# US 9,517,470 B2 · Agitator ball mill having wear prevention > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,517,470 B2 - Document ID: US9517470B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/122,304 - Filed: 2012-06-04 - Published: 2014-04-10 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-14 - Assignees: Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co. KG - Applicants: Andreas Seiler; Klaus Ahke - Inventors: Andreas Seiler; Klaus Ahke - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9517470B2 ## CPC - B02C 17/22: Lining for containers - B02C: CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN ({household tools and machines for pulverising foodstuffs, e.g. coffee and spice mills A47J42/00; pharmaceutical mortars A61J3/02; mechanical processing of refuse and garbage B03B9/06; dressing mould materials by grinding B22C5/04}; obtaining metallic powder by crushing, grinding or milling B22F9/04; {recovery of plastics by disintegrating B29B17/00; crushing raw materials in starch making C08B30/02; beaters for papermaking D21D1/02; crushing devices specially for transport in mines E21F13/002; slag crushing devices F23J1/00; fuel milling devices in combustion apparatus F23K1/00; household devices for crushing coal F24B15/02; ice disintegrating devices F25C5/02}) ## Abstract The invention relates to an agitator ball mill having a vertically arranged container, in which there an agitator that can be rotated about a vertical axis is arranged, and having at least one wear prevention element that can be fitted to the container inner wall with the aid of a fixing system, wherein the fixing system comprises a fixing pin and a fixing cut-out, which are arranged on the container inner wall and/or the rear side of the wear prevention element in such a way that the wear prevention element can be fixed to the container inner wall by means of a movement of the wear prevention element in a direction which forms an angle α>0° with the vertical axis of the rotatable agitator, in that the fixing pin is guided into the fixing cut-out. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An agitator ball mill having a vertically arranged container in which there is arranged an agitator which is rotatable about a vertical axis, and at least one wear prevention element which can be mounted to the container inside wall by means of a fixing system, wherein the fixing system consists of a fixing pin and a fixing opening which are arranged on the container inside wall and/or the rear side of the wear prevention element in such a way that the wear prevention element can be fixed to the container wall by a movement of the wear prevention element in a direction which includes an angle α>0° with the vertical axis of the rotatable agitator, by the fixing pin being guided into the fixing opening. ### Claim 2 An agitator mill having a vertically arranged container in which there is arranged an agitator which is rotatable about a vertical axis, and at least one wear prevention element which can be mounted to the container inside wall by means of a fixing system, wherein the fixing system comprises a fixing pin and a fixing opening which are arranged on the container inside wall and/or the rear side of the wear prevention element in such a way that the wear prevention element can be fixed to the container wall by a movement of the wear prevention element in a direction which includes an angle α>0° with the vertical axis of the rotatable agitator, by the fixing pin being guided into the fixing opening, the agitator ball mill characterised in that there is provided an elastic element which is arranged at the fixing opening and at least partially closes same so that the fixing pin can be removed from the fixing opening only by the application of a release force greater than the return force of the elastic element. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) An agitator ball mill according to claim 2 characterised in that the fixing pin is at least portion-wise elastic and is of a thickness which is greater than the width of the fixing opening so that the fixing pin can be removed from the fixing opening only by the application of a release force greater than the return force of the elastic portion of the fixing pin. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) An agitator ball mill according to claim 2 characterised in that the angle α<90° and the direction of movement includes an angle p>90° with the direction of the force due to gravity. ### Claim 5 An agitator ball mill having a vertically arranged container in which there is arranged an agitator which is rotatable about a vertical axis, and at least one wear prevention element which can be mounted to the container inside wall by means of a fixing system, wherein the fixing system comprises a fixing pin and a fixing opening which are arranged on the container inside wall and/or the rear side of the wear prevention element in such a way that the wear prevention element can be fixed to the container wall by a movement of the wear prevention element in a direction which includes an angle α>0° with the vertical axis of the rotatable agitator, by the fixing pin being guided into the fixing opening wherein there is provided an elastic element which is arranged at the fixing opening and at least partially closes same so that the fixing pin can be removed from the fixing opening only by the application of a release force greater than the return force of the elastic element. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2, 5) An agitator ball mill according to one of claims 2 or 5 characterised in that the container inside wall has a plurality of bar-like projections, wherein the bar-like projections have at least one fixing pin, wherein the bar-like projections extend horizontally. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) An agitator ball mill according to claim 6 characterised in that the bar-like projections are of a height which is less than the thickness of the wear prevention element, wherein the bar-like projections are so arranged that the wear prevention element is in contact with a bar-like projection in the fixed position, that is to say when the fixing pin is arranged in the fixing opening. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2, 5) An agitator ball mill according to one of claims 2 or 5 characterised in that the fixing pin is oriented parallel to the container inside wall and at best vertically. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2, 5) An agitator ball mill according to one of claims 2 or 5 characterised in that the wear prevention element comprises plastic or rubber. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2, 5) An agitator ball mill according to one of claims 2 or 5 characterised in that the wear prevention element has a plurality of open chambers for receiving grinding bodies. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2, 5) An agitator ball mill having a wear prevention element for fixing to the container inside wall of the mill according to one of claims 2 or 5 characterised in that on its rear side the wear prevention element has a fixing opening which is of such a configuration that destruction-free release of the fixing pin from the fixing opening is possible only by the application of a release force. ### Claim 12 An agitator ball mill having a vertically arranged container in which there is arranged an agitator which is rotatable about a vertical axis, and at least one wear prevention element which can be mounted to the container inside wall by means of a fixing system, wherein the fixing system comprises a fixing pin and a fixing opening which are arranged on the container inside wall and/or the rear side of the wear prevention element in such a way that the wear prevention element can be fixed to the container wall by a movement of the wear prevention element in a direction which includes an angle α>0° with the vertical axis of the rotatable agitator, by the fixing pin being guided into the fixing opening wherein there is provided an elastic element which is arranged at the fixing opening and at least partially closes same so that the fixing pin can be removed from the fixing opening only by the application of a release force greater than the return force of the elastic portion of the fixing pin. ### Claim 13 (depends on 3, 12) An agitator ball mill according to claim 3 or claim 12 characterised in that the elastic element has at least one tongue element extending from the edge of the fixing opening over a part of the opening, wherein the tongue element is angled relative to the rear side of the wear prevention element in the direction of the fixing opening or has a correspondingly angled portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) An agitator ball mill according to claim 13 characterised in that the at least one tongue element, the fixing opening and the fixing pin are so dimensioned that in the position in which the fixing pin is received in the fixing opening the fixing pin is in contact both with the bottom surface of the fixing opening and also with the end face of the at least one tongue element. ### Claim 15 An agitator ball mill having a vertically arranged container in which there is arranged an agitator which is rotatable about a vertical axis, and at least one wear prevention element which can be mounted to the container inside wall by means of a fixing system, wherein the fixing system comprises a fixing pin and a fixing opening which are arranged on the container inside wall and/or the rear side of the wear prevention element in such a way that the wear prevention element can be fixed to the container wall by a movement of the wear prevention element in a direction which includes an angle α>0° with the vertical axis of the rotatable agitator, by the fixing pin being guided into the fixing opening wherein the angle α<90° and the direction of movement includes an angle p>90° with the direction of the force due to gravity.