Tobacco shredder

Claim 1

IN A ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR THRESHING MACHINES AND THE LIKE INCLUDING A SHAFT, A GROUP OF CIRCULAR DISCS OF SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR CONFIGURATION DISPOSED IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT IN AXIALLY SPACED PARALLEL PLANES ON SAID SHAFT, MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID DISCS IN FIXED RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND TO SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION AS A GROUP WITH SAID SHAFT, ELONGATED RADIALLY PROJECTING TOOTH MEMBERS EXTENDING BEYOND THE PERIPHERIES OF SAID DISCS HAVING INNER END PORTIONS DISPOSED IN THE SPACES BETWEEN ADJACENT PAIRS OF SAID DISCS, AND MEANS FOR FIXING SAID TOOTH MEMBERS IN RADIALLY EXTENDING RELATION TO SAID DISCS ADJACENT THE PERIPHERIES OF THE LATTER AT A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED LOCATIONS ALONG SAID PERIPHERIES, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF BALANCING DISC MEMBERS EACH HAVING AN ECCENTRIC HOLE THEREIN, PARALLEL BALANCING RODS EXTENDING IN AXIALLY OFFSET RELATION TO SAID SHAFT THROUGH SAID DISCS AT A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED LOCATIONS RELATIVE TO SAID SHAFT, MEANS SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF SAID DISC MEMBERS ON EACH OF SAID BALANCING RODS BETWEEN SELECTED PAIRS OF SAID DISCS FOR ROTARY MOVEMENT WITH THEIR ASSOCIATED BALANCING ROD, MEANS EXTERNAL OF AN ENDMOST ONE OF SAID DISCS FOR ROTATING EACH OF SAID BALANCING RODS TO DISPOSE SAID DISC MEMBERS AT SELECTED ANGULAR POSITIONS TO PLACE THE ROTOR ASSEMBLY IN STATIC AND DYNAMIC BALANCE, AND MEANS FOR RELEASIBLY LOCKING SAID RODS AT THEIR SELECTED ANGULAR POSITIONS.