Reducing apparatus
AssigneeDe Pecker N.V.
InventorLuc Moreels
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for shredding plastic objects (2)!, provided with a spiral-shaped housing (3)! in which a carrier member (4)! is rotatably mounted. The housing (3)! has an opening (8)! arranged in its upper surface (5)! for feeding objects (2)! for shredding and an opening (9)! arranged in its side surface (7)! for discharging shredded material (10)!. The discharge opening (9)! is herein bounded by a cutting edge (11)! and the carrier member (4)! has a number of anvils (12)! co-acting with the cutting edge (11)!.
Claims17
A shredding device for shredding objects, comprising a housing, a carrier member rotatably mounted in the housing, at least one feed opening arranged in one end surface of the housing for feeding objects for shredding and at least one discharge opening arranged in a side wall of the housing for discharging shredded material, wherein:
- said discharge opening is bounded by a cutting edge;
- said discharge opening extends substantially parallel to a generating line of said side wall over substantially a whole length thereof;
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- said housing has a spiral form with a diameter which increases from said cutting edge of the discharge opening in a rotation direction of said carrier member.
A shredding device for shredding objects, comprising a housing, a carrier member rotatably mounted in the housing, at least one feed opening arranged in one end surface of the housing for feeding objects for shredding and at least one discharge opening arranged in a side wall of the housing for discharging shredded material, wherein:
- said discharge opening is bounded by a cutting edge;
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- said housing has a spiral form with a diameter which increases from said cutting edge of the discharge opening in a rotation direction of said carrier member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.