Device for tearing refuse bags

摘要

A device (10) for continuously tearing bags containing material such as refuse is disclosed including elongated, flexible flails (14) secured to a rotatable rotor (12). The flails (14) are formed in the preferred form from steel wire rope cables (28) having their free ends captured within thick wall tubing (34) swedged thereon. In addition to keeping the ends from fraying, the tubing (34) acts as a centrifugal weight and hammer for the cable (28). The rotor (12) is formed of L-shaped plates (16) attached together to extend quadrantly from and form a square tubular beam surrounding the axis of rotor (12). The flails (14) extend through apertures (36) formed in the leg portions of the plates (16) defining the square tubular beam and are secured to the leg (18) of the plates (16) spaced from the square tubular beam by cable clamps (38) having U-shaped bolts (40) extending through apertures (50) formed in the legs (18). The second legs (22) of the L-shaped plates (16) extend generally parallel to the U-shaped bolts (40) and protect the cable clamps (38). As the bags delivered by a conveyor (58) to the device (10) fall under gravitational forces from the end thereof, the falling bags are struck in the same direction by the flails (14) which are rotated in vertical rotational planes to tear the bags and release the contents thereof.