled switching circuit to sense the conductive touch panel. The bioelectricity controlled switching circuit is configured to trigger a ground switching circuit in the touch detection circuit unit which outputs to a multifunction bioshield controller. The bioshield controller then takes care of the remaining protection issues. The touching device for paper shredders protects humans and other living beings including pets from injuries through automatic and real time monitoring. The complete control process is both safe and sensitive. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110180640 | PAPER EDGE SHREDDING DEVICE - A handheld shredding device for distressing edges of paper, stationery and other media includes a tapered slot for receiving the edges. A press button actuates a battery powered shredder disposed along a bottom section of the slot. A trash bin located underneath the shredder is formed within a housing of the device. Doors open to provide access to the bin when the device is substantially upright, and close to prevent collected debris from spilling out when the device is substantially upside down. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110180641 | SHREDDING MACHINE - A shredding machine for domestic or office use having a feed passage | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110186663 | SHREDDER WITH THICKNESS DETECTOR - A shredder having a feed passage configured to receive material to be shredded by the shredder. The shredder also has a thickness detector configured to measure the thickness of the material being fed through the feed passage. The thickness detector includes a contact member movable from a limiting position engaging one wall of the feed passage, away from the wall, against a biasing force acting on the contact member. A sensor is configured to measure varying displacement of the contact member from the limiting position. A controller is configured to zero the thickness detector at times during operation of the shredder when no material is being fed through the feed passage so that the thickness of the material being fed through the feed passage is measured with respect to a zero position of the thickness detector. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110215178 | METHOD FOR DETECTING THE AMOUNT OF GRAINS WITHIN A GRINDING DEVICE - A method for detecting an amount of grains within a container of a rotating grinding member is described, said method comprising the steps of: supplying (FORP | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110253816 | MOBILE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CRUSHING ROCK WHILE ISOLATING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS FROM EXCESSIVE VIBRATION - A mobile rock crushing vehicle with a detachable electronic control box which can be automatically lifted, by a pair of hydraulic pivoting arms, off the vehicle, lowered and set upon any vibration damping and isolating mass, such as the earth, all by moving a hydraulic lever. The pair of pivoting arms further automatically configures a reduced-vibration transmitting connection when the electronic control box is set upon the ground. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110266380 | Dropped Charge Protection System and a Monitoring System - The invention provides for a dropped charge protection system, wherein the system includes calculating an angle of repose of a charge of a grinding mill during start-up and tripping the mill motor when the angle of repose of the charge exceeds a maximum allowable angle. The invention also provides for a control system for controlling the torque applied to starting a grinding mill, wherein the system includes using a pre-determined angle of repose, controlling a real angle of repose of a charge such that the real angle of repose coincides with the pre-determined angle of repose through the manipulation of the torque of the motor and wherein the angle of repose is controlled in such a way as to encourage tumbling of the charge. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110290924 | DIFFERENTIAL JAM PROOF SENSOR FOR A SHREDDER - Disclosed is a shredder including a detector having a first contact member on one side of the shredder's throat and a second contact member on the other side. The contact members extend into the throat and are independently moveable relative to one another to enable insertion of an article into the throat. The article can move the contact members relative to one another by a combined amount. The shredder may prevent its motor from driving its cutter elements if it determines that the combined amount of independent relative movement correlates to a thickness that is equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum thickness. In an embodiment, the contact members may include binary switches. The contact members aid in controlling and/or reducing flutter and wrinkles when articles are fed into the shredder. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110297768 | LOCKED CHARGE DETECTOR - A control system and computer readable instructions abort or continue rotation of a mill during startup based upon an acceleration of rotation of the mill. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110297769 | SHREDDER WITH THICKNESS DETECTOR - A shredder is disclosed. The shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder mechanism enables the at least one article to be shredded to be fed into the cutter elements. The motor is operable to drive the cutter elements so that the cutter elements shred the articles fed therein. The shredder also includes a detector that is configured to detect a thickness of the at least one article being received by the throat, and a controller that is operable to perform a predetermined operation responsive to the detector detecting that the thickness of the at least one article is at least equal to a predetermined maximum thickness. