ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,166, issued on June 17, was assigned to Vermeer Manufacturing Co. (Pella, Iowa).
"Shredder for comminuting bulk material" was invented by Michael Jay McCall (Pella, Iowa), Tyler Haden (Pella, Iowa) and Edwin Galloway (Pella, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shredder includes a shredder box having first and second opposite end walls, and first and second opposite side walls that extend between the first and second end walls. The shredder further includes a shredder rotor positioned within an interior of the shredder box, an access door that is pivotally moveable, and a control system for monitoring various parameters to operate t...