Guide wheel cap for tub grinder

Abstract

The present invention intends to overcome the difficulties encountered heretofore. To that end, a size reducing machine with a rotating tub having a guide wheel with a cover for rotateably engaging the rotating tub is provided. The machine comprises a rotating tub having an open top, side walls, and a floor with an opening located therein, a rotary hammermill located substantially below the opening in the floor of the rotating tub, a drive mechanism for rotating the tub, a frame for operationally supporting the frame and the drive mechanism, a guide wheel rigidly attached to the frame and rotateably engaged with the rotating tub, and a guide wheel cover for protecting operational components of the guide wheels from failure induced by accumulation of debris from the size reducing machine and surrounding environment.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.