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110297770 | SHREDDER WITH THICKNESS DETECTOR - A shredder is disclosed. The shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder mechanism enables the at least one article to be shredded to be fed into the cutter elements. The motor is operable to drive the cutter elements so that the cutter elements shred the articles fed therein. The shredder also includes a detector that is configured to detect a thickness of the at least one article being received by the throat, and a controller that is operable to perform a predetermined operation responsive to the detector detecting that the thickness of the at least one article is at least equal to a predetermined maximum thickness. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120001002 | Drive Circuit with Integrated Power Factor Correction for Blender/Shaver Machine - Embodiments of the invention provide a machine that blends liquids and/or shaves ice. The machine includes a motor and a control system with an integrated power factor correction circuit and a drive circuit. The integrated power factor correction circuit receives input power from a mains power line, reduces noise transmitted to the mains power line, and provides a boosted, regulated output voltage. The drive circuit is connected to the motor and uses the regulated output voltage in order to control an effective voltage applied to the motor substantially independent of the voltage and frequency of the input power. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120006920 | STAGED PAPER SHREDDER - This invention relates to a paper shredder. A first stage shredder accepts paper from a hopper. The first stage shredder comprises two knife shaft assemblies with a plurality of sequentially oriented knives and spacers on hexagonal shafts. A second stage shredder accepts the output of the first stage shredder. The second stage shredder has two counter rotating shafts with saw tooth disk knives and separating spacers and cuts the paper finer than that of the first stage shredder. A third stage shredder may be connected to the second stage shredder providing even further paper size reduction. Each of the second stage shredder and third stage shredder may be disengaged from the shredding process. The first stage, second stage and third stage shredders are interlocked electronically so that if any stage suffers a jam the preceding stages are stopped. The jammed stage is reversed to remove the jam and all preceding stages stop until a signal is provided to restart. Optical sensors are provided between each stage, which signal if too much paper is being passed from one stage to another. If this is the case the preceding stages automatically stop until such time as they receive an electronic signal indicting the overload situation has been relieved. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120018552 | BLENDER ARM AND FOOD PROCESSOR - A blender arm includes a body equipped at one end with a connection for a power unit. The blender arm further includes a rotary shaft having a tool at the end opposite to the connection end. A peripheral protection is provided around the tool. The rotary shaft with the tool is attached movably in axial direction to the body so that the tool may be positioned in a retracted position for operation or a protracted position for cleaning, without having to touch the tool with the hands. The blender arm may further include a resilient element, functionally connected to the tubular body and the rotary shaft, for moving the rotary shaft between the protracted and retracted positions. When the rotary shaft is releases, the tool automatically returns to the retracted position. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120085848 | THE COMMINUTION OF WASTE & OTHER MATERIALS - Comminution apparatus is described which is tailored for the processing of green, soft, and fibrous waste. Inner and outer comminution drums bear projecting macerating features which can progressively interact to provide a shearing action on material on waste within the outer comminution drum. Screening apertures on the outer comminution drum allow for the exit of comminuted material. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120091238 | SYSTEM, PACKAGE, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DOSING COFFEE BEANS - A system for dosing coffee beans, comprising a coffee bean package provided with at least one wall which at least partly encloses an inner space for multiple dosages of coffee beans, and a coffee bean outlet for delivering coffee beans, and an apparatus provided with a coffee bean grinder, a coffee bean inlet for supplying coffee beans from the coffee bean package to the grinder, a connecting device for connecting the coffee bean package to the apparatus, so that the coffee bean outlet can be connected to the coffee bean inlet, and a dosing device provided with a dosing space which is arranged for feeding-through one predetermined dose of coffee beans from the coffee bean outlet to the coffee bean inlet. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120119005 | SHREDDER THICKNESS WITH ANTI-JITTER FEATURE - A shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism having a motor and cutter elements. The shredder also includes a detector that is configured to detect a thickness of the at least one article being received by the throat, and a controller that is configured to operate the motor to drive the cutter elements to shred the at least one article and to set a flutter threshold higher than the predetermined maximum thickness threshold, if the detected thickness is less than a predetermined maximum thickness threshold. The controller is also configured to thereafter continuously detect the thickness of the at least one article being inserted into a throat of the shredder; and to perform a predetermined operation responsive to the thickness detector detecting that the thickness of the at least one article is greater than the flutter threshold. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120138716 | AUTOMATIC BREAD MAKING MACHINE - An automatic bread making machine ( | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120211577 | Vegetable Cutting Machine - A food cutting machine including a base housing a motor, a cover for the base housing a cutting disk, a feeder part joined to the cover, and a feeder mouth which houses a presser to push the food. The presser and food feeder parts are easily removable. Additionally, the presser ( | 08-23-2012 |
