Oscillating anvil disintegrator

Claim 2

A machine for simultaneously cutting and shredding plant products, such as sugar cane stalks, said machine comprising: a casing; a rotor mounted to rotate about an axis thereof in said casing; a feed opening in said casing, at one side thereof with respect to said rotor; means for feeding plant products through said feed opening toward said rotor in a direction substantially perpendicular to said axis to said rotor; anvil means yieldably mouned to said casing, at a side thereof with respect to said rotor opposite said feed opening; said casing having a chute surface directly above said anvil means; a plurality of blades rigidly mounted to the periphery of said rotor to rotate therewith; each of said blades having on the leading edge thereof, with respect to the direction of rotation of said rotor, cutting edge means for cutting into pieces said plant products fed through said feed opening; and each of said blades having at the outermost end thereof, extending in opposite directions parallel to said axis of said rotor and perpendicular to the plane of said blade, means for throwing the cut pieces of plant products upwardly onto said chute surface, whereafter said pieces of plant products slide downwardly to said anvil means, and for shredding said pieces of plant products against said anvil means.

Claim 3

A machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said anvil means has a curved surface facing said rotor, said curved surface having serrations therein.

Claim 4

A machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said anvil means is mounted such that all points of said curved surface are substantially equally spaced from said rotor.

Claim 5

A machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said chute surface is inclined downwardly and inwardly toward said anvil means.

Claim 6

A machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rotor comprises a plurality of blade holders, and each of said blade holders has a plurality of blades rigidly attached thereto and extending substantially radially outwardly from said axis of said rotor.

Claim 7

A machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein said blade holders are positioned such that said blades are arranged in rows extending parallel to said axis of said rotor, sadi rows being spaced about the periphery of said rotor.

Claim 8

A machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein the blades attached to each of said blade holders are equally spaced therearound.

Claim 9

A machine as claimed in claim 1, further comprising suspension means for biasing said anvil means toward said rotor.

Claim 10

A machine as claimed in claim 8, wherein said anvil means is pivotally mounted at the upper end thereof to said casing.

Claim 11

A machine as claimed in claim 8, wherein said suspension means comprises means for presetting the closest position of said anvil means with respect to said rotor.

Claim 12

A machine as claimed in claim 8, further comprising an outlet opening in the bottom of said casing for discharge of shredded plant products.

Claim 13

A machine as claimed in claim 8, wherein Said means for throwing and for shredding on each of said blades comprises a first projection extending laterally from one side of the outermost end of said blade, and a second projection extending laterally from the opposite side of the outermost end of said blade.

Claim 14

A machine as claimed in claim 12, wherein both of said first and second projections are spaced from said leading edge of said blade in the direction of rotation of said blade.

Claim 15

A machine as claimed in claim 13, wherein said second projection is spaced from said first projection in the direction of rotation of said blade.

Claim 16

A machine as claimed in claim 12, wherein said second projection is spaced from said first projection in the direction of rotation of said blade.

Claim 17

In a machine for simultaneously cutting and shredding plant products, such as sugar cane stalks, wherein the machine includes a casing; a rotor mounted to rotate about an axis thereof in said casing; a feed opening in said casing, at one side thereof with respect to said rotor; means for feeding plant products through said feed opening toward said rotor in a direction substantially perpendicular to said axis of said rotor; anvil means yieldably mounted to said casing, at a side thereof with respect to said rotor, opposite said feed opening, said anvil means having a curved surface facing said rotor; said casing having a chute surface directly above said anvil means; and a plurality of blades operatively connected to the periphery of said rotor to rotate therewith, the improvement comprising: said blades being rigidly mounted to the periphery of said rotor; each of said blades having on the leading edge thereof, with respect to the direction of rotation of said rotor, a single cutting edge means for cutting into pieces said plant products fed through said feed opening; and each of said blades having at the outermost end thereof, extending in opposite directions parallel to said axis of said rotor and perpendicular to the plane of said blade, means for throwing the cut pieces of plant products upwardly onto said chute surface, whereafter said pieces of plant products slide downwardly to said anvil means, and for shredding said pieces of plant products against said anvil means.

Claim 18

In a machine for simultaneously cutting and shredding plant products, such as sugar cane stalks, wherein the machine includes a casing; a rotor mounted to rotate about an axis thereof in said casing; a feed opening in said casing, at one side thereof with respect to said rotor; means for feeding plant products through said feed opening toward said rotor in a direction substantially perpendicular to said axis of said rotor; anvil means yieldably mounted to said casing, at a side thereof with respect to said rotor, opposite said feed opening, said anvil means having a curved surface facing said rotor; said casing having a chute surface directly above said anvil means; and a plurality of blades operatively connected to the periphery of said rotor to rotate therewith, the improvement comprising: said blades being rigidly mounted to the periphery of said rotor; each of said blades having on the leading edge thereof, with respect to the direction of rotation of said rotor, a single cutting edge means for cutting into pieces said plant products fed through said feed opening; and each of said blades having at the outermost end thereof, extending in opposite directions parallel to said axis of said rotor and perpendicular to the plane of said blade, means for throwing the cut pieces of plant products upwardly onto said chute surface, whereafter said pieces of plant products slide downwardly to said anvil means, and for shredding said pieces of plant products against said anvil means.

Claim 19

The improvement claimed in claim 16, wherein said rotor comprises a plurality of blade holders, and each of said blade holders has a plurality of blades rigidly attached thereto and extending substantially radially outwardly from said axis of said rotor.

Claim 20

The improvement claimed in claim 17, wherein said blade holders are positioned such that said blades are arranged in rows extending parallel to said axis of said rotor, said rows being spaced about the periphery of said rotor.

Claim 21

The improvement claimed in claim 17, wherein the blades attached to each of said blade holders are equally spaced therearound.

Claim 22

The improvement claimed in claim 16, wherein said means for throwing and for shredding on each of said blades comprises a first projection extending laterally from one side of the outermost end of said blade, and a second projection extending laterally from the opposite side of the outermost end of said blade.

Claim 23

The improvement claimed in claim 17, wherein both of said first and second projections are spaced from said leading edge of said blade in the direction of rotation of said blade.

Claim 24

The improvement claimed in claim 21, wherein said second projection is spaced from said first projection in the direction of rotation of said blade.

Claim 25

The improvement claimed in claim 20, wherein said second projection is spaced from said first projection in the direction of rotation of said blade.