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US 6,308,905 B1Granted
Size reducing machine with serrated top wear plate
AssigneeU.S. Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsLoran Balvanz, Paul Gray
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a size reducing machine with a rotor having a plurality of hammers arranged to size reduce waste material upon impact. The rotor is contained with a tub that includes a tub floor for feeding the waste material toward the rotor. Located proximate to the tub floor is a gator plate with a serrated edge for initial material for sizing of the waste material.
Claims5
A size reducing machine with a serrated gator plate for use in size reducing waste material, said size reducing machine comprising:
- a rotor with a plurality of hammers rotating about a central shaft;
- an insert with a tip attached to said hammers for size reducing waste material upon impact with said tips, wherein rotating said central shaft defines an outer perimeter of rotation at said tips;
- a tub for containing said rotor and said central shaft, wherein said tub includes a tub floor for feeding material into toward said rotor;
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- a gator plate located between said tub floor and said rotor having a serrated edge for initial material sizing, wherein said serrated edge of said gator plate is located at or near said outer perimeter of rotation.
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