| 20130001340 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR FOOD CUTTING MACHINE - The invention relates to a magnetic safety device especially designed for a kitchen robot-type combined food cutting and processing machine, especially intended and designed for a combined operation of functionalities such as a grater, food cutter and similar, structured around interchangeable accessories bearing the corresponding cutting head, grating head, etc. and a motor block, where an assembly of elements acts upon the vertical distance of a magnet disposed on the lower base of a container accessory (2) to modify the relative position of the aforementioned magnet in relation to a magnetic detector/sensor disposed in the interior of the motor block and in an area near the region of the base where the magnet of the accessory container is disposed. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130001341 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR A GRINDER, AND CORRESPONDING GRINDER - A driving device for a grinder comprises a toothed ring, and at least two driving assemblies for the toothed ring. Each driving assembly comprises an electric motor and a reduction gear unit. The driving device comprises safety means suitable for preventing the starting of all the driving assemblies when at least one driving assembly is unavailable. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130032651 | WASTE DISPOSAL UNIT FOR BIOLOGICALLY HAZARDOUS WASTE - A waste disposal unit for biologically hazardous waste includes a waste reception mechanism for receiving un-shredded waste, a housing having an interior containing a shredder mechanism and a storage volume for receiving shredded waste from the shredder mechanism. The housing is configured to prevent external access to the interior of the housing. In a first configuration of the waste reception mechanism, un-shredded waste may be received and access from the waste reception mechanism to the interior of the housing is closed. In a second configuration of the waste reception mechanism, access from the exterior of the waste disposal unit into the waste reception mechanism is closed and access from the waste reception mechanism into the interior of the housing is open to permit un-shredded waste to pass from the waste reception mechanism to the shredder mechanism. The waste disposal unit is engaged by a detachable shredder drive mechanism. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130134245 | FOOD PROCESSING DEVICE WITH LID MOUNTED ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - A food processor includes a base and a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a cutting assembly driven by a motor. The cutting assembly is adjustable to vary the thickness of the cut food items. The food processor includes an adjustment assembly that is operable to adjust the cutting thickness of the cutting assembly while the cutting assembly is driven by the motor. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130134246 | USER-CONTROLLED ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM FOR A FOOD PROCESSING DEVICE - A food processor includes a base and a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a cutting assembly driven by a motor. The cutting assembly is adjustable to vary the thickness of the cut food items. The food processor includes an adjustment assembly that is operable to adjust the cutting thickness of the cutting assembly while the cutting assembly is driven by the motor. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130140386 | THICKNESS DETECTING SAFETY SHREDDER - A thickness detecting system for a paper shredder having a lever arm extending into the shredder's throat. One or more sensors may be in communication with the lever arm and configured to measure the rotation of the lever. A first maximum thickness and second maximum thickness may correspond to the paper inserted into the throat before and during shredder, respectively. Circuitry may reverse the motor when the thickness is exceeded to ease the removal of the paper and to prevent further shredding. A touch structure and the preferential power supply switch may be used to engagingly interact with each other, so that the motor can be switched off when the plate is selectively positioned to close the paper feed opening, can be switched on when the plate is selectively positioned to open the feed opening, and can be switched off when unexpected items are introduced into the feed opening. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130153696 | Electric food press processor appliance - The present invention may be used to process various foods by pressing them through a receiving receptacle equipped with a processing disk. A body may have a plurality of platforms, frames and support configurations conducive for efficient function. A motor may be in the uppermost section of the body. A switch of choice may activate the motor and set in motion the press process. A ball bearing assembly and press assembly may complete the food press processing function. A receiving receptacle may receive produce for processing by the press plate and push produce through a processing disk, cup or sieve. A set of micro switches may serve to control the electric and mechanical function specific to the task. A press plate with configurations compatible to the disk selected may complete the process when the processed produce is dispensed into a dish or appropriate container. