| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 241083000 | Comminuting surface provided with openings to permit discharge of material | 84 |
| 20100084497 | Grating for mincer - The present invention relates to a grating for a mincer comprising a plurality of extrusion holes for forming a stream of minced meat intended for preparing portions of minced meat, especially shaped portions such as minced meat steaks, and a device for producing portions of minced meat, comprising a mincer equipped with such a grating. The grating ( | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100252665 | FOOD GRATER WITH POUR CONTROL - A food grater having a housing, a food hopper, a reversible grating barrel removably carried by the housing and disposed at an open end of the hopper for grating food, such as cheese, contained therein, and a detachable end cap covering an open end of the grating barrel for allowing controlled dispensing of the grated food, is disclosed. A press plate configured to fit within the hopper at an open end opposite the grating barrel engages food disposed therein and moves the same into contact with the grating barrel. The detachable end cap includes concentric first and second parts, the first part including a passage defined thereon through which grated food may pass and the second part including at least two distinct areas each having an opening defined thereon, at least one of the first and second parts being movable relative to the other such that the two distinct areas of the second part may be aligned with the passage on the first part. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110192923 | WOOD CHIPPER INFEED CHUTE - An infeed chute that is configured to more effectively and safely guide brush into a chipper is provided. The infeed chute is configured to guide brush upwards, thereby minimizing the occurrence of branches inadvertently catching the bottom edge of the chute. The infeed chute is also configured so that operators can conveniently load the chipper while being along a side of the chipper. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20120256028 | EXTRACTION BEDPLATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN EXTRACTION BEDPLATE - An extraction bedplate includes a body and a plurality of apertures through the body. Each of the plurality of apertures includes a first end and a second end wider than the first end. At least three obtuse angles are in each of the first and second ends. A method for manufacturing an extraction bedplate includes creating a plurality of apertures through a body wherein each aperture comprises a first end, a second end wider than the first end, and at least three obtuse angles in each of the first and second ends. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20130105609 | WEAR PLATE SYSTEM, ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20150290653 | SCREEN ASSEMBLY FOR SHREDDING MACHINE - A screen for a shredder machine has a shape that avoids clogging of the materials being processed through the shredder. The screen has a pair of mounting plates that are connected to the shredder with one mounting plate attached toward the top of the rotor and the other mounting plate attached toward the bottom of the rotor and extending the entire length of the rotor. Arcuate ribs are attached to and extend between the mounting plates, and a grid is attached to the ribs. | 10-15-2015 |
| 241084000 | Cooperates with moving comminuting surface or member | 31 |
| 20120261501 | Forming Disc for Food Processing - 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. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20140097279 | SCRAPPED GLASS PULVERIZING DEVICE - A scrapped glass pulverizing device includes a vibration crushing device. The vibration crushing device includes a vibration hammer, a vibration generator that controls vibration of the vibration hammer up and down, and a crushing platform arranged below the vibration hammer and supports scrapped glass. | 04-10-2014 |
| 241840300 | Oscillating surface or member | 2 |
| 20150337889 | FOOD COMMINUTION DEVICE - The invention relates to a joint, in which a first joint part and a second joint part are connected so as to be pivotable relative to one another, having a drive device, in particular a spring drive, for assisting or effecting the pivoting movement. The joint is characterized in that the drive device is selectively activatable or deactivatable and/or in that the assistance force of the drive device is adjustable. The invention also relates in particular to a food comminution device having a joint of said type. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150345200 | FOOD COMMINUTION DEVICE - The invention relates to a food comminution device having a base part which has a cutting part, wherein the base part and the actuation part are articulatedly connected such that the actuation part can, for pushing through food items for comminution, be pivoted from a loading position toward the cutting part into a closed position and subsequently from the closed position back into the loading position, wherein the device has at least one drive device, in particular a spring drive, for assisting or effecting the pivoting movement from the closed position into the loading position and/or from the loading position into the closed position. The food comminution device is characterized in that the drive device is selectively activatable or deactivatable and/or in that the assistance force of the drive device is adjustable. | 12-03-2015 |
| 241085000 | Rotary comminuting surface having openings cooperates with moving surface | 4 |
| 20120273600 | Grinding Device for Products That Can Be Ground - A grinding device includes a mobile grinder group having openings for dispensing a ground product and a fixed counter-grinder having a central hole the surface of which comprises a grinding surface. The grinder group has a casing and a grinder which can be fixedly coupled, the grinder having a grinding surface that is inserted inside the central hole of the counter-grinder and that cooperates with the opposing grinding surface of the counter-grinder when grinding a product. The grinder group is arranged straddling the counter-grinder with the casing being arranged outside the counter-grinder. The casing can rotate with respect to the counter-grinder and is axially mobile with respect to the counter-grinder between two or more reciprocal adjustment positions. The grinder and the counter-grinder are made in a substantially rigid material and the casing is made from a substantially flexible material. