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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1978
Arthur Smith, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A mill comprising a case with a longitudinal flow passage; an annular milling ring with a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially inwardly projecting teeth fixed in the flow passage; a substantially disc-shaped rotor arranged centrally within the ring in free running clearance with the teeth, a prime mover to rotate the rotor; said rotor has a plurality of circumferentially spaced, straight, radially outwardly opening guideways; a plurality of milling blocks with elongate shanks slidably engaged in the guideways and milling heads normally projecting radially from the rotor into close running clearance with the teeth and movable radially inwardly relative to the teeth; and stop means to limit radial outward shifting and allow for free radial inward shifting of the blocks relative to the rotor.