# US 5,344,088 A · Materials grinder

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- Number: US 5,344,088 A
- Document ID: US5344088A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/778,322
- Filed: 1991-10-17
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1991-10-17
- Assignees: Rexworks Inc.
- Inventors: James H. Page
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5344088A

## CPC

- B02C 4/10: with a roller co-operating with a stationary member
- B02C 18/145: {with knives spaced axially and circumferentially on the periphery of a cylindrical rotor unit}
- B02C 18/2233: {of ram or pusher type}
- B02C: CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN ({household tools and machines for pulverising foodstuffs, e.g. coffee and spice mills A47J42/00; pharmaceutical mortars A61J3/02; mechanical processing of refuse and garbage B03B9/06; dressing mould materials by grinding B22C5/04}; obtaining metallic powder by crushing, grinding or milling B22F9/04; {recovery of plastics by disintegrating B29B17/00; crushing raw materials in starch making C08B30/02; beaters for papermaking D21D1/02; crushing devices specially for transport in mines E21F13/002; slag crushing devices F23J1/00; fuel milling devices in combustion apparatus F23K1/00; household devices for crushing coal F24B15/02; ice disintegrating devices F25C5/02})

## Abstract

A materials grinder has a materials receiving hopper, an exit opening into a shrouded grinding chamber and a powered ram for driving materials accumulated in the hopper to and through the exit into the grinding chamber. A grinding drum is rotatably disposed inside of a shroud adjacent the exit of the hopper to grind the ends of materials to be ground as they enter the grinding chamber and to continue to grinding as the materials are carried downwardly toward the bottom rear of the grinding chamber. The bottom of the shroud is open to receive an adjustable transverse shear bar assembly that is pivotally mounted to provide adjustment of the upper edges of the transverse shear bars with respect to the materials grinder drum.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Materials grinding apparatus comprising, in combination;
a hopper for receiving materials to be ground including an open top, a horizontal floor and exit opening adjacent the floor;
a ram reciprocally disposed on the floor of said hopper and operable to displace materials on the floor of said hopper toward and through said exit opening;
a materials grinding drum trsansversly, rotatably disposed adjacent said exit opening, said drum having a surface including a plurality of material abrading means;
a plurality of transversely extending shear bars disposed adjacent the surface of said drum, one of said shear bars being disposed below the exit opening and said drum; and
a concave for mounting said shear bars, said concave having a top surface for mounting said shear bars and being rotatable about an axis parallel to the axis of said grinding drum.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 in which a transverse screening means is disposed rearwardly of the concave and extends transversely of the grinding drum.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2 in which the screen is disposed on a concave.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The apparatus of claim 3 in which the concave is rotatable with respect to the axis of the grinding drum.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 in which the grinding drum and shear bars are disposed in a shroud.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 in which the force exerted on the ram is inversely proportional to the speed of rotation of the drum.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 in which the concave is biased toward the drum.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 in which the drum includes a plurality of peripherally-disposed teeth.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The apparatus of claim 8 in which each of the teeth is provided with a renewable cutting portion.