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130153697 | BUCKET-TYPE JAW CRUSHER - The present invention relates to improvement to a bucket-type jaw crusher used for treatment of slag and other waste. In a bucket-type jaw crusher provided with a bucket ( | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130161426 | Glass Vial Destructor - A machine for destructing glass medicine vials comprises a housing having a cover with glass vial input tubes mounted thereon such that the tubes pass through a top surface of the cover. Located within the housing is a motor-driven rotor on which is mounted at least one pair of generally circular disks, where the disks have insets formed therein defining a pocket for receiving a portion of a vial therein. The rotor is positioned such that a vial dropped down the vial inlet tube will come to rest on the periphery of the pair of disks with a portion of the vial still disposed in the tube. The vial will ultimately drop into their insets as the rotor turns. A tooth formed in the periphery of the insets fractures the vial and the shards fall through an open bottom of the housing. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130175373 | INTEGRATED MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND OPERATION - An integrated medical waste management and treatment system may include sensors, interlocks, communications links and/or other features for determining if the waste itself, the decontaminating disinfectant used in the process, or the status of the system are consistent with recommended or authorized system operation. System operation may be terminated if a condition inconsistent with recommended or authorized system operation is detected. Such compliance apparatus may include an electronic scale for determining the weight of the waste loaded into the receiver compartment, a metal detector, or a sensor for determining if the decontaminating disinfectant is a recommended or authorized disinfectant. A communications link may be provided one or more systems to transmit information to a central station to deliver updates or commands associated with the recommended or authorized operation of each system. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130193246 | SPICE MILL WITH INTERCHANGEABLE SPICE CONTAINERS - This disclosure describes systems and methods for grinding and reducing spices prior to application of the spices. In some embodiments, a spice grinding system may include a powered base and at least a first spice container. The powered base may include an electric motor and a control system. The control system may function to activate the electric motor. The first spice container may be releasably couplable to the powered base. In some embodiments, the first spice container may include a first opening in the first spice container configured to contain spice. In some embodiments, the first spice container may include a grinding mechanism. The powered base may function to rotate a portion of the first spice container and simultaneously inhibit another portion of the first spice container from rotating, in order to grind/sift spice in the first spice container. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130233952 | Kitchen Appliance for Processing Foodstuff and Method of Operating Same - A kitchen appliance for processing foodstuff includes a housing enclosing a motor. A bowl is removably mountable to the housing. The bowl includes a mouth for receiving a rotatable tool within the bowl. A bowl lid is removably mountable on to the mouth of the bowl. A clamping mechanism is movably attached to the bowl lid and removably engagable with at least a portion of the bowl. The clamping mechanism is movable between a first position for engaging at least a portion of the bowl to retain the bowl lid on the mouth of the bowl and a second position spaced-apart from the bowl for allowing the bowl lid to be removed from the bowl. The kitchen appliance being assembled without rotating the bowl relative to the housing or the lid relative to the bowl. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130248627 | FOOD PROCESSOR WITH A SAFETY DESIGN - A food processor with a safety design includes a cover, a container consisting of a container body, a blade, a first electrical connector, a low-level sensor, a high-level sensor and a cover sensor, and a base holding therein a second electrical connector, a driving module, a heating module and a control unit. When the base and the container are assembled and the cover is closed on the container body, the second electrical connector is connected to the first electrical connector, and the driving module is coupled with the blade. The control unit receives sensing signals from the low-level sensor, the high-level sensor and the cover sensor, and drives the driving module to rotate the blade and the heating module to heat an accommodation chamber of the container body subject to the sensing signals. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140151476 | SHREDDER WITH THICKNESS DETECTOR - A shredder is disclosed. The shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder mechanism enables the at least one article to be shredded to be fed into the cutter elements. The motor is operable to drive the cutter elements so that the cutter elements shred the articles fed therein. The shredder also includes a detector that is configured to detect a thickness of the at least one article being received by the throat, and a controller that is operable to perform a predetermined operation responsive to the detector detecting that the thickness of the at least one article is at least equal to a predetermined maximum thickness. