摘要 |
A SHREDDER APPARATUS FOR SHREDDING A FIBROUS MASS INTO FIBRES COMPRISES A CASING (1) HAVING A PART-CYLINDRICAL INNER SURFACE (3) AND A LOWER EDGE (5) LYING SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY BELOW THE AXIS (4) OF THE CYLINDER ON WHICH THE SURFACE (3) OF THE CASING (1) LIES AND AN UPPER EDGE (6) LEADING INTO AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING PLATE MEMBER (70 FORMING THE UPPER SURFACE OF A FEED CHUTE (8), THE LOWER SURFACE OF WHICH IS FORMED BY A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED PLATE MEMBER (9), AND A RIGHT CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL CUTTER MEMBER (14) MOUNTED FOR ROTATION WITHIN THE CASING (1) WITH ITS AXIS (15) DISPLACED DOWNWARDLY AND LATERALLY FROM THE AXIS (4) OF THE CYLINDER ON WHICH THE INNER SURFACE (3) OF THE CASING (1) LIES WHEREBY A PROGRESSIVELY DECREASING GAP (16) IS FORMED BETWEEN THE PERIPHERY OF THE CUTTER MEMBER (14) AND THE INNER SURFACE (3) OF THE CASING (1), THE INNER SURFACE (3) OF THE CASING (1) CARRYING A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY ARRANGED COMB-LIKE MEMBERS (13) AND THE CUTTER MEMBER (14) HAVING A SURFACE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SPACED SHEARING MEMBERS (18) ARRANGED TO PASS BETWEEN THE TEETH (20) OF THE COMB-LIKE MEMBERS (13).(FIG 1)
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