Processing equipment

Claim 1

PROCESSING EQUIPMENT COMPRISING A FIRST GENERALLY HORIZONTAL DISPOSED EXTRUDER HOUSING HAVING A RADIALLY OPEN INLET ADJACENT ONE END AND AN AXIALLY OPEN OUTLET AT ITS OTHER END, VARIABLE SPEED FEED MEANS FOR FEEDING MATERIAL INTO SAID INLET, A SECOND GENERALLY UPRIGHT EXTRUDER HOUSING HAVING A RADIALLY OPEN INLET ADJACENT ITS UPPER END AND AN AXIALLY OPEN OUTLET AT ITS LOWER END, MEANS DETACHABLY COUPLING THE INLET OF SAID SECOND HOUSING TO THE OUTLET OF SAID FIRST HOUSING, MOVABLE MEANS IN SAID FIRST HOUSING FOR GRINDING MATERIAL RECEIVED IN THE INLET OF SAID FIRST HOUSING AND FOR CONVEYING IT TO THE OUTLET OF SAID FIRST HOUSING, MOVABLE MEANS IN SAID SECOND HOUSING FOR KNEADING MATERIAL RECEIVED IN THE INLET OF THE SECOND HOUSING, AND FOR CONVEYING THE MATERIAL TO THE OUTLET OF SAID SECOND HOUSING, A VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE ASSEMBLY ON THE INLET END OF EACH OF SAID HOUSING, EACH INCLUDING DRIVE MEANS DETACHABLY COUPLED TO THE MOVABLE MEANS IN THE RESPECTIVE HOUSING, A MASTICATING DIE IN THE OUTLET OF SAID FIRST HOUSING, SAID COUPLING TO THE MOVABLE THE RESPECTIVE MOVABLE MEANS AND SAID MASTICATING DIE IN SAID FIRST HOUSING, AN EXTRUSION DIE IN THE OUTLET OF SAID SECOND HOUSING, MEANS ON THE OUTLET END OF SAID SECOND HOUSING RETAINING THE RESPECTIVE MOVABLE MEANS AND SAID EXTRUSION DIE THEREIN, SAID MOVABLE MEANS, SAID DIES AND SAID HOUSING BEING SEPARABLE FROM ONE ANOTHER UPON DETACHMENT OF SAID COUPLING MEANS AND THE LAST-NAMED MEANS, AND MEANS FOR INDEPENDENLTY VARYING THE SPEED OF EACH SAID VARIABLE SPEED MEANS.