| 摘要 |
A chip destructuring and fissuring machine (10) for destructuring wood chips (24) or the like. The chip destructuring machine (10) includes a support frame (16) and two swing assemblies (12, 14) that provide parallel side-by-side squeeze rollers (18, 20) which are swing-mounted on the frame (16) to swing the rollers (18, 29) about a swing axis (26) toward and away from one another between active and inactive positions. A drive motor (28) having a drive shaft (32) with a rotational axis aligned with the swing axis (26) is mounted to the support frame (16), and drive assemblies (162, 164, 166, 170, 172) couple the drive shaft (22) to the rollers (18, 20) for rotating the rollers (18, 20) in opposite directions at the same rotational speed. Co-acting stops (80) are mounted on the swing assemblies (12, 14) and are positioned to define a spacing (86) between the rollers (18, 20) when they are in the active position for squeezing and destructuring of the chips (24). A biasing mechanism (38) yieldingly urges the rollers (18, 20) toward one another into the active position. The rollers of one embodiment include a destructuring surface (22) defined by a plurality of criss-crossing V-shaped grooves (98) none of which are parallel to the respective roller's axis (100) of rotation. The criss-crossing V-chaped grooves (98) form a plurality of diamond-shaped protuberances (96). The diamond-shaped protuberances (96) on one roller being opposite a juncture area (104) between the protuberance (96) on the opposing roller to avoid interference between the destructuring surfaces (22) of the opposing rollers.
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