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Class Number: 241 Class Title: SOLID MATERIAL COMMINUTION OR DISINTEGRATION Subclass Subclass Number Title * PROCESSES 1 .By operations other than force of contact with solid surface 2 .With cell rupturing or liberation of contained liquids 3 .With solidifying, consolidating or shaping 4 .Laminated or fibrous mineral material 5 .By utilizing kinetic energy of projected or suspended material 6 .Cereal and other seeds or seed parts 7 ..With operation to detach or loosen adhering hull portion 8 ..With application of fluid to, or heating or cooling of, whole seed 9 ..With separation or classification 10 ...With recombination or recirculation of separated parts 11 ...Successive alternate separation and comminution steps 12 ..With application of fluid 13 ..Plural successive comminuting operations 14 .Selective or differential comminution of mixed or bonded solids 15 .With application of fluid or lubricant material 16 ..To aid dispersion or prevent chemical reaction, deliquescence, agglomeration or frothing 17 ..With additional heating or cooling 18 ..Gas or vapor 19 ...To classify or separate material 20 ..Liquids added to classify or separate material 21 ..Liquids added to make pulp or suspension 22 .Application of solids to material 23 .With heating or cooling of material 24 .With classification or separation of material 25 .Combined 26 .By contact between relatively moving portions of material 27 .Subjecting material to impact by moving comminuting surface 28 .Wood and similar natural-fibrous vegetable material 29 .Plural successive comminuting operations 30 .Miscellaneous * APPARATUS 31 .With explosion preventing or relieving means 32 .With overload release means 32.5 .With sink drain stopper interlock 33 .With automatic control 34 ..Of feed of material 35 ...By speed or torque of comminutor drive 36 ..Of comminutor drive 37 ..Of comminuting surface contiguity 37.5 .With means to protect operator from injury 38 .Including means applying fluid to material 39 ..Fluid comminutor type 40 ...Stationary abutment impact only 41 ..Plural fluid applying means on same material 42 ...With plural comminuting zones 43 ..With plural comminuting zones 44 ...Parallel material flow type 45 ...Horizontal fluid current past successive comminuting zonee 46.01 ..Liquid submerged comminuting zone 46.012 ...Combined with dishwasher 46.013 ...Under-sink garbage disposal 46.014 ....Having particular housing structure 46.015 .....Provision to mount to sink 46.016 .....Inlet provision 46.017 ...Striker having vertical axis 46.02 ...With material feed means 46.04 ...Including adjustable component 46.06 ...By cooperating members 46.08 ....Including centrifugally driven striking member (i.e., hammer mill) 46.11 ....Including impeller-type agitating means 46.13 ....Reciprocating or oscillating 46.15 ....Including roller or roller-like member (e.g., ball, cylinder, etc.) 46.17 ...By rotating impeller-type agitating means 47 ..Gas swept comminuting zone 48 ...With recirculation of gas to comminuting zone 49 ...Gas borne material applied to screen 50 ....Elevating fan on comminutor shaft 51 ....Screen forms part of comminuting surface 52 ...With return of removed oversize material to comminuting zone 53 ....Suction applied above and coaxially of comminuting member or members 54 ...Horizontal gas current though rotary drum 55 ...Comminuting element or comminuting element attached, gas moving means 56 ...Gas moving means and rotary comminuting element on same shaft 57 ...Local application within comminuting zone 58 ...Suction applied above and coaxially of comminuting member or members 59 ...With non-automatic gas flow control means 60 ..Applied subsequently to comminuting 61 ...With recirculation of material to comminuting zone 62 ..Applied prior to comminuting 63 .With simultaneous control of interrelated feed, drive and/or surface positioning means 64 ..Control of feed and surface positioning means only 65 .With temperature modification of material 66 ..Temperature modification of comminuting member 67 ...Thermal fluid within or carried by moving comminuting member 68 .With separation or classification of material 69 ..Comminuted material discharge permitting screen 70 ...Screen partition or end wall in rotary drum 71 ....Plural partitions or end walls 72 .....Series flow of material 73 ...Arcuate screen concentric with rotary comminuting member 74 ...Annular screen above or surrounding comminuting zone 75 ..Parallel material flow through plural comminuting zones and/or separators 76 ..Series material flow only through plural alternate comminuting zones and separators 77 ..Comminuting zone interposed between plural separators 78 ..Separator interposed between plural comminuting zones 79 ..Separator in discharge from comminuting zone 79.1 ...By adhesion, electric field force, specific gravity, orr chemical change 79.2 ...Rotating comminutor combined with a sifting device 79.3 ....Sifting device