Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Brown International Corporation LLC

David J Hancock

Ronald C Bushman

James J Allard

Brent R Meredith

Gregory N Stein

David Bohman Tracy

Scott R Alexander

Raymond E Miller

Apparatus for extracting oil from the peel of whole citrus fruit includes a frame and a plurality of parallel horizontal rolls including toothed projections for piercing the outer surface of the whole fruit. Each of the plurality of rolls is rotatably supported via a rotatable shaft that is mounted to the frame. A plurality of motors are secured to the frame, each of the plurality of motors are mechanically coupled to a corresponding shaft of the rolls, wherein each motor independently rotates the shaft and roll. The apparatus also includes a controller for individually controlling the rotational speed of each of the rolls.

Roller drive system for a fruit oil extractor

A blast head for abrasive blasting has a nozzle for directing a blast media at a surface being treated and a housing for containing the blast media after it passes through the nozzle and for facilitating recirculation of the blast media. An adjustment mechanism facilitates varying of the orientation of the nozzle with respect to the surface being treated, so as to facilitate enhanced blasting thereof.

Closed circuit media capture and recovery head for the portable wheat

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Chino Hills, CA, United States of America

David J Hancock