Patents Assigned to PFM, Inc.
  • Tire converting apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5024386
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for shredding tires comprises debeading the tire, cutting it diametrically into segments, and then spreading the sidewalls apart while flattening each segment and feeding the segment into a shredding cutter causing the shredding of the tire while the segment is held in a flattened condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignee: PFM, Inc.
    Inventor: Alvin L. Morris