Patent ID: 6659378
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: A01G,B02C

Abstract:
An apparatus for shredding pruned material lying on the ground, comprising:a. a mobile shredder frame; b. feeder means for picking up the pruned material from the ground, said feeder means being located on a front end of said shredder frame and having a material input and a material output, said feeder means comprising a pair of elongated, counter-rotating feeder rollers, said feeder rollers including an upper feeder roller and a lower feeder roller, said upper feeder roller including a plurality of circumferentially spaced gripping plates extending longitudinally along its outer periphery, said gripping plates including an outer toothed portion for engaging the branches; c. a shredding chamber mounted on said shredder frame, said chamber having an inlet adjacent said material output and a shredded particle discharge; d. shredder means within said shredding chamber; and, e. means for continuously moving said shredder frame along a path over the ground.