Wood chipper
OwnerAndrew Martininventor
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Abstract
A chipper includes a hopper and a chipper unit. The hopper is configured to receive vegetative debris via an inlet end. The chipper unit has an outer casing and an inlet passing therethrough. The inlet of the chipper unit is connected to the outlet end of the hopper to in use receive the vegetative debris within the outer casing. The chipper unit includes a cutter located which is configured to chip vegetative debris. The hopper and the outer casing are configured so that the hopper and outer casing can be moved between a position where the hopper is substantially vertical and a position where the hopper is substantially horizontal.
Claims17
A chipper comprising:
- a hopper having an inlet end and an outlet end, the hopper configured to receive vegetative debris via the inlet end;
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- a chipper unit having an outer casing and an inlet passing therethrough, the inlet of the chipper unit connected to the outlet end of the hopper to in use receive the vegetative debris within the outer casing, the chipper unit further comprising a cutter located within the casing and configured to chip vegetative debris within the chipper unit;
- a motor;
- a fixed plate connected to the motor, the fixed plate having apertures formed therethrough;
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- a back plate connected to the chipper unit, the back plate having apertures formed therethrough, the fixed plate and the back plate being adjacent to one another and the back plate in use rotating relative to the fixed plate, and
- wherein the hopper and outer casing are configured so that the hopper and outer casing can be moved between a position where the hopper is substantially vertical and a position where the hopper is substantially horizontal, and the apertures formed through the fixed plate and the back plate and co-incident with each other at the substantially vertical and substantially horizontal positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.