US Patent Issued to FIDETECHNOLOGY LDA on July 15 for "Apparatus and method for grinding particulate material" (American, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,998, issued on July 15, was assigned to FIDETECHNOLOGY LDA (Madeira, Portugal).

"Apparatus and method for grinding particulate material" was invented by Anders Fougner (Vaerlose, Denmark) and Mads Jespersen (Sandy, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical roller mill comprising a grinding table and a grinding roller having a rotational axis, each having a grinding surface and arranged to define a grinding zone between the grinding surfaces grinds particulate material. A feeder feeds the particulate material to the vertical roller mill, with the grinding roller arranged to roll around a grinding path on said grinding table. The ...