Patent ID: 6550705
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: A01G,B02C

Abstract:
A comminuting machine for pulverizing ground debris, comprising:a mobile support structure movable along a path of travel on a ground surface; a drive shaft supported by said mobile support structure transversely of said path of travel; means for rotating said drive shaft, said means secured on said mobile support structure; a plurality of blades mounted on said drive shaft for axial rotation therewith; a mouth for collecting ground debris disposed frontwardly of said blades, adjacent the ground; a discharge for comminuted debris disposed rearwardly of said blades; a plate disposed generally beneath said blades extending from the mouth at a front portion of the plate to the discharge at a rear portion of the plate, the plate being angled upwardly toward the discharge at the rear portion thereof; and an arcuate hood coextensive with the length of said drive shaft in an outwardly spaced relation thereto to define an arcuate air chamber extending from the mouth over the blades to the discharge, said air chamber and said airflow generating elements serving to enhance collection of ground debris and discharge of pulverized ground debris.