Abstract: An improved free swinging hammer mill hammer design is disclosed and described for comminution of materials such as grain and refuse. The hammer design of the present art is adaptable to most hammer mill or grinders having free swinging systems. The improved hammermill hammer may incorporate multiple comminution edges for increased comminution efficiencies. The improved hammermill hammer may incorporate multiple comminution edges for having increased hardness for longer operational run times. The design as disclosed and claimed may be forged to increase the strength of the hammer. The shape of the hammer body may be varied, as disclosed and claimed, to improve the hammer strength reduce or maintain the weight of the hammer while increasing the amount of force delivered to the material to be comminuted. The improved design may also incorporate comminution edges having increased hardness for longer operational run times.

Abstract: A rotor of an impact crusher has at least one stellate plate, which can be attached to the rotor shaft. A plurality of paddle-blade type hammer tools are mounted on each stellate plate. The hammer tools are secured above and below the stellate plate by tool mounting brackets having hook-shaped ends that engage with the hammer tools. A respective adapter piece is placed in the stellate plate between the two tool mounting brackets. A retaining bolt penetrates the two tool mounting brackets and the adapter piece. A security slide secures the retaining bolt in position. The hammer tools of the inventive rotor for an impact crusher have a high usage volume and the rotor is extremely user-friendly with respect to the recurring tasks of setting and replacing the hammer tools, without having to loosen screw connections.

Abstract: The invention provides a particulate size reduction system including a grinding chamber, a center shaft defining an axis of rotation and configured for rotational motion within the grinding chamber, a wheel assembly mounted on the center shaft and at least one swing hammer mounted on the wheel assembly. The at least one swing hammer preferably includes a base portion having a first end having a mounting portion for attachment to a wheel assembly of a material treatment system, a second end, an inboard portion proximate the mounting and an outboard portion proximate the second end. The swing hammer also preferably includes a wear pad disposed on the base portion. The wear pad preferably substantially covers a face of the base portion. The wear pad preferably extends from a point proximate the second end of the base portion toward the first end of the base portion to a location proximate the mount.

Abstract: A twin-rotor impact bar crusher is provided for comminuting preferably limestone, marl, clay or similar materials. The impact bar crusher includes two rotors arranged horizontally parallel to one another and impact bars which are rigidly fastened to the circumference of the rotors in a uniformly distributed manner. The impact bars preferably extend over the entire length of the rotors. The two rotors are arranged next to one another at the same height and rotate inwards in opposition to one another.

Abstract: The invention provides a particulate size reduction system including a grinding chamber, a center shaft defining an axis of rotation and configured for rotational motion within the grinding chamber, a wheel assembly mounted on the center shaft and at least one swing hammer mounted on the wheel assembly. The at least one swing hammer preferably includes a base portion having a first end having a mounting portion for attachment to a wheel assembly of a material treatment system, a second end, an inboard portion proximate the mounting and an outboard portion proximate the second end. The swing hammer also preferably includes a wear pad disposed on the base portion. The wear pad preferably substantially covers a face of the base portion. The wear pad preferably extends from a point proximate the second end of the base portion toward the first end of the base portion to a location proximate the mount.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting hammers to a hammer mill having at least one hammer provided for attachment to a hammer mill, the at least one hammer having an opening disposed in one end thereof corresponding to a pivot axis, the opening being of a first diameter. A sleeve having a central opening therein is operatively attached to the hammer mill, the sleeve being disposed in the opening in the one end of the at least one hammer. The sleeve has a first cylindrical outer surface with a second diameter, the second diameter being only slightly smaller than the first diameter of the opening in one end of the at least one hammer. The sleeve has a second cylindrical outer surface with a third diameter, the third diameter being larger than said second diameter. A shoulder on the sleeve extends from the second cylindrical outer surface to the third cylindrical outer surface. An annular groove is disposed in the first cylindrical outer surface.

