Patent ID: 6415999
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B02C

Abstract:
A cutting mill comprising,a housing, said housing having a lower part with a stator having a circumferential inner surface, and an upper part defining a chamber therewithin, a multi-knive rotor having a circumferential outer surface and a plurality of radially adjustable knives distributed uniformly about its circumference, said knives having inner ends guided within said rotor and outer ends projecting beyond the outer circumferential surface of said rotor for determining the width of a cutting gap between said rotor and stator, a horizontal shaft mounted within said lower part of said stationary cutting mill housing and having an axis about which said multi-knive rotor is rotatable, and cylindrical sizing means disposed above said multi-knive rotor within said chamber, and rotatable about an axis parallel to and in vertical alignment with the axis of said horizontal shaft.