摘要 |
<p>Bottle crusher with a feed section, a crushing section, a collection section and a venting section, wherein the crushing section is essentially a hammer mill with a crushing assembly inside a drum; such that:- - the crushing assembly includes a plurality of hammers, an assembly shaft and at least two hammer shafts; - each hammer shaft lies essentially parallel to, and is spaced equidistantly from, the assembly shaft to which it is attached; - each hammer includes a hammer tail and a hammer head at opposite distal ends of said hammer, such that each hammer tail is hingedly connected to one hammer shaft; and - the drum and crushing assembly have essentially coincident centrelines; wherein the drum includes a void section which is an indentation in the inner surface of the drum, in cross-section across the drum, configured to create a reduced pressure in the feed section, when in use.</p> |