Grinding mill

Claim 1

A grinding mill for seeds, nuts, grains and like materials comprising in combination: a frame having a base portion and a cover portion, said cover portion having a pivotally mounted cover for exposing and concealing the inside of said cover portion, motor means comprising a rotating shaft mounted on said base portion of said frame, a milling head comprising a pair of relatively movable disc type cutting and grinding members juxtapositioned in coplanar arrangement when in a grinding and milling operation within said cover portion, one of said members being mounted on said shaft for rotation therewith and the other of said members being mounted on said cover for pivotal movement therewith from a position juxtapositioned to said one member to a position spaced therefrom for exposing said one member, said cover being provided with an aperture extending therethrough for alignment with an aperture extending through said other member into a space between said members, a collar surrounding said aperture in said cover, a hopper mountable on said cover and having a discharge passage leading into said aperture of said cover, and said hopper being detachably mounted on said collar surrounding said aperture in said cover, said cover portion comprising a milling chamber housing said milling head and defining an outlet port for discharging the ground and milled products, and an adjustment means for axially positioning one of said grinding members relative to the other for controlling the condition of the milled product, said adjustment means comprises a cam rotatably mounted on said cover, said frame supporting said motor and rotating shaft at an acute angle with a supporting surface of the grinding mill with the longitudinal axis of said outlet port of said milling chamber being substantially perpendicular to the axis of said rotating shaft.