Patent ID: 6036128
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B02C,Y10S

Abstract:
A tire shredding machine for shredding tires that have been cut into segments, the tire segments having a tread portion and curved sidewall portions, said machine comprising:a housing including an inlet and an outlet;a safety hood located adjacent said inlet and movable between an open position and a closed position;a pair of intake rollers, said intake rollers including a first roller mounted in said housing and a second roller carried by said safety hood, said intake rollers cooperating to draw the tire segment into said machine when said the tire segment is placed over said first intake roller and said safety hood is moved into said closed position;means located downstream of said intake rollers for splaying the sidewall portions of the tire segment into substantially planar alignment with the tread portion of the tire segment;a pair of flattening rollers located downstream of said splaying means and adjacent said outlet, wherein said flattening rollers maintain the tire segment in a flattened condition; andgrinding means located adjacent said outlet for grinding the tire segment as it exits said pair of flattening rollers.