Abstract: A shredder equipped with paper feeder comprises a shredder unit including a pair of intermeshed cutting cylinders driven by a power source and a paper feeder, which paper feeder has a cover, a paper feeding tray on which paper sheets are set and held, a lifter unit pivotally mounted on a base of the paper feeding tray to be vertically movable, a first feed roller for feeding out multiple paper sheets from the paper feeding tray, a separator wall for controlling the number of paper sheets fed to approximately the number the shredder can shred at one time, a second feed roller for feeding forward the paper sheets passed by the separator wall, a control unit for feeding from the second feed roller a number of paper sheets not greater than the number the shredder can shred at one time, a third feed roller and fourth feed roller for nipping and transporting to the shredder the paper sheets exiting the control unit, and a control switch for controlling the operation of the first feed roller and second feed roller.

Abstract: Dried fibers which are designated for the production of fiber boards are supplied to a fiber roller (17) from a metering device through a feed chute (10) which is subjected to negative pressure, which fiber roller is provided on its surface with a plurality of pins (18) and rotates in such a manner that the fibers (14) are deflected by the pins (18), are directed along a chute section (22) defined by means of a partial section (20) of the periphery of the fiber roller (17) and an opposite-lying wall (21) and gluing means and said fibers are accelerated to approximately the peripheral speed of the fiber roller (17) by means of the pins (18) and an air flow generated by said pins. The fibers (36) lie against a section of the wall and are glued in the region of or adjacent to one end of the wall section and exit at an outlet orifice (23) of the chute section (22).

Abstract: A multiple wheel feed wheel assembly for wood chipper includes an infeed chute and a rotatable cutting assembly spaced from the infeed chute. The multiple wheel feed wheel assembly also includes a first feed wheel disposed between the infeed chute and the cutting assembly. The multiple wheel feed wheel assembly further includes a second feed wheel spaced longitudinally between the first feed wheel and the infeed chute to feed wood material to the first feed wheel.

Abstract: A tire chopping apparatus includes a rotor assembly with a plurality of circumferentially and axially spaced rotor teeth which cooperate with a plurality of stationary teeth supported on a shear bar assembly to shearingly engage tire carcasses to reduce the carcasses to smaller fragments. A plurality of axially spaced guards extend outwardly from the shear bar assembly toward the rotor assembly and limit the size of fragments which can pass through a shear zone formed by the interengaging rotary and stationary teeth. The guards may be in the form of bridge plates spanning the rotor assembly or upstanding guard plates which extend upwardly from the shear bar assembly and include a distal end which extends outwardly toward and in horizontally spaced relation to the rotor mandrel.

Abstract: A strand cutting apparatus includes a fixed blade having a blade edge extending perpendicularly with respect to the traveling direction of a strand, a rotation blade which is fixed to the tip portion of a rotation shaft disposed in parallel to the traveling direction of the strand and has a plurality of plate-shaped blades disposed radially at a front surface opposing to the fixed blade, and a cover for receiving pellets thus cut and exhausting the pellets out of the apparatus. The cover is formed by a lower casing of almost funnel-shape and an upper casing of a semi-cylindrical shape covering the opened portion of the lower casing.

Abstract: A peg feeder and method of feeding moist grain from a steam chamber to a grain flaking mill. The feeder includes an inlet flow divider baffle for separating the grain into two flow channels each of which includes an adjustable valve door for controlling flow. The two flow channels include secondary baffles for directing the moist grain to opposite sides of a pair of spaced feed rollers which are mounted so as to converge the flow of grain from the two channels at a central discharge outlet. Access to the interior of the peg feeder is provided by removable panels and underlying safety grates.

Abstract: A brush chipper for chipping wood and debris into smaller pieces. The chipper includes a feed hopper for inserting the material, and upper and lower feed rollers that prepare the material for chipping in the main body of the brush chipper by a chipper disc and bed knife. Debris that collects in a chamber below the lower feed roller is vacuumed out into the main chipper body by fan blades attached to the chipper disc. Components of the brush chipper requiring frequent maintenance, including the disc components and bed knives, are easily accessed because of hinges that allow the feed hopper and the upper body of the brush chipper to swing open.

Abstract: A machine for reducing materials such as logs, limbs, stumps and the like into small particles. A hold down and infeed roller in combination with a conveyor feeds the materials into a rotating rotor. The rotor has cutters mounted on its periphery and is rotated in a direction to produce an upward cutting action. The rotor partially reduces the materials into smaller particles. An anvil in combination with the rotor further reduces the particles into the desired size. A grate dictates the size of the materials to be discharged from the machine.