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130062445 | Fiber orienting technology for a grinding machine - An apparatus and method for accelerating food product in order to cause the product to be stretched aligning the fibers of the product. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20150144719 | HERB CHOPPER - An herb chopper includes a bottle, an upper chopper, a lower chopper, an agitator, and a dust cap. The bottle can hold a herb to be ground. The upper chopper is positioned inside of and opposite to the lower chopper and can rotate with respect to the lower chopper. The bottle is positioned on the upper chopper partially inside of the lower chopper. The bottle is rotated relative to the lower chopper causing the herb leaves to be chopped by the upper and lower choppers and dispensed out of the chopper through dispensing holes formed in the lower chopper. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150377539 | BLOCK ICE SHAVER - The disclosure pertains generally to shave ice confection machines and processes, and more particularly to a block ice shaving apparatus, system and method whereby an improved blade and blade assembly produce more consistent output with increase machine life. | 12-31-2015 |
| 241086000 | Cooperates with rotary comminuting member | 23 |
| 20130134247 | DEVICE FOR CUTTING UP FOODSTUFFS - 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. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20140217214 | MATERIAL REDUCING DEVICE - 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. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140252147 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PLASTIC MATERIAL - 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: | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140252148 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PLASTIC MATERIAL - 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. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20160007801 | BLENDER BLADE ASSEMBLY | 01-14-2016 |
| 241860100 | Material thrown against perforated surface by centrifugal force | 1 |
| 20160051990 | MINCING MACHINE FOR MINCING A PRODUCT - A mincing machine for mincing a product, in particular for mincing meat, includes at least one stationary hole plate and at least one rotating hole plate which interact to mince the product. The mincing machine has a rotating cutter head mounted on a shaft wherein said cutter head is arranged upstream of the interacting hole plates in the conveying direction of the product to be minced in order to interact with a stationary hole plate to mince the product. | 02-25-2016 |
| 241088000 | Provided with special comminuting surfaces or characteristics | 11 |
| 20080251617 | Milling System - 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. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090090800 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHAPED OPENINGS IN A GRINDER SCREEN - 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). | 04-09-2009 |
| 20110049279 | DICING ELEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A FOOD PROCESSOR - A dicing element assembly comprises a dicing element having multiple elements defining multiple openings through which food may pass and a management tool having multiple projections sized to be received by the dicing openings, with at least some of the projections having a coupling element for releasably coupling the dicing elements when the projections are received within the dicing openings. When the projections are received within the dicing openings, the coupling element couples with the dicing element and a user may move the dicing element by moving the management tool without touching the dicing element. | 03-03-2011 |
| 241880100 | Perforation bounded by sharp edge | 1 |
| 20140252149 | GRINDER - The present invention relates to a grinder, comprising a container bottle for containing a spice, a grinding assembly interconnected with the container bottle and used for grinding the spice and a casing for accommodating the grinding assembly. A feeding mechanism for pushing the spice in the container bottle into the grinding assembly is further provided between the container bottle and the grinding assembly in the casing. Compared with the prior art, the design of the feeding mechanism in the present invention provides a solution for feeding of a spice with large volume and/or a relatively smooth spice with small friction in the prior art, so that the grinder provided by the present invention is applicable to not only grinding of a granular spice, but also grinding of a leafy spice with large volume and light weight. | 09-11-2014 |
| 241880200 | And auxiliary imperforate surface (e.g., breakerplate) | 2 |
| 20080245911 | CRUSHING AND GRINDING DEVICE, A SOYBEAN MILK MAKER INCLUDING SAID DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MAKING SOYBEAN MILK - The present application discloses a recirculating crushing and grinding device for crushing and grinding liquid-like materials or materials that contain liquid, said device comprises a motor, a hopper, a crushing and grinding part and a material recirculating part. Said crushing and grinding part includes a coarse-crushing section and a fine-grinding section, said fine grinding section comprises a pair of grinding components, and said material recirculating part comprises a pump and recirculating ducts provided downstream of said crushing-grinding part. The present application also discloses a soybean milk maker employing said recirculating crushing-grinding device, and a method for crushing and grinding a recirculated material and a method for producing soybean milk. The equipment disclosed in the present invention is easy to manufacture, with the advantages of a low noise during operation and low energy consumption. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090121058 | Comminution device - The invention refers to a comminution device comprising at least one comminution cylinder supported rotating in a machine frame with at least one comminution tool arranged on it, and at least one counter cutter interacting with the comminution tool, and at least one sieve device for the comminuted material the housing of which encircles the comminution cylinder at least partly, the sieve device and the counter cutter forming a common structural component. | 05-14-2009 |
| 241880400 | Spaced parallel bars (e.g., "grate") | 5 |
