Shredding machines
US4351485A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 5, 1980 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB02C2018/164
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In a shredding machine having contra-rotating cutter shafts (16,17) carrying cutters (18), one shaft (16) is at a lower level than the other and the side of the shredding chamber (12) alongside the lower shaft has an ejection chute (71) for intractable material. The chute is normally closed by an access door (74), which when open allows the intractable material to be ejected by reversal of the lower shaft (16). The feed hopper (13) has internal doors (80,81) movable to position obstructing the feed when intractable material is to be cleared from the cutters. An automatic, sequential control system is preferably provided for opening and closing the access door and hopper doors in conjunction with a reversing sequence for the cutters.
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