Abstract: An apparatus for comminuting solid waste material comprises a frame having an enclosure with an entrance for initially receiving solid waste material; a set of overlapping scissor rolls rotatably mounted within the enclosure for shearing the waste material into subdivided pieces when the material passes between the scissor rolls; a feed roll rotatably carried by the frame for directing the waste material to the scissor rolls; and a separator screen carried by the frame in association with the at least one of the scissor rolls and having a plurality of apertures of a predetermined size for separating pieces having a size less than the predetermined size to pass therethrough to a shear outtake manifold for separation while preventing large subdivided pieces having a size greater than the predetermined size from passing therethrough.

Abstract: An improved wood pulverizer is provided with a rotating disc studded with a plurality of curved tapered hammers. One or more anvils is secured to the pulverizer with the anvil having teeth and slots located adjacent the surface of the disc. The hammers of the rotating disc pass through the slots of the anvils as the disc rotates to tear and shard wood into bits and pieces for subsequent use or processing. The anvils of the present invention are formed with two or more useable surfaces so that the anvils can be removed, rotated, and replaced to present fresh cutting surfaces to the disc. Further, the anvils are formed by a series of bolted together anvil segments to allow replacement of only single segments in the event of damage.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for comminuting solid waste material into small pieces having a size less than a predetermined size is disclosed. A set of overlapping scissor rolls are rotatably mounted within an enclosure for shearing the waste material into subdivided pieces when the material passes between the scissor rolls. An entrance for receiving the material has: (1) a shear intake manifold communicating with the entrance for receiving the solid waste material upstream of the scissor rolls and directing the waste material to the scissor rolls, and (2) a shear outtake manifold downstream of the scissor rolls for receiving the subdivided waste material pieces from the scissor rolls after the material has passed between the scissor rolls. A feed roll is carried by the frame for feeding the waste material into the shear intake manifold at a desired line speed and directing the waste material to the scissor rolls. A separator screen separates large and small subdivided pieces.

Abstract: A coffee mill providing for mixing of coffee beans in different ratios includes a bin partitioned in the middle to form two chambers holding two different types of coffee beans. An outlet in the bottom center of the bin leads to a coffee grinder. This central outlet is surrounded by a base cylinder having a side opening leading to each chamber of the bin. The cylinder is covered by a cylindrical closure cap, also partially open on the side. The cap can block both chambers of the bin, one chamber, or provide partial blocking to one side and none to the other, thus allowing the user to adjust the ratio of different coffee beans by rotating the cap. The bin interlocks with the housing of the grinder, but can be disengaged for removal. The cylindrical closure cap is positioned to block the outlet from both section of the bin when the bin is to be removed.

Abstract: A flaker mill provides for the flaking or rolling of processed grains such as corn and milo for livestock feed. The mill is powered by a relatively small motor which turns at a higher speed than the drive sheaves for the two rollers within the machine. A speed reduction transmission, such as a planetary transmission, is used to reduce the motor output speed to the proper speed to drive an output sheave from the transmission and to provide the proper torque for the two rollers. Each of the rollers has a sheave extending therefrom, for a total of only three sheaves for the entire machine to drive the two rollers. The machine does not require an idler pulley or sheave for belt tension adjustment, as the arcuate adjustment motion of the rear roller bearing housings disposed between the fixed front roller bearing housings and the transmission output, substantially compensates for positional changes in the belt run.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing used belts and bands of a machine for printing sheet elements comprises an accumulation bin having an upper portion for receiving the belts and bands from a supply arrangement and a lower portion provided with a grinder for grinding the belts and bands into small pieces. The grinder is automatically placed in operation intermittently under the control of a control arrangement, and the output of the grinder either discharges directly into a transport receptacle for the waste or into an evacuation pipe which conveys the waste to a transport receptacle at a remote location.

Abstract: A volume reduction machine for crushing beverage containers has a pair of feed rolls and a pair of crusher rolls. The feed rolls in spaced relationship to a feed plate, urge containers to be crushed, while puncturing them. The feed rolls comprise a plurality of spaced feed discs and are aligned to overlap to ensure self cleaning. The crusher rolls comprise a plurality of closely-spaced discs. Spaces between discs slightly exceeding the thickness of the disc. The crusher rolls are offset such that the discs of one roll align with the spaces between discs of the other roll. The crusher rolls have an adjustable gap and are aligned with a lower edge of the feed plate. The discs forming the crusher rolls include circumferential notches of a given size and shape to deform plastic beverage containers beyond their modulus of elasticity thereby overcoming the problem of such containers springing back after crushing. An oscillating horizontal bar provides a debridging dejamming feature to the machine.

