Patent ID: 7588204

Claim:
A mobile 3-part crusher assembly of which a first part is a feeder section for receiving a bulk support of material, a second part is a crusher section to receive raw material from the feeder section, and a third part is a discharge section to receive crushed material from the crusher section and to discharge the crushed material to a required stockpile; in which the first, second and third parts of the crusher assembly are detachably connectable to work together in a crushing mode, and to be separated from each other for individual handling and transport in a transport mode of the assembly; a first articulation connection to couple the discharge section to the remainder of the assembly, the first articulation connection configured to allow pivoting movement of the discharge section relative to the remainder of the assembly in a lateral direction to allow relative steering movement between the discharge section and the remainder of the assembly; and a second articulation connection to couple the discharge section to the remainder of the assembly, the second articulation connection configured to allow pivoting movement of the discharge section relative to the remainder of the assembly in a transverse direction to allow relative upward or downward pivoting between the discharge section and the reminder of the assembly so as to follow undulations in the surface of the ground over which the assembly travels.