Abstract: A chip slicer for slicing wood chips such as for use in a pulp preparation procedure with an annular housing having knives therein and a rotor therein with anvil means for carrying wood chips against the knives with a shaft extending coaxially for diving the rotor, a driving hub mounted on the shaft and connected to it, a driven hub rotatably mounted by bearings on the driving hub with each of the hubs having annular plates and shear pins extending axially between the plates of a strength to transmit normal rotational power and to shear upon forced stalling of the rotor with the driven hub permitting continued rotation of the driving hub within the driven hub and continued rotation of the shaft with forced stalling of the rotor.

Abstract: Apparatus and a process for use in preparing pulp for papermaking and particularly the preparation of wood chips including a rotary anvil with vanes forcing wood against a cutting knife and an infeed chute directing wood into the radial interior of the rotary anvil positioned to center the wood with respect to the anvil vanes with an additional stationary guide to center the infed wood and stationary guide deflectors on the anvil vanes further directing the wood toward the center of the anvil vanes for centering the load axially on the rotary anvil.