| 20080290198 | Knife bank assembly of a counter knife assembly of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester - An improved knife bank assembly of a counter knife assembly of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester that includes an elongated bracket member that extends between opposed knife bank end plates and has a plurality of spaced retainment mounts securable therealong, with at least one, and preferably two, knife blades being removably connectable to each retainment mount in a side-by-side arrangement. The bracket member is preferably mounted to a shaft member that extends between concave pan side plates to be slidable along such shaft member to permit adjustable positioning of the knife bank assembly and the knife elements thereof relative to the slots of the grate portion, and the retainment mounts are preferably removably securable to the bracket member. The knife elements are removably connectable to the retainment mounts at first and second space mounting points, preferably in such a way that the knife elements are maintained in an extended position by application of a biasing force at the second mounting point but are rotatable about the first mounting point to a displaced or relaxed position if a sufficient force is applied to the leading edge of the knife element to overcome the biasing force. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20100032508 | Bale processing apparatus - A bale processing apparatus for receiving and shredding a bale of material is disclosed. The bale processing apparatus comprises a hopper having a top and a bottom, a top opening through which a bale is received into the hopper and a bottom opening through which the material of the bale is dispersed. The bottom opening is at least partially positioned below the top opening. The apparatus further includes a bale shredding assembly for removing material from a bale received in the hopper. The bale shredding assembly is located in the interior of the hopper below the top opening and above the bottom opening. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20130334351 | NUT CHOPPER - A nut chopper includes an upper hopper, a lower container, and a grate positioned between the hopper and container. A series of parallel blades supported on an axle and coupled to a crank is positioned so that the blades may be rotated through the grate. As the blades pass through the grate, they chop the nuts that are in the path of the blades. Once individual nuts are chopped into sizes that are smaller than the width of the openings formed in the grate, the chopped portions will fall through the grate and into the container. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140166794 | BOTTOM GRATE OF A CRUSHER OR DRUM CHIPPER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE BOTTOM GRATE - A bottom grate for a crusher for chipping or comminuting material which includes: support ribs each substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis of the crusher; grate blades mounted to the support ribs and substantially parallel to the rotational axis, wherein the grate blades are releasably mounted to the support ribs and the grate blades each have a cutting edge proximate to a cutting or crushing rotor in the crusher; pulling members extending between two of the support members, wherein the pulling members are in tension and the tension in the pulling members binds the blades in the support members. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20150102145 | NUT CHOPPER - A nut chopper includes an upper hopper, a lower container, and a grate positioned between the hopper and container. A series of parallel blades supported on an axle and coupled to a crank is positioned so that the blades may be rotated through the grate. As the blades pass through the grate, they chop the nuts that are in the path of the blades. Once individual nuts are chopped into sizes that are smaller than the width of the openings formed in the grate, the chopped portions will fall through the grate and into the container. | 04-16-2015 |
| 241089000 | Hinged or dumping type screen or support | 1 |
| 20100314475 | TURBO PULP LIFTER - A pulp lifter for installation in a rotary grinding mill has a leading edge wall and a trailing edge wall with respect to rotation of the mill. The leading edge wall and the trailing edge wall define a pulp lifter chamber, and a grate allows slurry to pass to a radially outward collecting region of the pulp lifter chamber for removal from the mill by way of a radially inward discharge region of the pulp lifter chamber. In one embodiment, a gate is positioned between the collecting region and the discharge region, the gate being movable between an open position, in which the gate permits solid material to pass from the collecting region to the discharge region, and a closed position, in which the gate prevents return movement of solid material from the discharge region to the collecting region. | 12-16-2010 |
| 241890100 | With means to change or adjust comminuting position of screen or screen element | 2 |
| 20080283643 | Wood Crusher - A wood crusher comprises a crushing apparatus including a crushing rotor for crushing target woods to be crushed, a second screen detachably mounted on the outer peripheral side of the crushing apparatus, a screen support member disposed on the outer peripheral side of the second screen and holding the second screen in a position on the outer peripheral side of the crushing apparatus, a link mechanism coupled to the screen support member, and a hydraulic cylinder coupled to the link mechanism and advancing and retracting the screen support member relative to the crushing apparatus with extension and contraction thereof. Time and labor required for work of replacing the sieve member can be greatly reduced. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20130240652 | GRINDER WITH ADJUSTABLE SCREENS - A grinder having an adjustable screen arrangement. The adjustable screen arrangement including two screens independently positionable in a number of positions relative to a grinding drum. Each screen further having a leading end independently positionable relative a trailing end of the screen. The adjustable screen arrangement allowing for selectively varied clearances between the screens and the grinding drum. | 09-19-2013 |
| 241890300 | Stationary concave surface | 3 |