rotates 80 ...Oversize return to comminuting zone 81 ..Separator in feed to comminuting zone 82 .Projected material trap chamber 82.1 .Helical pusher inside tube moves material toward perforated member 82.2 ..With means to vary particle coarseness 82.3 ..Wherein the perforated member is other than flat 82.4 ..With series of axially aligned rotary knife blades 82.5 ..With rotary knife before member 82.6 ...Tube having configured interior surface 82.7 ..With rotary knife after member 83 .Comminuting surface provided with openings to permit discharge of material 84 ..Cooperates with moving comminuting surface or member 84.1 ...Loose cylinder or sphere 84.2 ...Travelling roll surface or member 84.3 ...Oscillating surface or member 84.4 ...Rectilinearly reciprocating surface or member cooperates with rotary comminuting member 85 ...Rotary comminuting surface having openings cooperates with moving surface 86 ...Cooperates with rotary comminuting member 86.1 ....Material thrown against perforated surface by centrifugal force 86.2 ....Comminutor mounted for movement relative to rotating support member 87 ....Screen or screen elements move during comminution 87.1 ....Offset fingers on stationary surface and on rotary member 88 ....Provided with special comminuting surfaces or characteristics 88.1 .....Perforation bounded by sharp edge 88.2 .....And auxiliary imperforate surface (e.g., breakerplate) 88.3 ......Three or more serially acting alternate perforate and imperforate surfaces 88.4 .....Spaced parallel bars (e.g., "grate") 89 ....Hinged or dumping type screen or support 89.1 ....With means to change or adjust comminuting position of screen or screen element 89.2 ....Removable or interchangeable screen or screen portion 89.3 ....Stationary concave surface 89.4 ....Stationary flat circular surface 91 ..Rotating comminuting surface having openings 92 ...Radial comminuting face 93 ...Outer peripheral comminuting face 94 ..Reciprocal comminuting surface having openings 95 ..Stationary comminuting surface having openings 96 .Oversize rejection by comminuting surface 97 .With recirculation of material to comminuting zone 98 .With agitator 99 .Bottle breakers 100 .With independent removable or detachable material receiver or receiver engaging means 101.01 .Combined or convertiblee 101.1 ..Convertible to non-comminuting apparatus 101.2 ..Combined with non-comminuting means 101.3 ...With means to indicate condition of apparatus, work or product 101.4 ...Prior shaping means (e.g., quartering) 101.5 ...With material handling other than to or from comminuting zone 101.6 ....And means to mix plural materials 101.7 ...With ambulatory support 101.8 ...With mixer 102 .Comminuting surface deformable by contact with material 103 .Rolls frictionally driven and supported by relatively moving surfaces (e.g., ball chasers) 104 ..With additional diverse type of comminutor 105 ..Plural comminuting zones 106 ..Frictional drive surface on horizontal axis 107 .Plural rotary or oscillatory surfaces cooperate with common surface (e.g., chasing mills) 108 ..With additional diverse type of comminutor 109 ..With material feeding mechanism or control 110 ..Plural surfaces move across common surface 111 ..Outer peripheral contact of common surface by plural surfaces 112 ...With surface cleaner or scraper 113 ..Plural surface cooperate with each other 114 ..Radial faces of plural rotary surfaces cooperate with common surface 115 ..Plural sets of plural surfaces cooperating with plural common surfaces 116 ...Coaxial rotors radially arranges on same side or common surface axis 117 ..Common surface moves during comminution 118 ...With planetary movement of plural surfaces 119 ...With material moving or discharge means 120 ...Positively driven plural surfaces 121 ...Plural surfaces forcible away from common surface 122 ....Common surface rotates on horizontal axis 123 ..Planetary movement of plural surfaces 124 ...With material moving or discharge means 125 ...Compounded planetary movement 126 ...Positively driven plural surfaces 127 ...Forcible away from common surface 128 ....Pivotally mounted for forced movement 129 .....Centrifugally urged toward contact 130 ......With centrifugal force modifying means 131 ....Centrifugally urged toward contact 132 ....With means in addition to weight of plural surfaces for urging surfaces toward contact 133 ....Rotors independently forcible away from common surface 134 .Parallel material flow through plural comminuting zones 135 ..With unitary or interconnected feed mechanisms or controls for plural zones 136 ...Interconnected means forcing material against moving comminuting surface or surfaces 137 ..All comminuting zones of loose grinding body type 138 ..All comminuting zones of rotary striking member type 139 ..All comminuting zones of cooperating surface type 140 ...All comminuting zones of compound movement type 141 ...All comminuting zones of rotary surface typee 142 ....Circumferential or tangential material flow