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.
Claims20
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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.