Abstract: A solids reduction processor has a pair of opposed parallel rotor assemblies which are rotationally driven in opposite directions to pulverize solids dropped into the processor. Each assembly comprises a shaft, disc sets removably secured to the shafts, and circumferentially spaced sets of outwardly projecting hammer members removably secured to the disc sets for limited pivotal movement relative thereto. Operational abrasion of the shafts and discs is substantially reduced by virtue of the hammer sets on each rotor assembly being axially aligned with the hammer sets on the other rotor assembly. Additionally, since all of the discs from may be removed from their shafts, individual discs may be replaced without the necessity of replacing the whole rotor assembly. Particle reduction efficiency within the processor housing is increased by the use within the processor housing of top and side-mounted breaker bars having particle impact surfaces sloped both horizontally and vertically.

Abstract: An improved design for hammermills. The invention contains a centered rotor from which eight rows of hammers pulverize material against cutting plates inside a working chamber. The cutting plates have slots that are angled. The hammers may have a beveled, angled leading edge. Both the angled cutting plate slots and the angled hammer leading edges work to drive the material through the working chamber in a helical fashion, with a preferred travel profile of 450 degrees, but the helix length is adjustable depending on the specific needs. There are no perforated screens in the hammermill, thus the material is placed in an inlet, is urged through the hammermill by the action of the rotating hammers where the material is comminuted and then removed via an exit.

Abstract: A beater for a rotary shredder comprises an oblong base body with a pivot bearing adapted for pivotal connection of the beater to a rotor. A cutting head is formed with protruding cutting edges on opposite ends supported by the base body via the support surface. Complementary interlocking structures are provided by the support surface on the support surface and the cutting head. A releasable connection passes through the complementary structures connecting the base body with the cutting head. The complementary structures are provided by a recess formed in the support surface of the base body and a thereto complementary projection of the cutting head.

Abstract: A hammer 28 is provided for a material size-reducing machine of the type including a rotor on which the hammer is individually pivotally mounted. The hammer 28 includes a mounting end 36 having a throughbore for receiving a pivot pin therethrough in connection with the pivot mounting of the hammer on the rotor, an extending portion 40 with the center of mass CGM located therein. The extending portion has a non-linear body portion 44 and a linear body portion 46 with the linear body portion 46 being inclined in a direction opposite to the rotation direction at an angle between 5 to 45 degrees as measured relative to a line RFL extending through the center of the pivot pin and the center of mass CGM of the hammer.

Abstract: A crusher bucket includes a bucket body (70) and a crushing lid (76) provided on the bucket body. The crushing lid is capable of being opened and closed relative to the bucket body. A material feed rate adjusting mechanism is provided on the bucket body (70) and/or the crushing lid (76) to allow raw material scooped up into the bucket body (70) to be fed into a crushing chamber (70a) in a predetermined amount at a time. Hammers (74) are disposed on the outer periphery of a rotor driven rotationally by a power drive device to strike and break the raw material fed into the crushing chamber (70a). A repulsion plate (77) is provided on the crushing lid (76) to collide with the raw material struck by the hammers (74). The material feed rate adjusting mechanism is preferably a weir (72) provided on the bottom wall of the bucket body (70).

Abstract: A rotating cylindrical flailing vegetation cutter, which includes a power rotated shaft having a cross-sectional profile. Disks are provided having a central aperture adapted to slide over the shaft and non-rotatably engage the cross-sectional profile. Each of the disks remain separate from and unattached to the shaft. Spacers are secured between the disks to maintain relative lateral spacing of the disks and form a disk assembly. Flail members are carried by the disk assembly.

Abstract: A hammermill having a housing, a rotor assembly, a plurality of hammers, and an attrition plate assembly is provided to reduce oversized particulate material to a desired size. The housing defines an enclosed work space. The rotor assembly is disposed within the housing for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the housing. The plurality of hammers is coupled to the rotor assembly and is disposed within the enclosed work space. Each hammer having an impact end, a connection portion adapted to couple to a portion of the rotor assembly, and a shank portion extending between the impact end and the connection portion.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for producing wood chips are disclosed. The invention in one embodiment produces smooth wood chips of generally uniform size and shape, suited for use in making paper, cardboard, and other recyclable materials. An apparatus is disclosed for collecting, aligning and guiding wood scraps through an array of spaced-apart saw blades using a feeder assembly operating on a continual basis. The feeder assembly may include one or more paddle assemblies shaped to align and guide the wood scraps along a feeder path toward the saw blades. A system for controlling the inventive apparatus is also disclosed. A method for reducing wood scraps into cut chips is also disclosed.

