Machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR REDUCING SOLID MATERIALS TO CHIPS AND SHAVINGS, THE COMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES: (A) A CUTTER MEANS HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND A CYLINDRICAL SURFACE PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS; (B) A PLURALITY OF BLADE MEANS EACH HAVING A CUTTING EDGE AND MOUNTED ON THE CUTTER MEANS SO THAT THE CUTTING EDGES PROJECT FROM THE CYLINDRICAL SURFACE OF THE CUTTER MEANS AN EQUAL DISTANCE AND POSITIONED IN SPACE RELATION AROUND AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE SURFACE OF THE CUTTER MEANS; (C) HOUSING MEANS SURROUNDING AND MOUNTING THE CUTTER MEANS FOR ROTATION ON ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS, THE HOUSING MEANS HAVING TWO OPPOSING SOLID MATERIAL INLET AND CHIP AND SHAVING OUTLET OPENINGS WHOSE PLANES ARE PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CUTTER MEANS; (D) CUTTER BAR MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN AND ON THE HOUSING MEANS BETWEEN THE OPENINGS IN THE HOUSING MEANS, WHICH IS IN CLOSELY SPACED AND CUTTING RELATION TO A CIRCLE THE RADIUS OF WHICH IS DEFINED BY THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF TE CUTTER MEANS AND THE CUTTING EDGE OF ANY ONE OF THE BLADES MEANS; (E) A SEALING ELEMENT POSITIONED INSIDE AND ON THE HOUSING MEANS OPPOSITE THE CUTTING BAR MEANS AND BETWEEN THE OPENINGS IN THE HOUSING MEANS, IN CLOSELY SPACED RELATION TO THE CIRCLE THE RADIUS OF WHICH IS DEFINED BY THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CUTTER MEANS AND THE CUTTING EDGE OF ANY ONE OF THE BLADE MEANS; AND (F) A CHUTE PROVIDED ON THE OUTLET OPENING FOR REMOVAL OF THE CHIPS AND SHAVINGS, THE SEALING ELEMENT ACTING IN OPERATION TO REDUCE THE RETURN OF THE CHIPS AND SHAVINGS TO THE INLET OPENING AND THE COMBINATION OF THE CUTTER MEANS AND THE BLADE MEANS WITH THE SEALING ELEMENT AND THE CHUTE ACTING IN OPERATION AS A BLOWER TO MARKEDLY INCREASE THE DISTANCE THE CHIPS AND SHAVINGS ARE THROWN FROM THE CHUTE OVER THE DISTANCE OBTAINED WITHOUT THE SEALING ELEMENT.