ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,997, issued on July 15, was assigned to Eagle Crusher Co. Inc. (Galion, Ohio).
"Crusher with resettable relief system" was invented by James T. Cole (Galion, Ohio) and Allen Wagner (Galion, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crusher apparatus includes a material crushing portion with a first crushing portion adapted for movement toward a second crushing portion. A linkage subassembly is connected to the first crushing portion and includes a first and second member operable about a pivot. A force inducing subsystem exerts a counterforce of a predetermined threshold amount to the first and second members sufficient to maintain the l...