only 143 .....All cooperating surfaces rotate 144 ......Rotary surfaces of separate zones coaxial 145 ......Simultaneous adjusting or positioning of separate surfaces 146 ....Axial or radial material flow only 147 ...All comminuting zones of reciprocating surface type 148 ....Oscillating surface 149 ....Vertical rectilinear movement 150 .....Annularly mounted moving surfaces 151 ..All comminuting zones of single surface zones 152.1 .Series material flow only through plural comminuting zones 152.2 ..Diverse type comminuting zones 153 ..All comminuting zones of loose grinding body type 154 ..All comminuting zones of rotary striking member type 155 ..All comminuting zones of cooperating surface type 156 ...All comminuting zones of compound movement type 157 ...All comminuting zones of rotary surface type 158 ....Circumferential or tangential material flow only 159 .....All cooperating surfaces rotate 160 .....One surface of each couple nonrotary 161 ....Axial or radial material flow only 162 .....Common axis of rotation 163 ......Horizontal axis 164 ...All comminuting zones of reciprocating surface type 165 ....Vertical rectilinear movement 165.5 ..All comminuting zones of rotating noncooperating type 166 .With comminuting member cleaner or scraper 167 ..Contacting working surfaces of rotary comminuting member 168 .Hand support comminutor 169 ..Reciprocating cooperating comminuting surfaces 169.1 ..Rotary tool 169.2 ..Masher or pestle 170 .Loose grinding body comminutor (e.g., ball or rod mills) 171 ..With feed and/or discharge 172 ..With independent means moving or guiding the material and/or grinding bodies in receptacle 173 ...Rotary grinding body pusher (e.g., ball chasers) 174 ....Horizontal axis 175 ..Compound movement receptacle 176 ..Rotating receptacle 177 ...Tiltable axis of rotation 178 ...Roller supported receptacle 179 ..Receptacle structure 180 ...With non-axial opening 181 ...With lifting or distributing at extremity of receptacle 182 ...With lining 183 ....With lifting or distributing characteristics 184 ..Grinding bodies 185.5 .Rotary striking member with feed or discharge conveyor or regulator 185.6 ..Rotary striking member combined with pump 186.1 ..With distinct plural paths to striking member 186.2 ..Feed or discharge regulator 186.3 ...Including means to alter direction of flow 186.35 ..Endless loop feed or discharge conveyor 186.4 ..Rotating or oscillating feed or discharge conveyorr 186.5 ...Screw feed or discharge conveyor 187 .Rotary striking member with moving cooperating surface or member 188.1 .Rotary striking member with axial or radial flow of material 188.2 ..Radial flow, pin-disc comminutor, overlapping pins on cooperating members 189.1 .Rotary striking member with circumferential or tangential flow 189.2 ..Reversible rotary mill 190 ...With intermeshing impact members 191 .Rotary striking member, rotor structure 192 ..With striking member adjusting means 193 ..With loosely mounted striking member 194 ..Striking member pivoted to rotor 195 .Rotary striking member or hammer 196 ..Loose ring type 197 ..With attached wear member 198.1 .Cooperating comminuting surfaces (e.g., jaw crusher) 199 ..Batch type (e.g., mortar and pestle) 199.1 ...With means to move batch container or support 199.2 ....Intermittent movement of support interrelated with movement of cutter or knife 199.3 .....Rectilinearly reciprocating knife 199.4 .....Rocking knife 199.5 ....Uni-directional movement of support 199.6 .....With means to feed or discharge batch 199.7 .....With revolving tool 199.8 .....With rectilinear reciprocating tool 199.9 ...Stationary container or support 199.11 ....With rectilinear reciprocating tool 199.12 ....With rotary tool 200 ..Endless belt type comminuting surface or surfaces 201 ..Compound movement comminuting surface or surfaces 202 ...With feeding and/or discharging mechanism or control 203 ...Rotary component 204 ....Circumferential or tangential flow of material 205 ....Rotating and reciprocating surface 206 ....With moving cooperating surface 207 ....Gyratory or planetary movement 208 .....Eccentric drive sleeve within gyratory member 209 .....With upper guide or support for gyratory member 210 ......Unbalanced weight drive 211 ......Gyratory member yieldinly mounted 212 ......Upper gyratory drive 213 ......Bottom shaft adjusting means 214 .....Eccentric shaft gyratory drive 215 .....Eccentric gyratory sleeve below gyratory member 216 .....With gyratory member sealing means 217 ...Unitary comminuting member and eccentric strap 218 ....With moving cooperating surface 219 ...Comminuting member pivoted to oscillating supporting link 220 ..Rotary surface (or surfaces) 221 ...Circumferential or tangential flow of material (e.g., roll mills or roll and concave mills) 222 ....With material feed and/or discharge mechanism or control 223 .....Endless belt conveyer 224 .....Hopperr 225 ......With roll or rotary material agitator 226 ....With material retaining means at axial end of rotary