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.
Claims20
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;
- e) a first tab extending into said connection aperture;
- and,
- f) a second tab extending into said connection aperture.
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 collar positioned in said connection aperture of said hammer, and wherein said connection aperture is configured for engagement with a second hammer,
- f) a first tab extending into said connection aperture;
- g) a second tab extending into said connection aperture, wherein said first tab and second tab define a tab radial diameter;
- and,
- h) a relief cavity intersecting said connection aperture wherein said connection aperture diameter is greater than said tab radial diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.