Abstract: This invention relates to a tire processing apparatus for processing large used tires as are found from industrial mining applications. The present invention relates particularly to a tire processing apparatus comprising a head that is operable to move about two or more axes at a first end of a swing arm, the head further having a rasp operable to strip rubber particles from a stationary tire for use of the particles as a landscaping mulch. In various embodiments, the apparatus also comprises a head with a circular saw operable to cut a portion of the tire into a livestock trough. The invention also includes a method using the above. The system and method in its various embodiments are particularly adept at processing used tires from mining industry applications.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 29, 2015
Publication date:
September 6, 2018
Applicant:
OTR Solutions, LLC
Inventors:
Robert STOKES, Lawrence ALLEN, Terry SHELBY, Graig DOPP