Abstract: A shredder, crusher, hammermill, ringmill or the like is provided with a multi-sided rotor shaft to which spider arms and hammers are mounted. The rotor shaft has at least one pair, and preferably two or more pairs, of opposing sides. The hammers are pivotally mounted between supports in the shape of spiders or discs. The supports include openings which have straight sides corresponding to the number of straight sides on the rotor shaft. The straight sides of the support openings engage the rotor shaft straight sides. Hence, the supports are rotationally fixed in place relative to the rotor shaft without the use of keys and keyways, pins, bolts, or other types of fasteners, allowing for easier assembly and reduced maintenance costs for the crusher.

Abstract: In a rotor construction for hammer- or chopper mills the rotor is formed by a cylindrical shell structure (2) transversally profiled for providing a drum surface comprising at least one longitudinally extending recess (6) for accommodation of base portions of chopper members. In the rotor construction the at least one recess (6) is provided with chopper positioning means (8, 18) at fixed locations for lateral stabilisation of said base portions and for stable accommodation of shaft members (12) for pivotable attachment of said chopper members (14).

Abstract: An improved rotor design for hammermills. The invention eliminates the solid rotor shaft and replaces it with a tubular structure comprised of two stub rotor shafts with plate flanges and grooved spacer rings therebetween. End head disks, attached to the plate flanges, and intermediate disks are concentrically positioned with the axis of rotation of the assembly. The intermediate disks are held in alignment by the pilot groove located in the spacer rings. The flanges, stub shafts, spacer rings and intermediate disks are supported and held in proper alignment by tension rod compression. The resulting tubular rotor shaft assembly is less massive, more stiff, less susceptible to vibration, has a reduced bending stress, is less expensive to startup and operate and less expensive and more flexible in terms of component inventory than known solid through-shaft rotors.

Abstract: A cutter body with a beater having a bearing body, which is penetrated by a bearing bore, wherein a beater head adjoins the bearing body via a connecting section, and the bearing body has lateral faces which receive the bore openings and are arranged on a side, transversely with respect to the bearing axis of the bearing bore. For increasing the operational dependability, at least one of the lateral faces is formed as segments.

Abstract: A hammermill having a housing, a rotor assembly, a first plurality of hammers, and a first attrition plate assembly is provided to reduce oversized particulate material to a desired size. The housing has a sidewall that extends between an inlet end and an discharge end which defines an enclosed work space. The rotor assembly is disposed within the housing for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the housing. The first plurality of hammers is coupled to the rotor assembly and is disposed within the enclosed work space. The first attrition plate assembly has a generally circular configuration and is removably secured to the sidewall within the enclosed work space of the housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for disintegrating bales of agricultural material such as hay. The apparatus has a chassis with a bale receptacle mounted thereon. A disintegrator is mounted in the bale receptacle and is adapted to disintegrate baled crop material in the bale receptacle and discharge the processed baled material out of the bale receptacle. A manipulator is mounted in the processing tub above the disintegrator adapted to manipulate the baled crop material in the bale receptacle to expose different parts thereof to the disintegrator and a passive support means is provided in the bale receptacle above the disintegrator. The manipulator and passive support means are positioned on opposing sides of the disintegrator to facilitate maintenance of the baled crop material above the disintegrator such that the disintegrator engages the baled crop material between the manipulator and the passive support means.

Abstract: A shredder, crusher, hammer mill, ring mill or the like is provided with a multi-sided rotor shaft to which spider arms and hammers are mounted. The rotor shaft has at least one pair, and preferably two or more pairs, of opposing sides. The hammers are pivotally mounted between spider arms. The spider arms have bases which include openings. The spider arm base openings have straight sides corresponding to the number of straight sides on the rotor shaft. The spider arm straight sides engage the rotor shaft straight sides. Hence, the spider arms are rotationally fixed in place relative to the rotor shaft without the use of keys and keyways, pins, bolts, or other types of fasteners, allowing for easier assembly and reduced maintenance costs for the crusher.

