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Apparatus for producing small size wood chips

US7896268B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 2009
Grant dateMar 1, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB27L11/06
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A disc type wood chipper that utilizes a high percentage of the energy required for chipping but not substantially utilized in the material size reduction within the machine to produce chips of a small enough size such that the chips produced can be turned into wood flour or wood pellets with the expenditure of very little additional energy.

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