Patent ID: 9610705
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A01G,B02C,B27L

Claim:
1. A brush chipper assembly comprising: a housing; a feeder subassembly connected to the housing; the feeder subassembly including opposed, first and second feeder rollers; when the feeder subassembly is actuated, the first feeder roller is operable to rotate in a first direction and the second feeder roller is operable to rotate in a second direction so as to draw the brush to be chipped into the housing; the first direction being opposite to the second direction; whereby the first and second feeder rollers are biased in respective first positions; when the feeder subassembly is actuated, the first and second feeder rollers are capable of being actuated to second respective positions, thereby adjusting the size of a gap defined by outer boundaries of the first and second feeder rollers; a chipping subassembly substantially contained within the housing behind the feeder subassembly; the chipping subassembly including first and second, opposed chipping heads and a drive assembly for driving rotation of the first and second chipping heads; each chipping head carrying a plurality of cutting teeth for chipping the brush fed into the brush chipper assembly; when the chipping subassembly is actuated, the first chipping head is operable to rotate in a third direction and the second chipping head is operable to rotate in a fourth direction; the third direction being opposite to the fourth direction and the first direction; the fourth direction being opposite to the second direction.