Abstract: The invention relates to a beating arrangement for a rotary shredder, comprising a base body (12) which is rotationally arranged around an axis (20) and a cutting body (16) which is detachably fixed onto a protruding part (22) of the base body. A protruding profile (50) is formed on the front surface thereof in the direction of rotation whereon the cutting body (16) forms a positive fit. The profile (50) can be embodied in the form of a protruding truncated pyramid, whose base surface lies on the plane of cutting edges (30, 32) which are bilaterally symmetrical in relation to a surface which extends tangentially in relation to a circumference of rotation. The cutting body can be fixed by means of a screw (14), which extends through the centre of the cutting body and the profile.

Abstract: A portable unitary apparatus, preferably wheeled, is provided herein for disposing of hazardous light bulbs, e.g., fluorescent light bulbs. The apparatus is in the form of a housing which includes an upper compartment, and a lower compartment. The top of the housing is provided with a cylindrical fluorescent light bulb feed chute for a fluorescent light bulb to be disposed of. A rotary, bulb crushing fluorescent light bulb device, comprising a pair of rigid articulated crushing hammers is secured to opposed ends of a securement member, by means of a chain-type joint, each rigid articulated crushing hammer including an arm and a weighted end, the weighted end being secured to the end of an associated arm by a chain-type joint. The rigid articulated crushing hammers which are powered by a motor, are disposed within an enclosed reduction chamber shroud which depends from the upper compartment.

Abstract: A shredder, crusher, hammermill, ringmill or the like is provided with a multi-sided rotor shaft to which spider arms and hammers are mounted. The rotor shaft has at least one pair, and preferably two or more pairs, of opposing sides. The hammers are pivotally mounted between supports in the shape of spiders or discs. The supports include openings which have straight sides corresponding to the number of straight sides on the rotor shaft. The straight sides of the support openings engage the rotor shaft straight sides. Hence, the supports are rotationally fixed in place relative to the rotor shaft without the use of keys and keyways, pins, bolts, or other types of fasteners, allowing for easier assembly and reduced maintenance costs for the crusher.

Abstract: A hammer crusher has a rotor disk centered on and rotatable about an axis, having a predetermined outside diameter, and formed with five angularly equispaced and radially outwardly open pockets. Respective support bolts in the cavities define on rotation of the disk an orbit of generally the same diameter as the predetermined outside disk diameter. Respective hammers pivoted on the bolts project radially from the cavities on rotation of the disk. A pentagonal-section shaft carries the disk and has facets directed radially outwardly at the respective bolts.

Abstract: An open throat crop material processor for disintegrating baled crop material comprises a container having front and back walls and two side walls, a disintegrator and at least two rollers for manipulating the bale mounted within the container in parallel between the front and the back walls and a discharge opening that is at the bottom of the first of the side walls of the container. The sides of the discharge opening are defined by the front and back walls, the bottom of the opening is defined by the second side wall that extends under the disintegrator and the top of the opening is defined by the first side wall that extends down to below one of the manipulator rollers. The crop material processor further includes an elongated baffle located adjacent the disintegrator on the discharge opening side of the processor. The baffles may have a planar or curvilinear surface facing the disintegrator and the ends of the baffle may be fixed to or moveably mounted to the front and the back walls.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor (1) for a reducing machine. According to the invention, the protective caps (6.1) covering the outer plates (3.1) of the rotor (1) are decoupled from the forces of the hammer axles (5) and from the forces exerted directly on the outer protective caps (6.1) by the hammers. The outer protective caps (6.1) which are exposed to the lateral forces of the hammers (4) encompass the outer edge of each of the plates (3.1) with a web (6.2) and encompass each of the inner steps (3.2) of the plate (3.1) with a projection (6.5) in the shape of a ring segment. At the same time, these outer protective caps (3.1) are mounted on the plate (3.1) with a positive fit by means of a connecting element (9) such as a hexagon socket screw. The outer protective caps (3.1) which are adjacent to the inner protective caps (6) are fixed to the outer plate (3.1) with a non-positive fit, also by means of connecting elements (9) such as hexagon socket screws (3.1).

