US Patent Issued to FLSmidth on June 9 for "Gyratory crusher with self-aligning mainshaft features and method of assembly thereof" (Utah, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,156, issued on June 9, was assigned to FLSmidth A/S (Denmark).

"Gyratory crusher with self-aligning mainshaft features and method of assembly thereof" was invented by William George Malone (Sandy, Utah) and Stephen Richard Harris (Emmaus, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to novel components of a gyratory crusher (1) which aim to promote self-alignment of a mainshaft assembly (2) upon introduction of the mainshaft assembly (2) into the gyratrory crusher (1) by lowering the mainshaft assembly (2) from above the gyratory crusher (1) into the gyratory crusher (1). The novel components may include a dust bonnet (9)...