US Patent Issued to CANADA MINING INNOVATION COUNCIL on Feb. 24 for "System and method for comminuting materials" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,692, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CANADA MINING INNOVATION COUNCIL (Ottawa).

"System and method for comminuting materials" was invented by Lawrence K. Nordell (Monroe, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an apparatus and method for comminuting a material. The apparatus may comprise a chamber and an inner surface with a plurality of protrusions, and a hammer positioned within said chamber comprising an outer surface having a plurality of second protrusions configured to engage with the first protrusions. The outer and inner surfaces may be separated by a gap distance which defines a comminution zone. The anvil...