Patent ID: 6402069
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B02C

Abstract:
In a comminution machine, comprising in series a feeding device for feeding the material to be chopped, a comminution device and an emulsifier, said comminution device being housed in a housing for chopping meat or similar material delivered to it by the feeding device, said comminution device having at least one set of knives driven by a shaft and associated with a rotationally fixed perforated disk, and an outlet for the comminuted material provided on an emulsifier housing connected to the housing and enclosing the emulsifier, the improvement wherein a rotation-symmetrical stator with a support member is provided on the emulsifier housing, said stator having an inwardly facing support surface enveloping an outwardly facing fulling surface provided on a fulling body of a rotor rotationally connected to the shaft and conformed to the stator such that between the support surface and the fulling surface there is provided an axially extending wedge-shaped converging gap coaxially extending around a common axis of the rotor and the stator, and wherein a hub is provided on the rotor and effecting securement of the rotor to the shaft.