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140166793 | ANTI-JAMMING ASSEMBLY FOR SHREDDERS OF SHEET LIKE MATERIAL - An anti-jam assembly for an article destroying appliance includes a fixed core mount assembly including a first support member spaced apart from a second support member with at least one moveable cutter shaft rotatably mounted and disposed there between. A third elongate member extends in parallel relationship to the at least one cutter shaft. This third support member is moveable from a first position to at least a second position. The first and the at least second position correspond to a variable width of a feed path directing an article toward the at least one cutter. An arm is affixed to the elongate member and pivotal at a mounting surface when the elongate member moves toward the second position. A sensor activates when it detects movement of the arm. The arm and the sensor are removed from a proximity of the at least one cutter or the feed path. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140197258 | SAFETY SHREDDER WITH BIN-FULL DEVICE AND TIME DELAY - A mechanical bin-full device for a paper shredder with a pressing plate, a contact switch, and a touching part. The pressing plate is installed at an outside portion of the shredder mechanical parts under the lower housing. One end of the pressing plate is pivots on the lower housing and the other end is free. The contact switch is fixed on the lower housing and a contact point is provided on the contact switch. The touching part is provided on the pressing plate, away from the mechanical parts. The lower housing has a through-hole under the contact point of the contact switch enabling the touching part to contact the contact point. The waste paper drives the pressing plate to turn around the joint between it and the lower housing, making the touching part touch the contact point of the contact switch and making the shredder power off. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140231558 | SHREDDER - The invention relates to a shredder/document shredder for sheet-shaped material, such as paper and material of the like or similar data storage media, having a thickness sensor which protrudes at least partially into a receiving slot. According to the invention, the thickness sensor does not change its position if too much material to be shredded (for example, paper) passes into the receiving slot, but rather pivots about its rotational axis as a result of the friction with the material. A switch is actuated by way of the pivoting movement, as a result of which the electric drive of the shredder is interrupted. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140306042 | Dry Food Waste Disposal System - A dry food waste disposal system has a food waste disposer having a grind and discharge section having a grind mechanism having a stationary grind ring and a rotatable shredder plate rotated by a motor. The dry food waste disposal system also includes a storage tank that includes a sensor that senses how full the storage tank is, a discharge line coupling a discharge outlet of the food waste disposer to the storage tank, and a controller that disables the food waste disposer off in response to the sensor sensing that the storage tank is full. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150014456 | OVERLOAD FAULT CONDITION DETECTION SYSTEM FOR ARTICLE DESTRUCTION DEVICE - An article destruction device includes an electric motor driving at least one moving component. An indication panel includes at least three visual indicators situated in sequence. Each visual indicator is associated with a stage of an approaching overload (motor cool down) condition. A first visual indicator lights when the motor or corresponding sensor temperature is below a first threshold, i.e., when the device is first powered on. A second indicator lights when the temperature exceeds the first threshold and is below at least a second threshold, i.e., the temperature is approaching a fault condition. A last visual indicator lights when the temperature exceeds the first and the at least second thresholds, i.e., the fault condition is met. A thermistor on the motor energizes (self-heats) with the motor. A thermostatic switch controls current flow through windings of the motor depending on measured temperatures meeting operating and equilibrium temperature thresholds. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150076260 | SAFETY SHREDDER WITH MECHANICAL BIN-FULL DEVICE - A mechanical bin-full device for a paper shredder with a bin, having a curved, perforated T-blade sensor on a cylindrical body partially covered with a metal sheet. The T-blade is pendent into the bin. Metal contacts are placed on the paper shredder near the metal sheet, forming a switch, which is coupled to a motor control circuit for the shredder motor. The T-blade is pushed by paper shreddant and rotates the cylinder body as paper shreddant fills the bin. When the bin becomes full, the T-blade is positioned so that the metal contacts touch the metal sheet, closing the control circuit switch, and causing the motor to cease operating. The control circuit can include a microcontroller coupled to the motor, or a transistor-based driver coupled to a motor relay. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150115077 | SHREDDER AND SHEET-LIKE-OBJECT PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a shredder that prevents particles from jamming in a shredding mechanism, and shreds the sheet-like objects into such an extremely small size that the sheet-like objects cannot be reproduced. A shredding mechanism ( | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150297034 | Kitchen Appliance for Processing Foodstuff and Method of Operating Same - A kitchen appliance includes a housing enclosing a motor and a switch mechanism. A bowl is removably mountable onto the housing. At least one actuation member is movable between a first position and a second position. A bowl lid is removably mountable onto the upper rim of the bowl. When the bowl lid is properly positioned onto the upper rim of the bowl, the motor is actuated or permitted to be actuated by pressing downwardly on the lid such that at least a portion of one of a plurality of flanges of the bowl contacts at least a portion of the actuation member to force the actuation member to the second position. