Hammer
AssigneeGenesis III, Inc.
InventorsRoger Young, Loren Bakko
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Abstract
The various embodiments disclosed and pictured illustrate a hammer for comminuting various materials. The embodiments pictured and described herein are primarily for use with a rotatable hammermill assembly. The hammer includes a connector end having a rod hole therein, a contact end for delivery of energy to the material to be comminuted, and a neck affixing the connector end to the contact end. The neck is formed with at least one neck recess therein. In other embodiments, one or more shoulders are positioned around the periphery of the rod hole for added strength. In still other embodiments, the contact end is configured with more than one contact surface.
Claims9
A hammer having a length, a width, and a thickness, said hammer comprising:
- a. a first end having a rod hole centered therein, wherein said rod hole is configured to engage said hammer with a rod;
- b. a first rod hole shoulder located on said first end, wherein said first rod hole shoulder is positioned on a first side of said hammer and extends outward therefrom along an axis of said rod hole such that said thickness of said hammer at said first end is increased via said first rod hole shoulder;
- c. a second end separated from said first end along said length of said hammer, wherein said second end includes a hardened edge, and wherein a width of said first rod hole shoulder is greater than a width of said second end;
- d. a neck connecting said first end and said second end, wherein a thickness of said first end as measured from a distal end of said first rod hole shoulder to a second side of said hammer opposite said first rod hole shoulder is greater than a thickness of said neck and greater than a thickness of said second end;
- and,
- e. wherein said hammer is formed via forging.
A hammer having a length, a width, and a thickness, said hammer comprising:
- a. a first end having a rod hole centered therein, wherein said rod hole is configured to engage said hammer with a rod, wherein said hammer swings freely about said rod;
- b. a first rod hole shoulder located on said first end, wherein said first rod hole shoulder is positioned on a first side of said hammer and extends outward therefrom along an axis of said rod hole such that said thickness of said hammer at said first end adjacent said rod hole is increased via said first rod hole shoulder;
- c. a second rod hole shoulder located on said first end, wherein said second rod hole shoulder is positioned on a second side of said hammer that is opposite said first side, and wherein said second rod hole shoulder extends outward therefrom along said axis of said rod hole such that said thickness of said hammer at said first end adjacent said rod hole is increased via said second rod hole shoulder;
- d. a second end separated from said first end along said length of said hammer, wherein said second end includes a hardened edge;
- e. a neck connecting said first end and said second end, wherein a thickness of said first end as measured from a distal end of said first rod hole shoulder to a distal end of said second rod hole shoulder is greater than a thickness of said neck and greater than a thickness of said second end;
- and,
- f. wherein said hammer is formed via forging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.