Abstract: An improved wood pulverizer is provided with a rotating disc studded with a plurality of curved tapered hammers. One or more anvils is secured to the pulverizer with the anvil having teeth and slots located adjacent the surface of the disc. The hammers of the rotating disc pass through the slots of the anvils as the disc rotates to tear and shard wood into bits and pieces for subsequent use or processing. The anvils of the present invention are formed with two or more useable surfaces so that the anvils can be removed, rotated, and replaced to present fresh cutting surfaces to the disc. Further, the anvils are formed by a series of bolted together anvil segments to allow replacement of only single segments in the event of damage.

Abstract: A disc feeder for delivering material in controlled amounts to utilization equipment. The disc which carries material to a material discharge opening is disposed at an angle to the horizontal and the shearing baffle which controls the amount of material carried to the material discharge opening is movable from its position during normal operation to a position remote from the disc, whereby during unloading of the storage hopper the material discharges freely and quickly to a storage container. A control valve selectively directs material to one delivery conduit which leads to the utilization equipment and a second delivery conduit which leads to the storage container. The apparatus has an interlock mechanism which prevents moving the shearing baffle while material is being conducted to the utilization equipment and prevents moving the control valve to direct material to the utilization equipment while the shearing baffle is at its remote position.

Abstract: A waste paper processing system includes an upper shredding portion and a lower compressing portion. The shredding portion includes to horizontally parallel shafts mounting thereon a plurality of circular blades. The shafts are rotated to spin outwardly of a space between the shafts from a paper feeding direction. Presser arms are provided for retaining paper from above during shredding and stopper arms and a filter portion are provided below the blades to assure the paper is shredded sufficiently. After shredding the paper falls into a hopper and is introduced via a rotor to the compression portion. In the compression portion a screw is rotated for urging the shredded paper into a compression tube the tube as a narrower portion at the lower end for assuring sufficient compression of the shredded paper. In addition, water is added to the shredded paper in the upper side of the compression tube for binding the shredded paper together as pulp.

Abstract: A device for crushing and screening bulk materials consists of a vertical impact mill with associated feeder, an air-charged separator, a discharge device for the final product and a conveyor for returning the insufficiently crushed bulk materials fraction to the crushing region. The vertical impact mill and the separator are arranged on a divided drive shaft, which can be coupled if necessary. The separator is arranged below the vertical impact mill and is designed as a distributor plate, possibly with guide blades. The air is introduced laterally or tangentially below the distributor plate. The finished materials fraction is discharged laterally or tangentially above the distributor plate and conveyed to separator (cyclone) which may be connected downstream. The insufficiently crushed bulk materials fractions are discharged through an outlet below the distributor plate in the base region of the separator.

Abstract: A rotor shearing type crusher for crushing municipal waste and industrial waste whether it is bulky or not. If any foreign material, which is impossible to crush, is mixed with the municipal waste or industrial waste, the foreign material is promptly discriminated and discharged separately. The crusher includes a casing, a feed plate and a cutter respectively rotatably mounted to the casing obliquely above two rotatable knives. The inclination of the feed plate and cutter can be changed freely. Cutouts rae provided on the top end of the feed plate and cutter in a comb-like manner to dodge cutting edges of the rotatable knives intersecting each other. A discharge port is divided into two sections. The crusher of such a construction performs a function of tearing off soft waste twining itself around the rotatable knives. Rigid material impossible to be crushed is separately discharged. Even dangerous small waste such as cartridges, cylinders, etc. can be crushed and degassed inside without fail.

Abstract: A coffee dispensing and brewing apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention comprises components for dispensing a predetermined amount of coffee to a brew basket, the components including a hopper for holding a supply of coffee beans and an auger device communicating with the hopper for portioning coffee beans in a predetermined amount to a coffee grinder. The apparatus further includes a brew basket holding assembly for releasably holding the brew basket in a region adjacent a passageway to the grinder and a hot water making and delivery system for distributing a predetermined volume of hot water from a hot water holding tank to the region during a brewing cycle. The grinder motor has a right angle power transmission that couples the moter to the grinder with the motor being located below the grinder and adjacent a vertical side of the holding tank.

Abstract: This invention pertains to the cutter area of size reduction equipment for plastic or other waste material. The primary objective of this invention is to provide a feed mechanism and secondary cutting section to an existing shredder technology. Inasmuch as a properly designed shredder mechanism will produce a uniform material width, a feed mechanism was developed to maintain the orientation of the shreds as they exit from the shredder, and to meter them into a secondary cutter system at a predetermined rate of speed. Said secondary cutter system is so designed that the subsequent cutting action is at a plane perpendicular to the first cutting action. By maintaining said orientation of the shreds, and by controlling the rate of in-feed to the secondary cutter, a uniform chip is produced with a predetermined width and length dimension.