| 20140299689 | Discharge Grates For Reduction Mills - 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. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140306046 | DEVICE FOR COMMINUTING FEEDSTOCK - 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. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150336105 | APPARATUS FOR DESTRUCTION OF STORAGE MEDIA DEVICES - An apparatus for destroying storage media devices includes a receptacle member having an open top end, a closed bottom end and a peripheral side wall or a pair of side walls defining a hollow interior of the receptacle member. A member is mounted for a rotation adjacent the receptacle member and has an abrasive working surface. An electric motor causes the rotation of the member and a chute is positioned to deliver the one or more storage media devices into the hollow interior of the receptacle member. A cylinder and a pump urge the storage media devices into a contact with the abrasive working surface. The rotation of the abrasive member transforms at least a portion of the storage media devices contacting the abrasive member into particles, whereby the storage media devices are destructed sufficiently to prevent data mining from remnant(s) thereof or from the particles. | 11-26-2015 |
| 241091000 | Rotating comminuting surface having openings | 22 |
| 20080197221 | PLASTIC CENTER SHREDDER DISC - A shredder for shredding data bearing substrates has a housing and shredder mechanism with cutter elements for shredding paper. The cutter elements are positioned along two shafts and interleave with the other when rotated relative to each other. At least one of the cutter elements comprises a pair of outer blades, preferably made of metal, and an inner support, preferably made of a plastic. The outer blades and inner support are aligned circumferentially to form a cross-cut tooth. The outer blades and inner support may be designed such that they are snap-fit together. The outer blades may be formed from a stamping or punching process, and the inner support may be molded. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090026296 | TREE CHIPPER - A tree chipper capable of reducing standing trees to chips has a rotating chipper, a feed mechanism for feeding trees into the chipper and a saw or the like for severing the trees. The tree chipper may comprise a boom that can be moved to position the tree chipper against a tree to be cut and chipped. In embodiments, the rotating chipper comprises a disc having chipping teeth on a face, a generally cylindrical chipper body having chipping teeth on an outer surface thereof and a conical chipper body. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090045273 | DRUMS FOR HOGGING APPARATUS - A hogger and reducing apparatus and considers issues associated with fibrous other materials clogging screening apertures A paddle arrangement having an open framework rotates relative to the screening apertures provided on a drum. Either or both the paddle arrangement and drum may rotate, the resultant action increasing agitation of raw material (being reduced in size by a reducing means) in the vicinity of the screening apertures and also providing a wiping type effect to help clear material from within the apertures. | 02-19-2009 |
| 241092000 | Radial comminuting face | 11 |
| 20080277510 | Chipper Device and Method for Chipping Metal Ingots - A chipper device for chipping one or more metal ingots. The chipper device includes a cutter head and a guide mechanism associated with the cutter head. The guide mechanism includes a chute having a passageway. A feed mechanism is adapted to move one or more ingots sequentially through the passageway of the chute into engagement with the cutter head, whereby the cutter head chips the ingots into a plurality of particles. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090121059 | Device and Method to Disintegrate Fat in the Human Body - This invention is best described as a human body fat disintegrator device which is conformed by a semi-rectangular frame with a handle on one end and a grip on the other, as well as a series of round profile teeth, located perpendicularly, and alternately, across the frame's upper face, and a series of sharp profile teeth located at the frame's lower face. The description of this invention also outlines a method for eliminating fat from the human body, consisting of holding the above described human body fat disintegrator device by the handle and grip; then positioning either of the device's toothed surface over the designated area, applying such pressure as not to harm the user; and sliding or dragging the device over the designated area with a backward and forward motion on the device's longitudinal direction for 10 to 15 seconds, alternating massage on different parts of the body, as required. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090200408 | Automated Cheese Shredder For Applying Cheese To Pizza - An automatic cheese shredding and blending device, particularly for applying shredded cheese to pizza. The device can simultaneously shred blocks of multiple types of cheeses, and evenly apply a substantially homogenous blend of a chosen ratio of cheeses to a pizza or other food item. The device requires minimal operator interface. A motor creates relative rotational motion between the cheese blocks and one or more of grating elements to shred the cheese. A controller with a user-friendly operator interface is programmable to operate the device according to a desired use. The device includes an integrated refrigeration unit to keep the cheese fresh. Components are easily removable for cleaning and maintenance. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100127107 | WOOD CHIPPER - A wood chipper includes a housing having an inlet opening and a discharge outlet with a chipper disk rotatably mounted in the housing and having a chipper knife mounted on a front face thereof adjacent a chipper slot extending through the disk. A plurality of fins are mounted on the back face of the chipper disk. An inlet hopper is connected to the inlet opening and a blow back shield is mounted in the upper end portion of the hopper with the shield including an outer layer of clear synthetic material extending across the hopper and an inner layer of synthetic material extending part way underneath the length of the layer of clear synthetic material. The inner layer may be provided with a safety warning thereon which is visible through the outer layer of clear synthetic material. A discharge chute is connected to the discharge outlet which has inwardly angled plates around part thereof. Vent holes are provided in a wall of the housing which add air flow to the wood chipper when it is being operated. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100181399 | Portable rotary chipper apparatus - A portable chipper apparatus having a chipping disc with front and rear faces and a series of slots extending through the disc. A knife is arranged on the front face of the disc in proximate relation relative to each slot. At least two shredder/detanglers are secured to the rear face of the disc. Each shredder/detangler includes a base and at least three generally planar and substantially identical paddles arranged in spaced and generally parallel relation relative to each other. The paddles extend from the base at an angle and projects away from the rear face of the chipping disc. The paddles on each shredder/detangler have a continuous elongated linear cutting edge for impacting with and further reducing and cutting the size of the chipped material engaged by the paddles. Each shredder/detangler further includes an impeller at a distal end of the base. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100294868 | CHIPPER DRUM WITH INTEGRAL BLOWER - The chipper drum of the present disclosure is configured to maximize its cutting width while decreasing its overall size. In particular, the chipper drum of the present disclosure includes air deflectors recessed on the ends of the drum that are configured to generate the air flow necessary to blow chips out of the chipper. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20130284835 | MINCING UNIT CUTTING GROUP - The object of the invention is a cutting group for a mincing unit of a mincing machine of industrial type, with a characteristic knife holder ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140131493 | FOOD PROCESSOR - A food processor includes a base, a processing box and at least a cutter. The base is disposed with a motor inside, the motor is disposed with a rotating shaft; the processing box is assembled to the base and is disposed with a charging opening and a discharging opening. The cutter rotates synchronously with the rotating shaft of the motor, the cutter is assembled inside the processing box and is disposed with a cutter dish with several dropping grooves and several blades fixed on the cutter dish, the blade has several sets of cutter teeth arranged side by side, each set of cutter teeth has at least a large cutter tooth and at least a small cutter tooth. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140252150 | Chipping or Grinding Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A grinding or chipping device and a method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. A chipping or grinding device generally includes a base having a plurality of U-shaped, I-shaped, or C-shaped metal plates and/or beams, an engine on the base, the engine transmitting drive power to a blade plate at a back portion of the base, and a cover over the blade plate. The chipping or grinding machine advantageously provides improved operation by minimizing and/or eliminating chipped or ground pieces and/or material from becoming stuck or jammed in the device. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140306047 | ROTARY FOOD CUTTER DEVICE - A rotary food cutter device includes a rotary disc and a plurality of spaced-apart cutters disposed on the rotary disc. Each of the cutters has a blade. The rotary disc has a plurality of discharge openings each located at a side of and adjacent to the blade of a respective one of the cutters, and a plurality of bump groups. Each of the bump groups is located at a side of and adjacent to the respective one of the cutters, and includes a plurality of spaced-apart bumps extending from a top surface of the rotary disc. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150129694 | DISC CHIPPER WITH AN ADJUSTABLE KNIFE - A disc chipper having a knife disc having a plurality of segments, each segment separated from an adjacent by a chip opening extending segment approximately in the radial direction of the knife disc between the inner and outer peripheries of the knife disc. The disc chipper further has at least one knife for each segment, located in the segment in the vicinity of the chip opening preceding it in the rotational direction and extending a distance axially from said knife disc and supported between two opposing surfaces. The disc chipper further includes at least one wedge element for each segment, adapted to adjust the position of at least one of the opposing surfaces relative to the knife disc, for setting the axial reach of said knife to a desired value. Characteristically, the wedge element is situated in the segment essentially at the end adjacent to the preceding chip opening. | 05-14-2015 |
| 241093000 | Outer peripheral comminuting face | 8 |
| 20080237378 | System and Method for Removing Zest from the Citrus and Fruit Rinds - A system for removing zest from a rind includes a mobile member for receiving the rind thereon. The mobile member is movable in a lateral direction between a start position and an end position. At least one grater is positioned along the path of the mobile member. The grater removes the zest from the rind as the mobile member moves between the start and the end positions. A first receptacle receives the zest removed by the grater and a stop member is positioned at the end position for removing the zested rind from the mobile member. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090166455 | Grinder and automatic open/close control device thereof - A grinder includes a hollow base, a receptacle and an automatic open/close control device respectively coupled to top and bottom sides of the hollow base, a grinding unit mounting in between the receptacle and the automatic open/close control device, and a housing that houses the hollow base and the lower part of the receptacle. The automatic open/close control device comprises a follower member, which is connected to the hollow base to hold a transmission shaft and has radial blocks and guide slots radially and alternatively disposed at the bottom side, a bottom cover, which has outlets corresponding to the guide slots of the follower member, and a position-limitation structure provided between the follower member and the bottom cover to secure the bottom cover to the follower member and to limit relative rotary motion between the follower member and the bottom cover within a predetermined angle, and a torsion spring connected between the follower member and the bottom cover in such a manner that when the friction force produced during grinding of the grinder is greater than the torsional force of the torsion spring, the follower member is rotated relative to the bottom cover from a first position where the radial blocks of the follower member block the outlets of the bottom cover to a second position where the radial blocks of the follower member are moved away from the outlets of the bottom cover and the guide slots of the follower member are moved into alignment with the outlets respectively for discharge of ground powder out of the grinder through the guide slots and the outlets, and at the same time the torsion spring is twisted to preserve energy. