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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1978
Roland A LeJeune, Cumberland, RI (US);
Leesona Corporation, Warwick, RI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a rotor construction and particularly one in which the rotor includes a plurality of open-faced knife sets each having at least a pair of longitudinally spaced plates. At peripherally spaced locations between said plates, relatively heavy material contacting blocks are disposed. The blocks in turn provide a seat for a knife blade. Material fed to the chamber of a granulating machine in which such rotor is mounted, is contacted by the plates and the blocks with a pummelling action and by the knives in a cutting action. The material so pummelled and cut is thereafter free to pass immediately into open face portions or pockets disposed between the plates of each knife set. The material contacting faces of the plates and the blocks are provided with a hard faced surface. The rotor is referred to as being of 'club-foot' construction.