Abstract: A machine for reducing worn-out vehicle tires to small chip-like particles comprises a frame on which an elongated shaft is journaled for rotation, the shaft having a first and second plurality of rotary cutting blades, each of a different diameter affixed to the shaft so as to be rotatable therewith. Also affixed to the frame is a set of stationary cutter bars whose sharpened edges are disposed within a predetermined close tolerance to the periphery of the rotary cutting blades. A large, massive flywheel is attached to one end of the shaft and is driven by a suitable motor. Surrounding the rotary cutting blades is a shroud which, in turn, suppots an infeed hopper having a spiked drum journaled therein.

Abstract: An improved half-billet control device in apparatus for separating sugarcane (or the like) into constituent parts and an improved method for half-billet control. The device has a rotatable gide roll in proximity to a planar slide and transverse to the direction of half-billet movement. The guide roll has annular flexible projections, preferably bristle rows, which are parallel to the direction of half-billet movement, perpendicular to the slide, and spaced apart by a distance substantially less than the average billet diameter. Half billets moving along the slide nestle between projections and are thereby reoriented as needed to align their longitudinal axes parallel to the direction of movement.

Abstract: An automatic paper feeder for use in a document shredder includes a paper feeding table for receiving a large number of paper sheets to be shredded in a stack, a feeding roller for feeding the paper sheets to be shredded on the paper feeding table, a set of shredding blades, and a driving device for driving the feeding roller for rotation. The rotational peripheral speed of the feeding roller are set larger than the speed of the shredding blades.

Abstract: An ice barrier for a selective ice cube and crushed ice dispenser having a crusher section including a crusher arm mounted to a horizontal shaft axially rotatable in either direction, and a stationary crusher arm mounted to one side of the shaft. When the shaft is driven in one direction, ice pieces fed to the crusher section are caught and crushed between the rotating and stationary crusher arms. However, when the shaft is driven in the opposite direction, ice pieces escape down the side of the shaft opposite the stationary crusher arm thereby avoiding being crushed. The ice barrier is frictionally coupled for rotation with the shaft between a first position in the whole ice piece path and a second position out of the path. Accordingly, the ice barrier blocks the whole ice piece path when the crusher is operated in the ice crushing mode.

Abstract: A paper shredder having cutters for shredding sheets of paper is also provided with charge removing members such that electrostatic charges on shredded pieces of paper can be removed as these pieces drop from the cutters into a collector below.

Abstract: An automatic paper feeder for use in a document shredder includes a paper feeding table for receiving, a large number of paper sheets to be shredded in a stack, a feeding roller for feeding the paper sheets to be shredded on the paper feeding table, a set of shredding blades, and a driving device for driving the feeding roller for rotation. The rotational peripheral speed of the feeding roller are set larger than the speed of the shredding blades.

Abstract: A machine for densifying plastic containers, such as recyclable FET bottles, includes a feeder and a shredder. The feeder includes a paddle wheel with radial vanes for feeding the containers into the inlet of the shredder and blocking their return. A scraper is provided adjacent the outlet of the feeder for dislodging any material wedged in the pocket formed between adjacent vanes and preventing its return into the inlet of the feeder. The shredder includes intermeshing rotary shredder elements and stationary shredder elements, the cutting surfaces of which slope with respect to each other to provide a scissoring action. In a preferred form, each rotary shredder element includes a sharpened outer tip which projects in the direction of rotation for starting a tear in the container undergoing reduction. Each stationary shredder element also includes a sharpened outer tip which projects opposite the direction of rotation for retaining larger pieces of material in the shredder for further shredding.

Abstract: A shredding machine which comprises a pair of juxtaposed cutting rollers for shredding paper material, a paper feed tray movable between lowered and elevated positions and adapted to support thereon the paper material to be shredded, a feed roller assembly for feeding the paper material from the paper feed tray towards the cutting rollers, a protective cover supported for movement between closed and opened positions and for covering a space above the paper feed tray when in the closed position; and a control for moving the paper feed tray from the elevated position towards the lowered position in response to the movement of the protective cover from the closed position towards the opened position.

Abstract: The apparatus for feeding rolling mills, particularly for oil seed, comprises two rotatable feed rollers located in a feed mechanism housing above the rolling mill. The feed rollers are substantially vertically oriented and are rotatable in opposite directions. The housing wall running in the longitudinal direction of the feed rollers engages closely on an upwardly moving circumferential portion of the lower feed roller, in order to ensure that no material passes through in this area. All the material to be ground passes through the gap. Since the gap is formed by two feed rollers, whose surfaces move in the direction of the material, no lumps and the like collect upstream of the gap and consequently cause a non-uniform material flow. The apparatus permits a very uniform flow and simultaneously breaks up lumps.

