Crushing machine for sugar-cane stalks

Claim 1

CRUSHING MACHINE FOR PROCESSING SUGAR-CANE IN STALKS IN ORDER TO CONVERT SAID STALKS INTO PULP, SAID MACHINE BEING LOCATED AHEAD OF THE HEAD MILL OF A LINE OF SUGAR CANE ROLLING MILLS, SAID HEAD MILL BEING FED WITH CANE BY AN APRON CARRIER, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING A SHAFT ROTATABLY FITTED ABOCE SAID APRON CARRIER IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE THERETO, MEANS TO ROTATE SAID SHAFT IN A DIRECTION CORRESPONDING TO THE FEEDING MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER, AN ASSEMBLY OF RIGID BLADES PERPENDICULARLY SECURED TO SAID SHAFT AND SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY PROJECTING THEREFROM, EACH BLADE PROJECTING IN TWO OPPSOITE DIRECTIONS, AND THE DIRECTIONS OF SAID BLADES BEING ANGULARLY OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, CORNER CAPS FITTED AT THE EXTEMITY OF EACH OF SID BLADES, ON THE SAMD SIDE AS THE LEADING EDGES THEREOF WITH RESPECT TO THE ROTATING DIRECTION OF SAID BLADES, SAID CORNER CAPS HAVING FLAT FRONT SURFACES FACING THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID BLADES AND LATERALLY PROJECTING BEYOND SAID BLADES, THERE BEING A FREE PASSAGE OF AT MOST A FEW CENTIMETRES BETWEEN SAID APRON CARRIER AND THE ROTOR CONSTITUTED BY SAID BLADES ASSEMBLY.