Beating device for the continuous processing of material stock

Claim 1

A BEATING DEVICE FOR THE CONTINUOUS PROCESSING OF MATERIAL STOCK COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A RESONANCE RING HAVING AN AXIS AND A REFERENCE PLANE TRANSVERSE TO ITS AXIS; A FIRST PLURALITY OF BEAMS PROJECTING IN SUBSTANTIALLY AXIAL DIRECTION FROM SAID REFERENCE PLANE OF SAID RESONANCE RING AND BEING SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY SUBSTANTIALLY RADIAL PASSAGES AND ADAPTED TO OSCILLATE AT A DETERMINED RESONANCE FREQUENCY; AN EXCITING RING HAVING AN AXIS AND A SECOND REFERENCE PLANE TRANSVERSE TO ITS AXIS; A SECOND PLURALITY OF BEAMS PROJECTING IN SUBSTANTIALLY AXIAL DIRECTION FROM SAID SECOND REFERENCE PLANE OF SAID EXCITING RING AND BEING SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY SUBSTANTIALLY RADIAL PASSAGES, SAID BEAMS OF SAID EXCITING RING BEING OF A DETERMINED NUMBER AND HAVING A DETERMINED CONFIGURATION, DETERMINED POSITIONS AND A DETERMINED CIRCULAR PITCH SUCH THAT THE BEAMS OF SAID EXCITING RING PROVIDE BY COOPERATION OF SAID PASSAGES IN SAID RESONANCE AND EXCITING RINGS, RESPECTIVELY, A FREQUENCY RESONANT TO THE DETERMINED RESONANCE FREQUENCY OF THE BEAMS OF SAID RESONANCE RING; MOUNTING MEANS MOUNTING SAID RESONANCE RING AND SAID EXCITING RING ROTATABLY RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND COAXIALLY WITH EACH OTHER WITH A FACE OF EACH OF SAID RINGS ADJACENT A FACE OF THE OTHER OF SAID RINGS; INPUT MEANS FOR FEEDING MATERIAL STOCK TO SAID PASSAGES OF SAID EXCITING RING; AND OUTPUT MEANS FOR DERIVING THE BEATEN STOCK FROM SAID PASSAGES OF SAID RESONANCE RING.