Material reduction machine with silenced chute
AssigneeVermeer Manufacturing Company
InventorsScott Edward Gangel, Mason Carl Prieksat, Stephen Daining, Adam James Parker
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Abstract
A material reduction machine includes an infeed portion operable to receive material to be reduced, and a cutting mechanism operable to reduce material fed in from the infeed portion. An outlet chute has a first end operable to receive the material reduced by the cutting mechanism and a second end operable to discharge the reduced material from the machine, wherein the outlet chute extends along a curved path. The outlet chute includes, along a radially-inner side of the curved path, a foraminous interior wall providing communication with a sound attenuation layer.
Claims25
A material reduction machine comprising:
- an infeed portion operable to receive material to be reduced;
- a cutting mechanism operable to reduce material fed in from the infeed portion;
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- an outlet chute having a first end operable to receive the material reduced by the cutting mechanism and a second end operable to discharge the reduced material from the machine, wherein the outlet chute extends along a curved path,
- wherein the outlet chute includes, along a radially-inner side of the curved path, a foraminous interior wall providing communication with a sound attenuation layer.
A material reduction machine comprising:
- an infeed portion operable to receive material to be reduced;
- a cutting mechanism operable to reduce material fed in from the infeed portion;
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- an outlet chute having a first end operable to receive the material reduced by the cutting mechanism and a second end operable to discharge the reduced material from the machine, wherein the outlet chute extends along a curved path,
- wherein at least one lateral side of the outlet chute includes a foraminous interior wall providing communication with a sound attenuation layer.
A material reduction machine comprising:
- an infeed portion operable to receive material to be reduced;
- a cutting mechanism operable to reduce material fed in from the infeed portion;
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- an outlet chute having a first end provided by a base portion of the outlet chute and operable to receive the material reduced by the cutting mechanism and a second end operable to discharge the reduced material from the machine, wherein the outlet chute extends along a curved path,
- wherein at the second end, the outlet chute includes a discharge deflector that is angle-adjustable with respect to the base portion to adjust the trajectory of the reduced material discharged therefrom, and
- wherein the discharge deflector includes an integrated silencer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.