Abstract: The twine cutter for a bale processor comprises a blade holder has a front end and a back end, the holder further has a top edge that is bevelled to a wedge shape at the front end, a back edge and a base edge. A drive mechanism such as an elongated handle is fixed to the holder for driving the holder back or forth. A cutter blade is fixed to the holder such that a cutting edge is bevelled towards the front of the holder and a further cutting edge is bevelled towards the back of the holder thereby being able to cut twine when the holder is driven forward or backward. The cutter blade may further include a sharpened hook shaped section used to snag and cut twine. The hook shaped section can be positioned at the apex of the triangular upper portion of the single blade. A disintegrator roller for a bale processor comprises an elongated roller arranged to rotate in one direction about its axis with a number of flails intermittently spaced along the length and around the circumference of the roller.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved airflow hammermill assembly for grinding materials. More particularly, this invention relates to an improved airflow hammermill assembly for processing vegetable meals and cereal grains. The improved airflow hammermill assembly incorporates one or more diverging ducts communicating with the hammermill housing to provide a more uniform negative pressure within the housing. The improved airflow hammermill assembly allows increased throughput and energy savings.

Abstract: A baled crop material processor for disintegrating baled crop material comprising a container, a disintegrator, a discharge opening and means for manipulating the crop material for disintegration by the disintegrator. The container, receives and contains the crop material. The disintegrator comprises a flail roller that is mounted within the container and has a number of flails pivotally mounted about it. The flail roller rotates about its own longitudinal axis in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction. The discharge opening is at the bottom of one of the side walls to discharge the disintegrated crop material either to the left or to the right of the processor and in a bidirectional processor, the operator may alternate between sides. The manipulation means comprises manipulator rollers having paddles positioned at an angle to the length of the roller to rotate the crop material without substantially breaking the crop material apart.

Abstract: Artificial snow making equipment includes an air-blowing pulverizer which prevents fluctuation in the size of ice pieces by eliminating fluctuation in the amount of ice blocks being supplied also eliminates blocking by the ice blocks, as a result utilizing air effectively such that the ice pieces are blown out as artificial snow the requisite distance. The artificial snow making equipment with constant forced blowing includes ice block supplier 1 to supply ice blocks at a constant rate and air-blowing pulverizer 11. The ice block supplier 1 has ice block supply opening 4 through which ice blocks 2 are supplied, casing 3 which has ice block supply opening 4; rotary blades 8 which supply ice blocks 2 at a constant rate while rotating in casing 3; and exit for ice blocks 5 which is positioned under casing 3.

Abstract: A baled crop material processor for disintegrating baled crop material comprising a container, a disintegrator, a discharge opening and means for manipulating the crop material for disintegration by the disintegrator. The container, receives and contains the crop material. The disintegrator comprises a flail roller that is mounted within the container and has a number of flails pivotally mounted about it. The flail roller rotates about its own longitudinal axis in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction. The discharge opening is at the bottom of one of the side walls to discharge the disintegrated crop material either to the left or to the right of the processor and in a bidirectional processor, the operator may alternate between sides. The manipulation means comprises manipulator rollers having paddles positioned at an angle to the length of the roller to rotate the crop material without substantially breaking the crop material apart.

Abstract: A rotary hammer mill for breaking, cutting and crushing frangible or fracturable solid materials. The hammer is formed by a shaft rotatable about a horizontal, longitudinal axis. A plurality of swinging hammers are aligned along the shaft and each is positioned in a separate vertical plane for partial swinging movement about its own pivot axis parallel to and spaced from the shaft axis. The hammer mill is adapted for mounting on a self-propelled, dirigible vehicle and is capable of breaking, cutting and crushing a wide variety of materials.

