Continuous-operation crushing machine

Abstract

A crushing-machine housing accommodates a rotating crushing roller whose periphery travels in the same direction as the conveyor which feeds material through the crushing machine, the clearance between the crushing roller and such conveyor determining the maximum volumetric rate at which material can be fed through the machine. The crushing roller is of crankshaft-like configuration, having a crank pin carrying crushing implements located far from the crushing-roller rotation axis, to either side of the crank pin a respective crank web whose center of gravity is eccentric with respect to the crushing-roller rotation axis, and to either side of the crank webs a respective crank journal rotatably mounted on the machine housing. The crank webs of the crankshaft-like crushing roller carry crushing implements located on the side of the roller rotation axis diametrally opposite to the crank-pin tool-carrying part of the crushing roller. When the volumetric throughput of goods is to be changed, there is no need to stop the machine and raise its housing to create a greater clearance between the crushing roller and the conveyor, as in prior art.