Patent ID: 7182285
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: B02C,B29B,B29K,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A tire rubber granulator for reducing scrap tire rubber into small particles of a pre-determined size comprising: a first disk assembly having a first interior surface and a first exterior surface mutually bounded by a first perimeter, said first disk assembly centered on a rotational axis and further comprising: a second disk assembly having a second interior surface and a second exterior surface mutually bounded by a second perimeter, said second disk assembly centered on the same the rotational axis as the first disk assembly and the second interior surface is in juxtaposition with the first interior surface, said second disk further comprising: an apparatus interconnected to the tire rubber granulator that causes at least one of the disk assemblies to rotate about the rotational axis; a structure in at least one of the disk assemblies that allows scrap tire rubber to be introduced into first and second pluralities of tapered recesses; and an opening, said opening formed between the first and second curved skirts that allows scrap tire rubber to exit the tire rubber granulator.