Abstract: A straw chopper arrangement for an agricultural combine wherein the chopper is provided two vertically arranged rotors. The rotors are provided with a number of circumferentially spaced radially extending impeller blades. The outer ends of the impeller blades are provided with pivotally mounted flails. The flails are vertically spaced from one another. The straw chopper arrangement is also provided with a chopper housing for receiving the rotors. The housing having at least two walls that are provided with inwardly extending shear bars which are located in the vertical space defined by vertically adjacent flails.

Abstract: The set-up times can be optimized as well as the costs for the production of the individual parts can be decreased with a comminution machine, where the rotor (2) includes active and inactive wear parts (7, 8), of which at least the inactive wear parts (8) are assembled in a composite construction.

Abstract: A flail-type vegetation cutter having a drum and members attached and extending longitudinally of the drum. Rods extend along the members which have openings, and shackles are pivotally mounted on the rods and extend through the openings and are confined in the openings. Flail blades are pivotally connected to the shackles and are spaced along and around the circumference of the drum.

Abstract: A device for recycling automotive windshields. An automotive windshield is comprised of two layers of glass and a plastic liner sandwiched in between The present invention strips the glass from both surfaces of the inner plastic liner, comminutes the glass and separates the two substances for recovery. A windshield is fed into the unit by means of dual horizontal feed rollers. The windshield then passes over a stationery breaker bar and into the path of a plurality of rotating flexible impactors. The force of the rotating impactors on the top surface and the stationery breaker bar on the under surface act together to strip the glass from both sides of the inner plastic liner material. The glass is hammered into small particles the size of gravel and sand while the plastic breaks into much larger fragments. A shaker screen located below the rotating impactors serves to separate the two substances for individual recovery.

Abstract: There is provided a new apparatus for use in the processing of a mass of material in which the mass is of any size or shape. The apparatus comprises a container which has a cutter within a space in the container. The cutter is rotationally driven about an axis. There is provided an adjustable loader for releasably engaging the mass and moving the mass into the container for engagement with the cutter. There is also provided a discharge for selectively discharging processed material from the container.

Abstract: A mill for reducing solid material into smaller pieces including a hammer member oriented for rotation and having a plurality of hammer pins coupled to the hammer member for fragmenting solid material. A cutting member is oriented for rotation and having a plurality of blades for cutting solid material. The hammer member is positioned proximate to the cutting member so that solid material processed through the mill is broken into smaller pieces. The hammer member has a plurality of blades that are positioned, one each between adjacent hammer pins. The hammer member has a longitudinal axis about which the hammer member rotates. The cutting member has a longitudinal axis about which the cutting member rotates. The hammer member and the cutting member each having substantially cylindrical peripheries; and each of the peripheries includes a plurality of circumferentially aligned ridges and recesses.

Abstract: A hammermill having a rotor assembly and a screen bar assembly is provided to reduce oversized wood chips. The hammermill may also be used to reduce wood and/or bark, the rotor assembly includes flexible hammers which are pivotally attached to allow each flexible hammer to move radially inward or radially outward during rotation of the rotor assembly. Each flexible hammer preferably includes a recess with a portion of a support rod disposed therein to limit radial movement inward and outward relative to the rotor assembly. The screen bar assembly includes a plurality of screen bars having a beveled surface formed along one edge of each screen bar disposed adjacent to the rotor assembly. The flexible hammers allow the rotor assembly to rotate at lower revolutions per minute which reduces the amount of fines and undersized wood chips produced by the associated hammermill.