Abstract: A shredding machine includes a pair of juxtaposed cutting rollers for shredding paper material, a movable paper feed tray for supporting the paper material to be shredded on it, a paper feed tray drive motor capable of moving the paper feed tray between lowered and elevated positions, a paper feed mechanism and a control circuit for controlling the shredding operation. The paper feed mechanism comprises paper feed rollers for feeding the paper material from the paper feed tray towards the cutting rollers, a paper feed roller drive motor for driving the paper feed rollers and an actuator for detecting the position of the uppermost paper of a stack of papers placed on the paper feed tray. The operation of the paper feed mechanism is interrupted in the case where the actuator is not activated by the stack of papers over a predetermined period of time. Abnormal conditions of the drive motors can be detected by the control circuit on the basis of an electric voltage being supplied to each motor.

Abstract: A shredder has two intake sections through which paper to be shredded can be fed through cutting rollers. Detectors for detecting presence or absence of paper in each sections are provided such that the maximum number of sheets of paper that can be transported through the first intake section to the cutting rollers is changed, depending on whether presence of paper is detected also in the second intake section or not.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to apparatus for the crushing of material to be comminuted by means of a material bed roll mill, in which such material is forcibly delivered in a regulable mass flow to the roll gap. In this way even materials which tend to slip on the rolls can be crushed satisfactorily. It is also possible to keep the nature of the product constant over a wide range of variations in the throughput.

Abstract: An improved container feeding device is for a container cutting machine of the type which can cut any one of numerous sizes of plastic bottles and metal cans. The cutting machine has a cutting section including a plurality of cutting wheels mounted for rotation in opposite directions on a pair of parallel cutting shafts. The improvement includes a pair of parallel feeding shafts each of which are above one of the cutting shafts for rotation in the same direction thereof. Each feeding shaft includes three radially extending, evenly spaced paddles fixedly mounted thereon. The feeding shafts rotate at the same speed and are rotationally aligned to cause each paddle on one feeding shaft to generally lie within a common plane with a corresponding paddle on the other feeding shaft as they pass closely by one another. Each of the paddles has a plurality of gripping teeth on the extended end thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for macerating and wet-crushing brewing ingredients, wherein the brewing ingredients are continuously taken from a supply container. Subsequently substantially equal portions of the brewing ingredients are conveyed along a circular path, and an excess of macerating water is added thereto. The excessive macerating water is collected and discarded, whereupon the brewing ingredients are fed to a wet-crushing mill. A simplification of known methods, and of the structure of known apparatus for carrying out such method is achieved by the provision that the macerating process is carried out exclusively during transport of the brewing ingredients along the circular path, and that the macerated brewing ingredients are then immediately fed to the wet-crushing mill.

Abstract: A paper-shredding machine has a sleeve mounted for limited movement towards and away from a surface of a housing of the machine to define an inlet opening, through which paper can be fed to cutters disposed within the housing. The sleeve normally occupies a position in which the inlet opening is closed but can move relative to the housing to admit paper through the inlet opening.

Abstract: An apparatus for uniformly dispensing particulate food materials onto a moving article which comprises a hopper for holding a supply of the particulate and having a horizontally disposed orifice through which the particulate material can exit, a rotatable drum located below the orifice and having a plurality of spaced fins protruding radially therefrom and disposed on a zig-zag pattern and operable to counteract the tendency of the particulate material to fall off the drum, and a scraper adapted to engage the drum surface between the fins and operable to follow the zig-zag pattern of the fins to lift particulate material off the surface of the drum and guide it to a discharge precipice over which it falls onto the moving article.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention is a tire debeading machine (10). A tire is supported on a guide apparatus (15) and raised to an operative position by the action of a support arm (21). A cutting blade (33) is moved against the sidewall of the tire, cutting off the bead. After the initial cut is made, the tire is raised slightly further by the combined action of an initially interlocking vertical arm (75), which extends from said support arm (21), and a roller (71) on an L-shaped arm (69). The further cut by blade (33) is closer to the bead. Another aspect of the invention is a granulating machine which includes three feed rollers (93) (95) (97) which feed the debeaded tires into a cylindrical cutting chamber (106). Inside the cutting chamber (106) are a plurality of rotary cutting blades (127) mounted on mounting plates (130), which cooperate with stationary cutting blades to produce granulated rubber particles and fiber particles.