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150343450 | Process for Producing Pulp from Sugar Beets - An apparatus for producing uniformly sized sugar beet cassettes includes a frame; a first cutting shaft assembly adjacent to a second cutting shaft assembly on the frame, each of the first and second cutting shaft assemblies including a shaft in connection with a gear motor, and the gear motor being structured and disposed for mechanically rotating the shaft; a plurality of discs supported on the shaft: and a plurality of blades extending outwards from each of the plurality of discs; wherein the first and second cutting shaft assemblies are configured for interlaced counter-rotation of each of the plurality of discs; and a chute on the frame, and the chute including sidewalls defining an open-ended channel that is sized and configured for directing the sugar beet cossettes onto the first and second cutting shaft assemblies, and wherein the sugar beet cossettes are cut into uniformly sized sugar beet cossettes by the plurality of blades on each of the interlaced, counter-rotating plurality of discs. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160040413 | DETECTING UNINTENDED OBJECTS IN UNDER-SINK DISPOSAL - A disposal system includes a sink; a disposal unit located under the sink and connected in fluid communication with a drain of the sink; a control unit configured to operate the disposal unit; and means for detecting an unintended object that passes through the drain of the sink and enters the disposal unit, resulting in stopping operation of the disposal unit. The means for detecting an unintended object that enters the disposal unit resulting in stopping operation of the disposal unit comprises a sensor and associated circuitry that detects an unintended object and triggers the control unit to stop operation. In different preferred embodiments the sensor respectively includes a capacitive sensor; a capacitive plate; magnetic shielding surrounding the disposal unit in the area of the sensor; a double “D” coil arrangement; a concentric detection coil for detecting magnetic ringdown; an ultrasonic sensor; a microphone; and combinations thereof. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160111982 | COMMINUTING MACHINE DRIVE SYSTEM - A comminuting machine includes a frame, a comminuting rotor coupled to the frame, and a rotary drive coupled to the rotor. The rotary drive including a controller, a multi-phase motor connected to the controller, a set of contactors disposed between the controller and the multi-phase motor for selectively providing driving motive force to the multi-phase motor, and at least one rheostat disposed between the controller and the multi-phase motor, in parallel with the first set of contactors, for selectively providing a stopping resistance to the multi-phase motor to effect frictionless braking of the comminuting rotor, wherein the controller is configured to operate the set of contactors and the at least one rheostat to single phase lines of the multi-phase motor for providing the stopping resistance. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160122985 | AIR GAP SWITCH FOR A WASTE DISPOSAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM - In one aspect, a system may generally include a waste disposal having a disposal inlet and a disposal conduit in fluid communication with the waste disposal. The disposal conduit may include an inlet end and an outlet end, with the outlet end being fluidly connected to the disposal inlet of the waste disposal. The system may also include a supply conduit in fluid communication with a water supply. The supply conduit may include a discharge end spaced apart from the inlet end such that an air gap is defined between the disposal conduit and the supply conduit. In addition, the system may include a housing at least partially surrounding the air gap and an air gap switch provided in association with the housing. The air gap switch may be configured to control a supply of power to the waste disposal. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160143249 | MIXER FEEDER - Mixer feeder comprising a mobile chassis with which the mixer feeder can be displaced and a mixing tub which is placed on the chassis and in which different types of ingredient can be mixed, at least one mixing element arranged in the mixing tub for mixing ingredients fed to the mixing tub. The mixer feeder further comprises a driving unit for the at least one mixing element, comprising a drive shaft connectable to a power take-off of a tractor vehicle and at least one electric motor coupled to the common drive shaft, a converter for supplying power to the at least one electric motor, wherein the at least one electric motor is a six or eight-pole electric motor. The electric motor can be supplied with power via a battery pack or via a mains power supply. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160376776 | DETECTING PASSING OF UNINTENDED OBJECTS THROUGH THROAT OF UNDER-SINK DISPOSAL - An under-sink disposal unit includes a motor, a disposal chamber, and a disposal throat. The disposal throat extends from the disposal chamber to an opening in a top of the disposal unit and defines a passageway through which objects pass into the disposal chamber for grinding. The disposal unit further includes a coil assembly including an arrangement of coils. The arrangement of coils is used to detect the passing of a metallic object in the passageway through the disposal throat. Furthermore, the arrangement of coils includes at least one coil having a loop that is oriented with respect to an axis of the passageway through the disposal throat such that objects passing through the disposal throat into the disposal chamber pass by and proximate to, but do not pass through, such loop. Preferably DC injection braking is used to stop the motor upon detection of a metallic object. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20170231419 | GRINDER FOR PREPARING BREWING MATERIALS | 08-17-2017 |