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090212142 | Grater for gratable food products - A grater for grating of gratable food products with different hardness degrees. A cylindrical grater container receives a driver element which is mounted rotatively moveable and which includes a plurality of guiding elements, and which carries a feed disk at the same time. The feed disk has an external thread which is actively connected with an internal thread integrally formed on the inner surface of the grater container, and which can be linearly moved through the grater container by rotation of the driver element, and can be pressed onto a product to be grated which is located in the grater container, and the product to be grated can be grated by a grater insert attached on the grating side. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100270406 | Enhanced hand operated grater - A hand held rotary grater for grating foodstuffs and the like in which a housing having a handle encircles a grater barrel having a crank for rotating the grater barrel within the housing. The grater includes a lever with a cap at one end which is in registry with a hopper in the housing for holding the foodstuff against the grater barrel. The lever is rotatable about a pin mounted in the housing so as to create a mechanical advantage for the user in order that pressure on the lever is increased at the cap for applying pressure to the foodstuff against the grater barrel. Furthermore, the abrading elements operable in one direction are of a different size and configuration than those in the opposite direction to thereby create different size particulate during the abrading process. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20120305689 | Drum Cutting Machine and Blade Box for Such a Machine - A drum cutting machine has a rotary drum and has a plurality of blades arranged along the contour of the rotary drum. The lateral surface of the rotary drum is provided with a multiplicity of holes. A supporting part matches the contour of the rotary drum and has for each of the blades a bearing point that defines the position of the cutting edge. A blade box for such a machine makes it easier to move the blades into the correct position, thereby reducing the complexity in terms of maintenance. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130105610 | Musical Cheese Grater | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130206883 | Food Grater - The present invention provides a food grater comprising a body; a cutting means adapted for cutting the food removably mounted inside the body; the body comprising a cutting means aperture adapted for receiving the cutting means and allowing the cutting means to be rotated inside the cutting means aperture; a first food receptacle being defined between the inner walls of the body; a pushing means adapted for pushing the food onto the cutting means being mounted to the body; a driving means adapted for rotating the cutting means mounted to at least one end of the cutting means and the driving means comprising a driving wheel adapted for moving along a surface and a first cover adapted for covering an aperture of the driving wheel. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20140014751 | ROTARY GRATER WITH STORAGE DEVICE - A rotary grater having a removable storage device is disclosed. The rotary grater has interchangeable cylindrical blades for various grating purposes. A removable handle provides for rotational motion for the cylindrical blade to operate. The housing of the rotary grater has a movable press with a lever for applying the material to be grated to the cylindrical blade. The grated material is then dispensed from an exit opening in the housing and retained by a removable storage device. | 01-16-2014 |
| 241094000 | Reciprocal comminuting surface having openings | 2 |
| 20080302892 | Linear food processor - A linear movement food processor may have a battery or power supply operation for portability and includes a set of reversible legs to enable it to be positioned over a plate or container. A series of blades are provided with an external mounting and storage area for quick selection. The drive mechanism utilizes a circular path pin engaging a drive slot on a cutter plate, with the drive mechanism being directly liftable so that the remaining structure of the food processor may be immersibly washed. One embodiment has a cutting stroke of 2.5 inches with a forward cutting stroke of about 0.25 seconds and a return stroke of about 0.25 seconds. In one embodiment a processed food catcher/storage box is provided for process food collection and stowage/storage of the food processor unit. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080308661 | Linear food processor - A linear movement food processor may have a battery or power supply operation for portability and includes a set of reversible legs to enable it to be positioned over a plate or container. A series of blades are provided with an external mounting and storage area for quick selection. The drive mechanism utilizes a circular path pin engaging a drive slot on a cutter plate, with the drive mechanism being directly liftable so that the remaining structure of the food processor may be immersibly washed. One embodiment has a cutting stroke of 2.5 inches with a forward cutting stroke of about 0.25 seconds and a return stroke of about 0.25 seconds. In one embodiment a processed food catcher/storage box is provided for processed food collection and stowage/storage of the food processor unit. | 12-18-2008 |
| 241095000 | Stationary comminuting surface having openings | 23 |
| 20080302893 | Linear food processor - A linear movement food processor may have a battery or power supply operation for portability and includes a set of reversible legs to enable it to be positioned over a plate or container. A series of blades are provided with an external mounting and storage area for quick selection. The drive mechanism utilizes a circular path pin engaging a drive slot on a cutter plate, with the drive mechanism being directly liftable so that the remaining structure of the food processor may be immersibly washed. One embodiment has a cutting stroke of 2.5 inches with a forward cutting stroke of about 0.25 seconds and a return stroke of about 0.25 seconds. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100012758 | ZESTERS - A kitchen utensil, in the nature of a zester ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110017853 | Formed or domed cutting teeth formed by improved double etching processes - A device and method for manufacture thereof having a one or more cantilevered cutting teeth integrally formed in raised configuration on a flat base fro cutting food items moved along said base. The free end portion is formed by upper and lower etched out portions of the upper end of said cutting teeth to form a cutting edge. The upper surface of the upper cut-out portion of the teeth is situation at a position out contact with food items being cut. A substantially portion of the teeth is coated with a low friction material, except for the cutting edge In a second embodiment one or more domed cutting elements are cut out of base sheet and may include a leading V-shaped cutting edge. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110079670 | FAN-SHAPED GRATER FOR FOODSTUFFS - A fan-shaped grater ( | 04-07-2011 |
