A machine for distributing blowing insulation material from a package of compressed loosefill insulation material is provided. The machine includes a chute having an inlet end and outlet end. The inlet end is configured to receive the package of compressed loosefill insulation material. The chute further has a removable hose hub extending within the interior of the chute. The removable hose hub is configured for wrapping with a distribution hose. A lower unit is configured to receive the compressed loosefill insulation material exiting the outlet end of the chute. The lower unit includes a plurality of shredders and a discharge mechanism. The discharge mechanism is configured to discharge conditioned loosefill insulation material into an airstream.

A thermoplastic pelletizer providing enhanced pellet yields with reduced fines contamination. The pelletizer includes a cutting rotor and a feed assembly for feeding plastic to the cutting rotor. The pelletizer further includes two chutesa first chute arranged to collect pellets, and a second chute arranged to collect fines. A vacuum is drawn on both chutes to assist in the collection of both pellets and fines in their respective chutes. Compressed air is directed past the cutting rotor to the first chute to assist in moving pellets from the cutting rotor to the first chute.

The present invention relates to a document shredding apparatus having a document management apparatus. The present invention relates to a document shredder (10) comprising: a document feeder (121) formed on an upper portion of a case (120); a shredding portion (12) positioned below the document feeder (121) in the case (120) for shredding documents fed from the document feeder (121); and a collection box (125) for receiving waste paper shreds shredded by the shredding portion (12), wherein at least one document shredder (10) includes a server (20) which is located in a terminal for managing documents and networked to the document shredder (10) to manage the documents, wherein the server (20) is configured to store information and images of documents requested to be shredded from the document shredder (10), thereby safely managing discarded documents.

A machine for distributing blowing insulation material from a package of compressed loosefill insulation material is provided. The machine includes a chute having an inlet portion and outlet portion. The inlet portion is configured to receive the package of compressed loosefill insulation material with the package having a substantially vertical orientation. The chute has a volumetric size. A lower unit is configured to receive the compressed loosefill insulation material exiting the outlet portion of the chute. The lower unit includes a plurality of shredders and a discharge mechanism. The discharge mechanism is configured to discharge conditioned loosefill insulation material into an airstream. The lower unit has a volumetric size. The machine has a volumetric size equal to the total of a volumetric size of the chute and the volumetric size of the lower unit, and wherein the machine has a maximum volumetric size of 12.0 cubic feet.

A mobile chipper shredder includes a removable fin plate positioned within the rotor chamber. The removable fin plate includes a main body that has an arcuate shape and a plurality of fins that extend toward a rotor assembly from the main body. The fins are spaced on the main body so as to not interfere with paths of travel of a plurality free-swinging shredding hammers of the rotor assembly within the rotor chamber. The plurality of fins radially overlap at least one path of travel of the plurality of free-swinging shredding hammers.

The disclosure extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems, for producing frozen confections and conditioning ice for use in frozen confections. A frozen confection machine includes a hopper portion for receiving ice into an interior, and a motor configured to rotate a drive shaft, a blade to condition the ice in the hopper during rotation of the motor. The frozen confection machine also includes a lid for selectively covering the interior of the hopper, a bias member for biasing the lid away from a closed position, and a switch for causing the motor to actuate in response to the lid being pressed to a closed position.

The disclosure extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems, for producing frozen confections and conditioning ice for use in frozen confections. The disclosure further extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems for providing a frozen confection machine that is portable and sized for easy storage as well as a portable frozen convection experience.

The comminution device (100) according to the invention comprises a feed opening (10) for feeding material to be comminuted, a comminution shaft (20) for comminuting the material fed to the device, and a cutting chamber (30), arranged between the feed opening (10) and the comminution shaft (20) and delimited by a cutting chamber wall (40a, 40b). The comminution device according to the invention is characterized in that the cutting chamber wall (40a) can be pivoted. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.

A machine for distributing blowing insulation material from a package of compressed loosefill insulation material is provided. The machine includes a chute. The chute has an inlet portion, an outlet portion, a bale guide and a cutting mechanism. The inlet portion is configured to receive the package with the package having a substantially vertical orientation. The inlet portion has a vertical height. The bale guide has a length and is configured to urge the package against the cutting mechanism. The cutting mechanism is configured to open the package. A lower unit is configured to receive the material exiting the outlet portion of the chute. The lower unit includes a plurality of shredders and a discharge mechanism. The discharge mechanism is configured to discharge conditioned loosefill insulation material into an airstream. The length of the bale guide extends substantially across the height of the inlet portion of the chute.

The invention relates to a shredding device (1) used for picking apart compressed blocks (2) of loose-fill cellulose thermal insulation material. It comprises a chute (3) with a chute inlet (3a) configured to receive the insulation block (2). Further, it comprises a shredder (4) rotatable around a substantially horizontal axis (A), mounted at an outlet (3b) of the chute (3). The device (1) is characterized in that the rotatable shredder (4) is a cylinder with protruding grating pins (5) arranged on its mantel surface (4), where the pins (5) have a length shorter than the radius of the cylinder and are adapted to grate, pick apart and fluff the insulation from the compressed block format (2) into a fluff material with an even density. Further, the invention relates to a method for picking apart loose-fill cellulose thermal insulation material compressed into a block (2).