Shredder device for foodstuffs
AssigneePackaging-& Cuttingsystems von der Weiden GmbH
InventorsHelmut Von Der Weiden, Mark Dennis Achenbach
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Abstract
A shredder device including a feed hopper, a screw conveyor and a shredder module, wherein the screw conveyor includes a screw conveyor shaft driven by a screw conveyor motor unit and having a screw conveyor flight formed thereon, and the shredder module includes a cutting drum having cutting openings formed therein, and a main screw rotatably arranged in the shredder module and having a main screw shaft, which is driven by a main screw motor unit, and a main screw flight which is formed thereon and passes over the cutting openings. The shredder device enables a higher cutting capacity. The main screw shaft is coaxially enclosed by the screw conveyor shaft inside the feed hopper up to the shredder module.
Claims19
A shredder device for foodstuffs, comprising:
- a feed hopper, a screw conveyor running at least in sections through the feed hopper, and a shredder module following the screw conveyor in an axial direction (x), wherein the screw conveyor comprises a screw conveyor shaft driven by a screw conveyor motor unit and having a screw conveyor flight integrally formed thereon in sections, and the shredder module comprises a cutting drum having cutting openings formed therein, and a main screw rotatably arranged in the shredder module having a main screw shaft, which is driven by a main screw motor unit, and a main screw flight, which is formed thereon and passes over the cutting openings, wherein the main screw shaft is coaxially enclosed by the screw conveyor shaft inside the feed hopper up to the shredder module, and wherein only the main screw shaft of the main screw is enclosed by the screw conveyor shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.