| 20120080547 | V-BLADE GRATER - A food grater having an improved cutting surface with teeth that are configured to prevent or reduce the sideways pull against a food item as it travels along the cutting surface. In a preferred version, the blades are formed with a V-shape that improves the ability of the user to push a food item straight down the cutting surface. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120080548 | OFFSET BLADE GRATER - A food grater having an improved cutting surface in which cutting teeth are configured with cutting edges that are inclined in alternating directions. In various embodiments, the cutting surface is incorporated into a hand-held, box, pyramid, or other grater. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120187231 | HERB GRINDER - A herb grinder comprising a metal sheet having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the sheet being configured to include, on at least one of the surfaces, a plurality of grooves extending parallel with one another and spaced apart from one another, wherein the grooves and said at least one of the surfaces define a square wave shape having flat valleys and flat peaks, wherein the flat valleys are roughened by a process of photochemical etching. A plurality of holes of a first type, extending from a peak to the bottom surface of the metal sheet, and a plurality of holes of a second type extending from a valley to the bottom surface of the metal sheet. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120312908 | FLIP GRATER - A food grater includes a handle and one or more pivoting grating surfaces that can be stowed within the handle or pivoted outward for use. The pivoting or otherwise retractable nature of the grating surface allows for more compact storage and also provides a handy cover for the grating surface for enhanced safety during storage or transit | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130214073 | HERB GRINDER - A grinder specially adapted for grinding herbs has a sheet with unique groove patterns forming a grinding area. Although it is a manual grinder, the grinder does not require the use of cutting blades, making it much safer to use. The grinder is particularly suitable for grinding softer herbs. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130214074 | LIGHTER SHAPED GRINDER - A grinder in the form of a lighter where the grinding is performed on the outer shell. The grinder has unique groove patterns on the shell that form the grinding area. This lighter shaped grinder can grind herbs as well as other materials | 08-22-2013 |
| 20140061343 | GRATING APPARATUS - The present invention is concerned with a grating apparatus. The apparatus has a grating member provided with a grating surface configured to interact with a food item. The grating member includes a plurality of assemblies of teeth pointing away from the grating surface, wherein the assemblies of teeth include pointed teeth of non-homogenous in size, each pointed tooth has a body defining at least a first triangular side with an angle of inclination from substantially 44-67° with respect to the grating surface. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140203125 | Ice Shaving Machine - An ice shaving machine includes a drive unit, a limit plate secured on the drive unit, and a shaving frame detachably combined with the limit plate. The drive unit includes a rotation disk. The limit plate has a through hole and a plurality of locking grooves. The shaving frame has a receiving chamber and a shaving blade. The shaving frame has a connecting lug detachably locked onto the limit plate. The connecting lug has a passage connected to the receiving chamber and has a plurality of locking pieces that are detachably locked in the locking grooves of the limit plate. Thus, the shaving frame can be rotated to remove from the limit plate so that the shaving frame is detached and cleaned easily and conveniently. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140209726 | Formed or domed cutting teeth formede by improved double etching processes - A device and method for manufacture thereof having a one or more cantilevered cutting teeth integrally formed in raised configuration on a flat base fro cutting food items moved along said base. The free end portion is formed by upper and lower etched out portions of the upper end of said cutting teeth to form a cutting edge. The upper surface of the upper cut-out portion of the teeth is situation at a position out contact with food items being cut. A substantially portion of the teeth is coated with a low friction material, except for the cutting edge In a second embodiment one or more domed cutting elements are cut out of base sheet and may include a leading V-shaped cutting edge. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140217215 | Formed or domed cutting teeth formed by improved double etching process - A device and method for manufacture thereof having a one or more cantilevered cutting teeth integrally formed in raised configuration on a flat base fro cutting food items moved along said base. The free end portion is formed by upper and lower etched out portions of the upper end of said cutting teeth to form a cutting edge. The upper surface of the upper cut-out portion of the teeth is situation at a position out contact with food items being cut. A substantially portion of the teeth is coated with a low friction material, except for the cutting edge In a second embodiment one or more domed cutting elements are cut out of base sheet and may include a leading V-shaped cutting edge. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140246527 | COLLAPSIBLE BOX GRATER - A grater having a first grater panel and a second grater panel pivotally connected at the top with folding side walls connected to the sides of the first and second panels so that the grater is collapsible from a working configuration, where the bottoms of the first and second panels are set apart from each other and the side walls are unfolded, to a stored configuration, where the bottoms of the first and second panels are substantially together and the side walls are folded. A handle is placed at the top of panels and a bottom may be used to close the area between the first and second panels and the side walls. