Scrap cutter

In a device for cutting large-sized, difficult to compact scrap material and small-sized scrap material comprising first knives for cutting the scrap material, a horizontally extending elongated feed trough having an upper side and a lower side and extending transversely of said first knives and being elongated in the direction extending transversely of the first knives, said feed trough including an upwardly extending wall extending in the elongated direction of said feed trough and acting as a slde pressure ram displaceable across said feed trough, and a cover located opposite said upwardly extending wall extending in the elongated direction of said feed trough and at least partially covering the upper side of said feed trough, wherein the improvement comprises means for forming at least two second knives located adjacent said first knives and extending in the elongated direction of and along said feed trough and being movable relative to one transversely of the elongated direction of said feed trough for cutting without compacting large-sized, difficult to compact scrap material placed downwardly into the feed trough the upper side thereof, and at least one of said second knives is arranged to extend obliquely to the other said second knife and both second knives being in cutting position when the large-sized uncompacted scrap material has been placed in the feed trough so that a progressive cut is effected when said second knives are moved toward one another, said first knives being arranged to cut in a vertical plane and said second knives being arranged to cut in a horizontal plane so that horizontally extending elongated cuts of large-sized scrap material can be cut by said second knives with the cut scrap material located within the feed trough and then the cut large-sized scrap material can be moved within the feed trough toward the first knives to be cut vertically.