Granulating machines

Claim 1

A GRANULATING ARRANGEMENT FOR PLASTICS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) AN EXTRUDER INCLUDING A PERFORATED DIE MEMBER AND MEANS FOR EXTRUDING THE PLASTIC TO BE GRANULATED IN A CONTINUOUS STRAND THROUGH SAID DIE MEMBER IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION; (B) ROTARY CUTTER MEANS INCLUDING A KNIFE MEMBER AND MEANS FOR MOVING THE KNIFE MEMBER IN A CIRCULAR PATH TRANSVERSELY OF SAID DIRECTION ADJACENT A FACE OF SAID DIE MEMBER FOR CUTTING THE EXTRUDED STRAND INTO A PLURALITY OF GRANULES, WHEREBY THE CUT GRANULES ARE CENTRIFUGALLY DISCHARGED IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND AT DIFFERENT VELOCITIES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS OF MOVEMENT OF SAID KNIFE IN SAID PATH; (C) A RECEPTACLE HAVING AN UPPER PORTION SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSING SAID KNIFE MEMBER AND SAID FACE OF THE DIE MEMBER DURING SAID EXTRUDING OF SAID PLASTIC AND SAID CUTTING OF SAID STRAND, AND A LOWER PORTION FORMED WITH A DOWNWARD OPENING, SAID UPPER RECEPTACLE PORTION BEING MOUNTED IN FIXED SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP TO SAID DIE MEMBER AND TO SAID CUTTER MEANS AND SAID RECEPTACLE PORTIONS JOINTLY DEFINNING A RECEPTACLE CAVITY, SAID LOWER PORTION HAVING A WALL PORTION IN SAID CAVITY; AND (D) SECURING MEANS SECURING SAID LOWER RECEPTACLE PORTION TO SAID UPPER PORTION FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS IN WHICH SAID GRANULES ARE DISCHARGED AGAINST SAID WALL PORTION AT SAID DIFFERENT SPEEDS OF SAID CUTTER MEANS RESPECTIVELY.