Crop wafering machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, ROTARY PROCESSING MECHANISM COMPRISING FEED DRUM AND WORM ELEMENTS ARRANGED SIDE BY SIDE IN A PARALLEL OPERATIVE DISPOSITION, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID FEED DRUM AND WORM ELEMENTS, A HOUSING SUPPORTING SAID ELEMENTS IN THE OPERATIVE DISPOSITION DESCRIBED, MEANS ROTATABLY CARRYING SAID WORM ELEMENT SO AS TO DEFINE A FIXED AXIS THEREFOR INCLUDING A CYLINDER ELEMENT WHICH IS HELD IN SAID HOUSING AND IN WHICH THE WORM ELEMENT IS PILOTED AT ONE END BY JOURNALLING ITSELF DIRECTLY TO THE INSIDE OF SAID CYLINDER ELEMENT, SAID CYLINDER ELEMENT HAVING AN OPEN DISCHARGE PORTION THROUGH WHICH MATERIAL BEING PROCESSED IN THE MACHINE IS EJECTED, A CHOPPER BAR FIXED IN SAID HOUSING TO DEFINE ONE SIDE OF A FEED PATH FOR MATERIAL OPENING INTO A WINDOW FORMED IN SAID CYLINDER ELEMENT, WHICH CYLINDER ELEMENT FOR A MAJORITY OF ITS LENGTH BEING OTHERWISE WINDOW-FREE, SAID DRUM ELEMENT ROTATING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO ROTATE SAID FEED DRUM ELEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE FIXED CHOPPER BAR TO CHOP THE MATERIAL BEING FED IN SAID PATH, AND ADJUSTABLE MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID CYLINDER IN SAID HOUSING IN DIFFERENT ROTARY POSITIONS TO ADJUST THE EFFECTIVE SIZE OF SAID WINDOW OPENING WITH RESPECT TO THE CHOPPER BAR, SAID WORM ELEMENT ROTATING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO ROTATE SAID WORM ELEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID CHOPPER BAR TO DEFINE WORM CAVITIES MOVING PAST SAID WINDOW TO RECEIVE THE CHOPPER MATERIAL FROM SAID FEED PATH.