Material conditioner with replaceable teeth
OwnerRonald Dean Carpenterinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for conditioning materials for processing wherein such conditioned materials are used in a recycling process. The invention includes a conditioning section comprising a drum associated with a tooth kit. The tooth kit is easily removable from said drum and replaced. The invention also covers the tooth kit.
Claims14
A mobile tooth replacement kit configured for being associated with a mobile-tooth-carrier of a material conditioner, said mobile tooth kit comprising:
- a support bar defining a plurality of bar-attachment-points and at least one of (a) a plurality of bar-tooth-attachment-points each mechanically associated with a bar tooth, and (b) a plurality of integral bar teeth;
- wherein said plurality of said bar-attachment-points are at least one of (a) configured to align with a plurality of interface-attachment-points defined by a support bar interface and further for mechanically associating said support bar to said support bar interface via a plurality of bar attachment mechanisms and wherein said support bar interface defines a plurality of carrier-attachment-points configured for mechanically associating said support bar interface to a surface of said mobile-tooth-carrier via interface attachment mechanisms so that each bar tooth is in alignment with a finger gap defined by a material conditioner finger plate, and (b) configured for mechanically associating said support bar with the surface of said mobile-tooth-carrier so that each bar tooth is in alignment with a finger gap defined by a material conditioner finger plate.
A mobile tooth replacement kit configured for being associated with the surface of a drum for a material conditioner, said mobile tooth kit comprising:
- a support bar defining a plurality of bar-attachment-points and at least one of (a) a plurality of bar-tooth-attachment-points each mechanically associated with a bar tooth, and (b) a plurality of integral bar teeth;
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- wherein said plurality of said bar-attachment-points are one of (a) configured to align with a plurality of interface-attachment-points defined by a support bar interface and further for mechanically associating said support bar to said support bar interface via a plurality of bar attachment mechanisms so that each bar tooth is in alignment with a finger gap defined by a material finger plate and (b) configured for mechanically associating said support bar with the surface of said drum so that each bar tooth is in alignment with a finger gap defined by a material conditioner finger plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.