Patents

US 10099224 B2: Material reducing device

Granted
2018-10-16
Filed
2014-03-17 application 14216629
Type
Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract

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.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg181016.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
Astec Industries, Inc. 26 patentsUS company or organizationChattanooga, TNASTEC INDUSTRIES INC SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationallyPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Arnold Neil PetersonEugene, OR8PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Glenn Ford BittrolfSpringfield, OR3PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Bradly Michael DeuerlingEugene, OR1PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
B02CCrushing, pulverising, or disintegrating in general; milling grainB02C18/18PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2025-07-02Release of security interest
Release of security interest at reel/frame 062153/0169
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2025-07-01ASTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN
ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN
ROADTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN
TELSMITH, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN
CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN
KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. YANKTON, SD
BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. THORNBURY
POWER FLAME INCORPORATED PARSONS, KS
ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. STERLING, IL
JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. EUGENE, OR
GEFCO, INC. HIXSON, TN
71787/926PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2025-07-02Security interest Security interest
Security agreement
ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. signed 2025-07-01
ASTEC, INC. signed 2025-07-01
ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. signed 2025-07-01
BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. signed 2025-07-01
CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. signed 2025-07-01
JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2025-07-01
KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. signed 2025-07-01
POWER FLAME INCORPORATED signed 2025-07-01
ROADTEC, INC. signed 2025-07-01
TELSMITH, INC. signed 2025-07-01
TERRASOURCE GLOBAL CORPORATION signed 2025-07-01
CMI/CSI LLC signed 2025-07-01
TABOR MACHINE COMPANY, LLC signed 2025-07-01
ELGIN POWER AND SEPARATION SOLUTIONS, LLC signed 2025-07-01
ELGIN SEPARATION SOLUTIONS INDUSTRIALS, LLC signed 2025-07-01
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SAN ANTONIO, TX71787/859PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2022-12-19Security interest Security interest
Security interest
ASTEC, INC. signed 2022-12-19
ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. signed 2022-12-19
ROADTEC, INC. signed 2022-12-19
TELSMITH, INC. signed 2022-12-19
CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. signed 2022-12-19
KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. signed 2022-12-19
BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. signed 2022-12-19
POWER FLAME INCORPORATED signed 2022-12-19
ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. signed 2022-12-19
JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2022-12-19
GEFCO, INC. signed 2022-12-19
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CHARLOTTE, NC62153/169PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2014-03-18Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
BITTROLF, GLENN FORD signed 2014-03-17
DEUERLING, BRADLY MICHAEL signed 2014-03-17
PETERSON, ARNOLD NEIL signed 2014-03-17
ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN32459/790ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

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