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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
David F. Ford, Springfield, IL (US);
David F. Ford, Springfield, IL (US);
Bunn-O-Matic Corporation, Springfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A grinding machine () for use in grinding materials, the grinding machine () comprising: a grinder assembly () for receiving material therein; at least one removable hopper () attachable proximate to the grinding assembly () for dispensing material to the grinder assembly (); a passage () defined in the hopper being cooperatively placed in communication with the grinding assembly () for dispensing material from the hopper () to the grinder assembly (); a displaceable shutter () being positionnable in an open position when the hopper () is placed on the grinder assembly () and being positionnable in a closed position when the hopper () is removed from the grinder assembly (); and a slide gate mechanism () including a slide gate () and a mover linked to the slide gate for controllably opening and closing passage of material from the hopper () to the grinder assembly () for grinfind material therein.