Solid material comminution or disintegration – Processes – Wood and similar natural-fibrous vegetable material
Patent
1993-04-02
1995-08-08
Eley, Timothy V.
Solid material comminution or disintegration
Processes
Wood and similar natural-fibrous vegetable material
241 37, 241 843, 241265, 241266, B27K 900, B02C 106, B02C 110
Patent
active
054391792
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for fragmenting a block of frozen vegetable tissue such as peat moss, without causing wide-spread damage to the individual vegetable fibers, comprising a pair of planar jaw members movable between opened and closed positions. Each jaw member has a grating-like configuration defining a plurality of discharge apertures in a spaced apart relationship and also comprises projecting crushing teeth. In the closed position, the jaw members are in a mating relationship, whereby the crushing teeth of each jaw member deeply penetrate the discharge apertures of the opposite jaw member. In operation, a block of frozen vegetable tissue is loaded between the jaw members while they are in the opened position. The jaw members are closed for bursting into fragments the block of frozen vegetable tissue under the effect of multiple pressure points created by the crushing teeth on the block surface and for expelling the fragments through the discharge apertures. The invention also relates to a novel method for fragmenting a block of frozen vegetable tissue without causing wide-spread damage to the individual vegetable fibers.
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Dery John
Nolin Richard
Barr James P.
Eley Timothy V.
Johnson & Johnson Inc.
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