surface 227 ....Both cooperating surfaces rotate (e.g., roll mills) 228 .....Internal comminuting surface 229 .....Surfaces rotate in same direction and/or mounted on non-horizontal axis 230 .....Adjustably or yieldably mounted rotary surface 231 ......Hydraulic or pneumatic mounting and/or axially yieldable or adjustable 232 ......Pivoted roll support 233 .......Adjustable pivot 234 ......Both rotating surfaces adjustable or yieldable 235 .....Cooperating non-smooth surface characteristic 236 ......Intermeshing 237 ....With non-rotary surface moving means 238 ....With plural alternatively usable nonrotary surfaces and/or retractable rotor projections and/or adjustably or yieldably mounted rotary surface 239 ....Nonrotary surface adjustable or yieldable relative to rotary surface 240 .....Sectional nonrotary surface having independently adjustable or yieldable parts 241 .....Radially of rotary surface 241.5 ......Single roll jaw crusher 242 ....Cooperating non-smooth surface characteristics 243 .....Intermeshing 244 ...Axial or radial flow of material (e.g., disc mill, or cone and shell mill) 245 ....With feed and/or discharge mechanism or control 246 .....Axially mounted rotary propeller or screw 247 ......Horizontal axis 248 .....Hopper supply 249 ......Subjacent shaking shoe or receptacle 250 ....With moving cooperating surface 251 .....Both cooperating surfaces rotate 252 ......Non-coaxial or eccentric 253 ......Vertical axis 254 ....With rotary surface axis noncoaxial or eccentric relative to nonrotary surface axis 257.1 ....Vertical axis 258 .....Rotary shaft supported above rotary comminuting member 259 .....Adjustable rotary member 259.1 ....With means vary space between surfaces 259.2 .....By fluid 259.3 .....Surface yieldably held in position 260 ....Cooperating non-smooth surface characteristics 260.1 .....Worm or screw comminutor 261 .....Intermeshing 261.1 .....Conoidal surface 261.2 .....Opposed, flat coaxial surfaces (e.g., disk mill) 261.3 ......Having plural angularly related land and groove 262 ..Reciprocating surface or surfaces 263 ...Parallel motion 264 ...Oscillating comminuting surface 265 ....With feed and/or discharge mechanism or control 266 ....With moving cooperating surface 267 ....Link and eccenric type actuatorr 268 ....Serial pivoted links type actuator or link with lever type actuator (e.g., toggle type) 269 .....Means actuating pivot of serial links 270 ...Vertical rectilinear movement (e.g., stamp mills) 271 ....With feeding and/or discharging mechanism or control 272 ....With means to rotate moving surface on non-comminuting stroke 273 ....Gravity projected surface only 273.1 .Multi-barbed comminuting face (e.g., grater) 273.2 ..On radial face 273.3 ..Cylindrical 273.4 ..Stationary curved face 274 .Stationary comminuting surface or material bed 275 ..Centrifugal projection of material 276 ..Conveyer material forcing means (e.g., scroll type or locomotive stoker type 277 .Rotating comminuting surface 278.1 ..Radial comminuting surface 278.2 ..Internal comminuting surface 279 ..with means to support material for rotation during comminution 280 ..With means to force material toward periphery of comminuting surface 281 ...Means engaging sides of column of material 282 ...Radially arranged rectilinearly reciprocating follower 282.1 ..Elongated edged member 282.2 ...Detachably secured to a rotary element 283 .Reciprocating comminuting surface 284 .Mutual attrition or compression comminutors 285.1 .Comminuting mounting means, frames or other normally stationary structure 285.2 ..Removable or displaceable housing section 285.3 ...Pivoted housing section 286 ..With means to adjustably or yieldably mount normally stationary comminuting element 287 ...Pivotally mounted 288 ....Self-adjusting (e.g., universal mounting) 289 ....Yielding 290 ...Yieldingly mounted 291 .Comminuting elements 292 ..with balancing means 292.1 ..Edged blades extending radially 293 ..Cylindrical or frusto-conical (i.e., peripheral comminuting face) 294 ...Sectional or separable surface element 295 ....Annular sections 296 ..Disklike comminuting surface (i.e., radial comminuting face) 297 ...Plural comminuting faces 298 ...Prefabricated assembled surface sections or parts 299 ..Annular internal comminuting face 300 ..Wear face to backing connections 300.1 ..Plural stationary edged blades 301 .Miscellaneous * ****************************** * CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS * ****************************** 600 FURNACE STOKERS 601 SAND MULLERSS 602 SOAP DISPENSERS 603 ANIMAL POWERED MILL 604 PLURAL INLETS FOR DIVERSE SOLID MATERIALS 605 HAY UNBALER 606 MEDICAL/SURGICAL WASTE COMMINUTION * ****************************** * DIGESTS * ****************************** DIG 10 Foundry sand treatment DIG 14 Grinding in inert, controlled atmosphere DIG 17 Ice crushers DIG 27 Pill or tablet crushers DIG 30 Rubber elements in mills DIG 31 Rubber preparation DIG 37 Cryogenic cooling DIG 38 Solid waste disposal