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US 6,607,039 B2Granted
Core processor
AssigneeAmerican-Iowa Mfg. Inc.
InventorShane D. Simon
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Abstract
A core processing device with a housing having forward and rearward ends, opposite sidewalls, a top, and an open bottom. Wheels operatively connected to the housing. A rotatable brush member connected to the sidewalls for picking up and transporting cores. A shredding member for receiving, shattering, and depositing cores. And a power means for driving the brush member and shredding member.
Claims24
A core processing apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having forward and rearward ends, opposite sidewalls, a top, and an open bottom;
- wheels operatively connected to said housing for transporting said housing;
- a rotatable brush member that extends longitudinally through said sidewalls of said housing and is positioned to engage the ground through said open bottom for picking up and transporting cores;
- a rotatable shredding member that extends longitudinally through said sidewalls and is positioned to receive said cores on a surface of the shredding member from said brush member for shattering the cores and depositing the shattered cores on the ground through said open bottom;
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- a power means drivingly connected to the brush member and the shredding member.
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A core processing apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having forward and rearward ends, opposite sidewalls, a top, and an open bottom;
- wheels operatively connected to said housing for transporting said housing;
- a rotational brush member that extends longitudinally through said sidewalls of said housing and is positioned to engage the ground through said open bottom for picking up and transporting cores;
- a rotational shredding member that extends longitudinally through said sidewalls and is positioned to receive said cores on a surface of the shredding member from said brush member for shattering the cores and depositing the shattered cores on the ground through said open bottom;
- a power means drivingly connected to the brush member and the shredding member;
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- an adjustment means that is operatively connected to the sidewall and the wheels for raising and lowering the housing in relation to the wheels.
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A core processing apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having forward and rearward ends, opposite sidewalls, a top, and an open bottom;
- wheels operatively connected to said housing for transporting said housing;
- a rotatable brush member that extends longitudinally through said sidewalls of said housing and is positioned to engage the ground through said open bottom for picking up and transporting cores, said brush member having a center axis that is substantially aligned with a rotational axis of the wheels;
- a rotatable shredding member that extends longitudinally through said sidewalls and is positioned above and partially rearward of the brush member such that the cores are thrown by the brush member onto the shredding member above a horizontal plane passing through a rotational axis of the shredding member for shattering cores and depositing the shattered cores on the ground through said open bottom;
- an adjustment means that is operatively connected to the sidewalls and the wheels for raising and lowering the housing and the wheels in relation to the wheels;
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- a power means drivingly connected to the brush member and the shredding member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.