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US 7,832,670 B2Granted
Material reducing apparatus
AssigneeAstec Industries, Inc.
InventorsArnold N. Peterson, Glenn Ford Bittrolf
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Abstract
Described herein is a material reducing apparatus including a bypass arm and a bypass control member for allowing reduction-resistant objects of a material to bypass the apparatus while avoiding interruption of the operation of the apparatus. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Claims15
A materials reduction apparatus comprising:
- a bypass arm configured to pivot between a closed position and a non-closed position to allow a reduction-resistant object of a material to bypass the apparatus;
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- a bypass control member configured to move between a first position when the bypass arm is in a closed position and a second position when the bypass arm is in the non-closed position, the bypass control member including a first end configured to traverse an interface surface of an exterior wall of the bypass arm, and a second end engaging a resistance member configured to urge the first end against the bypass arm to move the bypass arm to the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.