Back to results
US 4,077,573 AGranted
Independently mounted thresher cutters
AssigneeAMF Incorporated
InventorsCarl H. Kersey, Charles D. Hansen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In a thresher, means for independently mounting cutters and for replacing each cutter without disturbing other cutters, the rotor or the fixed cutter mounting means.
Claims7
In a thresher, the combination comprising
- plate means connected together by tie rods and being provided with a spaced series of mounting plates and a slot adjacent each of said mounting plates,
- a plurality of cutters each adjacent one of said series of mounting plates, and having one end disposed in one of said slots and extending outwardly from said plate means,
- a plurality of removable fastening means each rotatably connecting a different one of said cutters to the adjacent mounting plate, and
- each cutter having means to prevent rotation until a predetermined amount of force imposed on said cutter is exceeded and to permit rotation on said fastening means thereafter.
1 more element
In a thresher, the combination comprising
- rotating plate means connected together by rods and being provided with a spaced series of mounting plates and a slot adjacent each of said mounting plates,
- a plurality of cutters each connected to one of said series of mounting plates, and having one end disposed in said slot adjacent to said mounting plate to which said cutter is connected,
- each of said cutters extending radially outward from said plate means and having opposed edges providing two cutting faces tapered toward one another, and
- one of said two cutting faces of each of said cutters advancing in the direction of rotation of said plate means urging threshed tobacco outwardly from said rotating plate means.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.