| 摘要 |
<p>Provided is an apparatus (10) for reducing materials for disposal having a frame (12) for supporting a material reduction station (22), a holding station (24) and a disposal station (26). The reduction station has a first reduction zone (28), a second reduction zone (30) and a hopper (44) with a first passage (46) arranged to convey materials reduced or shredded by cutting means (32) to second cutting means (40), and a second passage (48) arranged to convey materials for reduction directly to the second cutting means. The second passage has a retardation arrangement (50) for retarding materials downstream from flowing past and out through the second passage. A perforated screen (60) is arranged to cooperate with the cutting elements of the second cutting means to reduce the materials to a size that is determined by the size of the perforations. The holding station includes a tray (62) configured with a holding space (64) for temporarily holding reduced materials from the second reduction zone, and an outlet port (66) in communication with a container (70) in the disposal station. Arranged in the holding space is an agitation arrangement (72) for agitating the reduced materials to flow or move so that substantially no reduced materials remain on the walls of the tray (62).</p> |
