Oversize tire and rubber debris shredder

Abstract

The tire shredder includes a frame, a conveyor assembly depending from the frame defining a feed path for the tires and debris from an input end to a discharge end, a carriage supported with respect to the conveyor assembly to have a reciprocating linear travel across the linear feed path at the discharge end, and a plurality of rotary cutting elements mounted on the carriage with axes of rotation parallel to the travel of the carriage. By providing a plurality of rotary cutting elements tires coming in a wide variety of sizes can be handled. The conveyor assembly further comprises a support conveyor having a substantially planar conveying surface for carrying tires, a compression conveyor positioned above the support conveyor, a suspension system depending from the frame supporting the compression conveyor in a position generally facing the compression conveyor with the support conveyor and the compression conveyor being closer at the discharge end than at the input end and a position control strut for urging the compression conveyor in a selected direction toward or away from the support conveyor.

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