Hammer
AssigneeGenesis III, Inc.
InventorSeth Paul
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Abstract
The various embodiments disclosed and pictured illustrate a hammer cluster for comminuting various materials. The embodiments pictured and described herein are primarily for use with a rotatable hammermill assembly. An illustrative embodiment of a hammer cluster may include at least two hammers each having a connection portion, a contact portion, and a neck connecting the contact and connection portions. The connection portions may include a connection aperture with a relief cavity having a tab on either side thereof. A collar having a collar gap defined by two collar edges may be inserted through connection apertures of each hammer. The collar edges may engage the respective tabs such that the hammers and the collar may rotate about a rod positioned within the collar as a singular unit.
Claims22
A hammer comprising:
- a. a connection portion;
- b. a contact portion;
- c. a neck connecting said contact portion to said connection portion;
- d. a connection aperture formed in said connection portion and defining a connection aperture diameter;
- e. a first tab extending into said connection aperture;
- f. a second tab extending into said connection aperture, wherein said first tab and second tab define a tab radial diameter;
- and,
- g. a relief cavity intersecting said connection aperture wherein said connection aperture diameter is greater than said tab radial diameter.
A hammer cluster comprising:
- a. a first hammer, said first hammer comprising:
- i. a connection portion;
- ii. a contact portion;
- iii. a neck connecting said contact portion to said connection portion;
- iv. a connection aperture formed in said connection portion;
- v. a first tab extending into said connection aperture;
- and,
- vi. a second tab extending into said connection aperture;
- b. a second hammer, said second hammer comprising:
- i. a connection portion;
- ii. a contact portion;
- iii. a neck connecting said contact portion to said connection portion;
- iv. a connection aperture formed in said connection portion;
- v. a first tab extending into said connection aperture;
- and,
- vi. a second tab extending into said connection aperture;
- c. a curved collar positioned in said connection aperture of said first hammer and said connection aperture of said second hammer, wherein said curved collar includes a first collar edge engaged with said first tabs of said first and second hammers and a second collar edge engaged with said second tabs of said first and second hammers, and wherein an outer surface of said curved collar abuts an inner surface of said connection apertures of said first and second hammers wherein said outer surface of said curved collar and said inner surface of said connection apertures of said first and second hammers are non-curved in the distal dimension.
A method of securing a rotational position of a first hammer with a rotational position of a second hammer, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. engaging the first hammer with a curved collar, said first hammer comprising:
- i. a connection portion;
- ii. a contact portion;
- iii. a neck connecting said contact portion to said connection portion;
- iv. a connection aperture formed in said connection portion;
- v. a first tab extending into said connection aperture;
- and,
- vi. a second tab extending into said connection aperture, wherein said first and second tabs are symmetrically positioned with respect to a vertical line bisecting said connection aperture;
- b. engaging the second hammer with said curved collar, said second hammer comprising:
- i. a connection portion;
- ii. a contact portion;
- iii. a neck connecting said contact portion to said connection portion;
- iv. a connection aperture formed in said connection portion;
- v. a first tab extending into said connection aperture;
- and,
- vi. a second tab extending into said connection aperture, wherein said first and second tabs are symmetrically positioned with respect to a vertical line bisecting said connection aperture;
- c. wherein said curved collar is positioned in said connection aperture of said first hammer and said connection aperture of said second hammer, wherein said curved collar includes a first collar edge engaged with said first tabs of said first and second hammers and a second collar edge engaged with said second tabs of said first and second hammers, and wherein said outer surface of said curved collar and said inner surface of said connection apertures of said first and second hammers are non-curved in the distal dimension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.