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140246528 | HANDHELD GRATER WITH CATCH BIN - A handheld having a grater panel with a bottom surface from which grated particulates emerge and a catch bin removably attached to the grater panel, the catch bin having a substantially flexible body with one or more living hinges capable of adapting the catch bin from a collapsed configuration for storage to an expanded configuration for use. The catch bin has an open top for receiving the grated particulates and may also include an open front corresponding to the handle end of the grater panel from which the grated particulates can be poured. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20150338148 | Ice Shaving Machine - An ice shaving machine includes a base, a main body mounted on the base and having a platform provided with a shaving blade, a limit module mounted on the platform, and a rotation disk mounted in the main body. The limit module has an inner periphery provided with a receiving space. Thus, the ice block is limited by the limit module so that the ice block will not produce vibration during rotation to keep the stability and safety of the ice shaving machine during operation. In addition, the limit module has a central point the same as that of the platform so that when the ice block is received in the receiving space of the limit module and is shaved by the shaving blade, the force from the ice block is distributed evenly and smoothly on the shaving blade. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160001298 | DUAL TAPERED ORIFICE PLATE FOR A GRINDING MACHINE - Orifice plates, grinding machines, and method of using the same are provided that can process a material. In one aspect, an orifice plate includes multiple orifices, at least one of which has two tapered segments aligned with and operably connected to each other and that taper downwardly from respective outer portions to inner portions. An intermediate bore may connect to minimum diameter portions of each of the tapering segments so that the tapering segments are connected to each other by way of the intermediate bore. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160069604 | ICE SHAVING MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH DETACHABLE ICE CONTAINER - Provided is an ice shaving machine that can shave ice into small fragments, can sanitarily handle ice for shaved-ice, can prevent ice from flying to the outside when shaving ice, and allows for making a predetermined amount of shaved-ice. The ice shaving machine includes: a body including a rotary member moved up and down and rotated manually or automatically, or both of manually and automatically, and having a mount and a shaved-ice container storage; an ice container having a receiving portion for ice, a shaved-ice exit formed through a bottom of the receiving portion, and an ice cutting blade attached to a lower surface at a side of the bottom from the shaved-ice exit; and a fixing mechanism fixing the ice container to the mount. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160073828 | Culinary Grater - A culinary grater has a body rotatably attached to a handle. A detent mechanism is located between a fitting on the body and a head piece, part of the handle. The detent is spring biased and prevents rotation when the head piece engages the fitting under the biasing action of the spring. The culinary grater also has a grating surface with projections having cutting edges. The cutting edges of the projections face in opposite directions, allowing the grater to grate matter when the grater is applied to foodstuff in either a pushing or pulling motion. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160157679 | Disassemblable Multi-Grater Set - Multi-grater set ( | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160158956 | FOOD COMMINUTION DEVICE - The invention relates to a food comminution device which has a base part, a first comminution tool, at least one further comminution tool and a collecting container for comminuted food items. The food comminution device is characterized in that at least one comminution tool or at least a part of one of the comminution tools is detachably fixed or fixable to the base part, and in that, preferably, the collecting container can be arranged in the base part selectively in a first position, in which said collecting container collects food items comminuted by way of the first comminution tool, or in a second position, which differs from the first position and in which said collecting container collects the food items comminuted by way of the further comminution tool. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160158957 | FOOD COMMINUTION DEVICE - The invention relates to a food comminution device having a base part, which bears a cutting part, and having an actuation part, which actuation part is articulatedly fixed to the base part and can be pivoted from a loading position toward the cutting part into a closed position in order to push food items for comminution through the cutting part and can subsequently be pivoted from the closed position into the loading position again. The food comminution device is characterized in that the base part has the outer contour of a cuboid as its outer contour, and in that the food comminution device has a collecting container, and in that, on one face surface of the base part, there is provided an opening for the sliding-in of the collecting container into the base part, and in that the cutting part is arranged on a first side surface of the base part, which side surface is adjacent to the face surface, and in that the cutting part and the actuation part are constituent parts of a first comminution tool, and in that the base part is a constituent part of a further comminution tool, and/or at least one further comminution tool is fixed to the base part, wherein the further comminution tool is arranged on a further side surface of the base part, which further side surface is adjacent to the face surface, and in that the collecting container can be arranged in the base part selectively in a first position, in which said collecting container collects food items comminuted by way of the first comminution tool, or in a second position, which differs from the first position and in which said collecting container collects the food items comminuted by way of the second comminution tool. | 06-09-2016 |
