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US3354844A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Wafering machine die and rotor structure

Assignee: Deere and Co
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Filing: 1965-05-05
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Granted: 1967-11-28
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Expires: 1985-05-05
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Walter M Roll
  • 👤 Murray W Forth
  • 👤 Roy E Harrington

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 14:55
CPC Classifications
B; B30; B30B; B30B11/00; B30B11/20; B30B11/201; B30B11/205; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S425/00; Y10S425/23

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 271 words
IN A WAFERING MACHINE, THE COMBINATION OF SUPPORT MEANS; DIE MEANS IN THE FORM OF AN ANNULUS CARRIED BY THE SUPPORT MEANS AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF UNIFORMLY CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED GENERALLY RADIAL DIE OPENINGS AND AN INNER PERIPHERY FROM WHICH SAID OPENINGS RADIATE; A SINGLE CIRCULAR PRESS WHEEL ARRANGED ECCENTRICALLY WITHIN SAID PERIPHERY OF ORBIT ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE ANNULUS WITH THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID WHEEL SUBSTANTIALLY IN ROLLING CONTACT WITH THE ANNULUS PERIPHERY TO FORCE MATERAIL INTO SAID OPENINGS; A CRANKSHAFT CARRYING TO FORCE MATEINCLUDING A WHEEL SHAFT EXTENDING COAXIALLY THROUGH AND JOURNALLING THE WHEEL AND HAVING OPPOSITE END PORTIONS PROJECTING AXIALLY BEYOND OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID WHEEL, A FIRST SUPPORT SHAFT EXTENDING AWAY FROM ONE SIDE OF THE WHEEL ON THE AXIS OF THE ANNULUS AND HAVING A PORTION PROXIMATE TO AND AXIALLY SHORT OF SAID ONE SIDE OF THE WHEEL, A SECOND SUPPORT SHAFT EXTENDING AWAY FROM THE FIRST SUPPORT SHAFT AND HAVING A PORTION PROXIMATE TO AND FIRST SUPPORT SHAFT AND HAVING A PORTION PROXIMATE TO AND AXIALLY SHORT OF SAID OTHER SIDE OF THE WHEEL; A PAIR OF CHEEK MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE PRESS WHEEL AND RIGIDLY SECURED RESPECTIVELY TO SAID PORTIONS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT SHAFTS, EACH CHEEK MEMBER HAVING A FIRST PORTION EXTENDING INTO RADIALLY OVERLAPPING RELATION TO THE ASSOCIATED END OF THE WHEEL SHAFT AND A SECOND DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE PORTION EXTENDING RADIALLY BEYOND THE PERIPHERY OF THE WHEEL, MEANS CONNECTING THE FIRST PORTIONS OF THE CHEEK MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY TO THE WHEEL SHAFT ENDS AND TYING THE WHEEL SHAFT AND FIRST PORTIONS RIGIDLY TOGETHER AGAINST RELATIVE AXIAL
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 271 words
IN A WAFERING MACHINE, THE COMBINATION OF SUPPORT MEANS; DIE MEANS IN THE FORM OF AN ANNULUS CARRIED BY THE SUPPORT MEANS AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF UNIFORMLY CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED GENERALLY RADIAL DIE OPENINGS AND AN INNER PERIPHERY FROM WHICH SAID OPENINGS RADIATE; A SINGLE CIRCULAR PRESS WHEEL ARRANGED ECCENTRICALLY WITHIN SAID PERIPHERY OF ORBIT ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE ANNULUS WITH THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID WHEEL SUBSTANTIALLY IN ROLLING CONTACT WITH THE ANNULUS PERIPHERY TO FORCE MATERAIL INTO SAID OPENINGS; A CRANKSHAFT CARRYING TO FORCE MATEINCLUDING A WHEEL SHAFT EXTENDING COAXIALLY THROUGH AND JOURNALLING THE WHEEL AND HAVING OPPOSITE END PORTIONS PROJECTING AXIALLY BEYOND OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID WHEEL, A FIRST SUPPORT SHAFT EXTENDING AWAY FROM ONE SIDE OF THE WHEEL ON THE AXIS OF THE ANNULUS AND HAVING A PORTION PROXIMATE TO AND AXIALLY SHORT OF SAID ONE SIDE OF THE WHEEL, A SECOND SUPPORT SHAFT EXTENDING AWAY FROM THE FIRST SUPPORT SHAFT AND HAVING A PORTION PROXIMATE TO AND FIRST SUPPORT SHAFT AND HAVING A PORTION PROXIMATE TO AND AXIALLY SHORT OF SAID OTHER SIDE OF THE WHEEL; A PAIR OF CHEEK MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE PRESS WHEEL AND RIGIDLY SECURED RESPECTIVELY TO SAID PORTIONS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT SHAFTS, EACH CHEEK MEMBER HAVING A FIRST PORTION EXTENDING INTO RADIALLY OVERLAPPING RELATION TO THE ASSOCIATED END OF THE WHEEL SHAFT AND A SECOND DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE PORTION EXTENDING RADIALLY BEYOND THE PERIPHERY OF THE WHEEL, MEANS CONNECTING THE FIRST PORTIONS OF THE CHEEK MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY TO THE WHEEL SHAFT ENDS AND TYING THE WHEEL SHAFT AND FIRST PORTIONS RIGIDLY TOGETHER AGAINST RELATIVE AXIAL

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