Abstract: A hammermill having a rotor assembly and a screen bar assembly is provided to reduce oversized wood chips. The hammermill may also be used to reduce wood and/or bark, the rotor assembly includes flexible hammers which are pivotally attached to allow each flexible hammer to move radially inward or radially outward during rotation of the rotor assembly. Each flexible hammer preferably includes a recess with a portion of a support rod disposed therein to limit radial movement inward and outward relative to the rotor assembly. The screen bar assembly includes a plurality of screen bars having a beveled surface formed along one edge of each screen bar disposed adjacent to the rotor assembly. The flexible hammers allow the rotor assembly to rotate at lower revolutions per minute which reduces the amount of fines and undersized wood chips produced by the associated hammermill.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a mobile hammermill apparatus for pulverizing and compacting waste and soil in road construction, disaster cleanup, forestry, agriculture, and particularly at landfill sites, in a single operation. The mobile apparatus achieves superior compaction densities by using a plurality of compacting and pulverizing members that are mounted rotatably on a plurality of eccentrically mounted shafts running parallel to a main shaft, which rotates to cause the compacting and pulverizing members to impact the surface beneath the apparatus. The rear of the apparatus is supported by a compactor drum which provides a shield to prevent debris from being ejected from the rear of the compactor and provides a mass to compact the pulverized waste and soil as the apparatus is moved across the surface of the landfill.

Abstract: An interchangeable chipper tool attachment for a hog allows a hog machine to operate as either a hog or a chipper. An operator of the hog machine can remove hammer tools used in the hog and replace them with the chipper attachment. The chipper attachment includes knife receiving area, a knife support receiving area, and a fastener portion for mounting the tool holder to rotor disks on the rotor assembly of the hog machine. A knife assembly, including a chipper knife, is coupled to the tool holder at the knife receiving area and points in the direction of rotation of the rotor. A knife support block supports the chipper knife and is coupled to the tool holder at the knife support receiving area, a lateral face of the tool holder adjacent to the knife receiving area. When mounted in an interleaved fashion between the rotor disks of the rotor assembly, the chipper knife rotates in a circular path and produces chips by cutting wood waste against an anvil on the hog.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a bale processor for separating and selectively chopping baled crop materials. A moving barrier advances a bale into a separator which includes a rotating elongate tube provided with hinged finger-like flails. The flails remove material from the bale and discharge it in a directed manner. The material may be cut to differing sizes as desired by retractable knives positioned in the discharge outlet. Alternatively material can be separated without chopping. A second freely rotating blade separates material from the upper portion of the bale directing it into the path of the separator tube. The processor may be used to distribute crop material over a wide area mounted on a trailer and towed by a tractor. The apparatus advantageously can accommodate square or round bales employing a simple and economical bale handling mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus produces elongate multi-fiber particles of extremely small size to facilitate substantially complete penetration of high consistency pulp fibers by ozone when exposed thereto. A housing is provided having first and second ends and a substantially smooth interior housing surface. A means is provided for introducing high consistency wood pulp into the housing. A source of ozone gas bleaches the high consistency pulp within the housing. A pin rotor is rotatably mounted within the housing, and includes a plurality of pins, each pin having a pin tip. A means is provided means for limiting the build up of high consistency pulp fiber accretions on the pin tips.

Abstract: The invention provides for a portable apparatus for shredding yard and garden waste. Particularly shaped blades are used for better shredding and mulching performance.

Abstract: An apparatus for breaking up food within a food processor including a rotating cutting mechanism situated therein. Further provided is at least one rod-like particle remover mechanism including a rod pivotally coupled above the cutting mechanism. As such, upon rotation of the cutting mechanism, the particle remover mechanism is adapted to rotate coincidentally thereby breaking up particles for further processing.

Abstract: A mechanical triturator for biological material comprises a cylindrical housing defining a chamber in which a cutting member constituted by a perforated plate is disposed. A rotor member, mounted for rotation in the chamber, has a screw which cooperates with the cutting member in order, as a result of its rotation, to supply the biological material into contact with the cutting member and to cause the trituration thereof.

Abstract: There is disclosed a pulverizing assembly comprised of a pulverizing housing defining a pulverizing chamber having spaced-apart and vertically-disposed shafts rotatably disposed therein wherein flywheels are mounted on each shaft in spaced-apart relationship. Rod members are mounted between the flywheels and beater assembly is rotatably disposed on each of the rod members. Each beater assembly is formed of a tubular member having a channel of a diameter greater than the diameter of the corresponding rod member with an elongated and retangularly-shaped beater plate member mounted by arm members mounted to the tubular member wherein the beater plate member is parallelly-disposed and spaced-apart from the tubular member of each beater assembly.