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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1987
Wayne R Mitchell, Muncy, PA (US);
Sprout-Bauer, Inc., Muncy, PA (US);
Abstract
A rotary cutter comprises a housing having a base portion, a cover portion, and a working chamber defined therebetween. The cover portion has laterally extending side flanges adapted to mate and bolt to the upper surface of the base portion. A generally cylindrical rotor having a plurality of knives mounted about its periphery is mounted to a shaft horizontally disposed within the working chamber and adapted for rotation about its longitudinal axis. An inlet feed tube is mounted to the cover portion of the housing for feeding a material to be shredded into the working chamber. Camrolls are mounted to the four corners cover of the housing along the lateral side flanges thereof for translating the cover portion of the housing parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rotor along track means associated with the base portion of the housing along which the top portion of the housing may be translated on the camroll means. The track means has a first track portion comprising the lateral extending flat upper surface on each side of the base portion of the housing and a second track portion comprising a pair of lateral spaced rails extending axially outward from the end of the base portion of the housing. The rails are positioned to receive the cover portion of the housing when the cover portion has been translated axially along the first track portion of the track means thereby opening the working chamber to expose and provide access to the horizontal rotor.