Solid material comminution or disintegration – Apparatus – Including means applying fluid to material
Patent
1974-12-24
1976-09-21
Custer, Jr., Granville Y.
Solid material comminution or disintegration
Apparatus
Including means applying fluid to material
B02C 2336
Patent
active
039814572
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for comminuting selected plastic materials, where the apparatus can include a generally cylindrical receptacle means adapted to receive a selected quantity of a plastic material, to be comminuted where the receptacle has a generally vertical axis and an inlet and an outlet; cutter blade means disposed for rotation within said receptacle about an axis parallel to the vertical axis of the receptacle and in a generally horizontal plane, fixed cutter blade means carried on the sides of the receptacle means in spaced relation about the rotatable cutter blade means; fluid supply means to selectively supply a selected quantity of fluid to the receptacle; exhaust means for emission of vapor from the receptacle; lid means to selectively close a portion of the inlet to the receptacle; agitator means to selectively agitate a portion of the plastic materials received by the receptacle to urge the plastic material toward the cutter blade means; motive means for rotating the rotatable cutter blade means; power indicator means to indicate the amount of power supplied to the motive means; product exhaust means outlet means communicating with receptacle outlet for emission of comminuted plastic material from the receptacle; and fluid supply control means to actuate the fluid supply means to selectively supply fluid to the receptacle for a selected period of time; and emission control means to open the product exhaust means for a selected period of time for emission of comminuted plastic from the receptacle.
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Custer, Jr. Granville Y.
Steutermann Edward M.
Weist Industries Inc.
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