Patent ID: 7258293
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: B02C

Abstract:
1. A wood crusher comprising: a body frame; a crushing apparatus installed on said body frame and including a crushing rotor rotated in a crushing chamber; a feed conveyor installed on one side of said body frame in the longitudinal direction thereof and including a drive wheel, a driven wheel, and a running member looped between said drive wheel and said driven wheel, thereby conveying woods to be crushed to said crushing apparatus; a bottom-equipped hopper having side walls disposed on both sides of said feed conveyor in the transverse direction thereof, and a bottom wall disposed under said feed conveyor, and a front wall disposed forward of said feed conveyor; and a guide member disposed in continuation with the bottom wall of said hopper at a position near said drive wheel of said feed conveyor to prevent wood pieces from accumulating near said drive wheel, wherein said guide member is formed substantially in a circular-arc shape to extend in proximity to a locus along which said drive wheel of said feed conveyor is rotated and is connected to the bottom wall and the front wall of said hopper.