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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2004
Gary Lee Kolbet, High Point, NC (US);
Mel Todd Carswell, Lexington, NC (US);
William Len Beusse, Trinity, NC (US);
Henry Marshall Kennedy, High Point, NC (US);
Gary Lee Kolbet, High Point, NC (US);
Mel Todd Carswell, Lexington, NC (US);
William Len Beusse, Trinity, NC (US);
Henry Marshall Kennedy, High Point, NC (US);
Vecoplan, LLC, Archdale, NC (US);
Abstract
A mobile shredder comprises a truck having a truck body defining an enclosure and including a partition in the enclosure that divides a storage volume from the remainder of the enclosure for storage of shredded material in the storage volume, a single-shaft rotary shredder mounted in the enclosure outside the storage volume, the rotary shredder comprising a rotor having cutters rigidly mounted thereon, a bin lift and dump mechanism operable to transport material to be shredded from outside to inside the enclosure so as to deliver material to the rotary shredder, and a discharge conveyor operable to transport shredded material from the rotary shredder through the partition to the storage volume. The floor of the storage volume can comprise a walking floor, and the enclosure can have rear doors that are openable to allow shredded material to be discharged through the open rear doors when the walking floor is operated.