Cradle system for fragmentation machines
OwnerJustin H Beard, Bradley O McIntoshinventors
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Abstract
A cradle system for a fragmenting machine, where the cradle system holds fragmentation stock against a drum. A frame holds a screen that can be selectively released from the frame without modification, such that the screen can be placed in different positions on the frame and aligned in different orientations on the frame. A wear plate can be selectively released from the frame without modification, such that the wear plate can be placed in different positions on the frame and aligned in different orientations on the frame.
Claims11
A cradle system for a fragmenting machine, the cradle system for holding fragmentation stock against a drum, and comprising:
- a frame,
- a screen that can be selectively released from the frame without modification, such that the screen can be placed in different positions on the frame and aligned in different orientations on the frame, wherein the screen is selectively retained to the frame by hooks connected to a shaft that is rotatably mounted to the frame, where the hooks selectively engage and disengage a retaining bar mounted to the screen as the shaft is rotated, and the screen is selectively released from and retained on the frame by rotating the shaft, and
- a wear plate that can be selectively released from the frame without modification, such that the wear plate can be placed in different positions on the frame and aligned in different orientations on the frame.
A cradle system for a fragmenting machine, the cradle system for holding fragmentation stock against a drum, and comprising:
- a frame having a leading grinding edge and a trailing grinding edge,
- retaining sockets fixedly mounted to the frame in a first position proximate the leading grinding edge and a second position proximate the trailing grinding edge,
- shafts rotatably mounted to the frame, each shaft having a series of hooks that rotate with the shaft as the shaft rotates,
- screens, each screen having at least one mounting rod, where each of the screens can be selectively placed into any one of different positions on the frame, and selectively retained on and released from the frame by rotating the shafts such that the hooks selectively engage and disengage the mounting rods, and
- a first wear plate having retaining posts that releasably engage the retaining sockets in the first position, and
- a second wear plate having retaining posts that releasably engage the retaining sockets in the second position,
- where the first and second wear plates are swappable between the first position and the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.