Patent ID: 8622327

Claim:
A machine for distributing loosefill insulation, the machine comprising: a chute having an inlet end, the inlet end configured to receive the loosefill insulation; a lower unit associated with the chute, the lower unit including a shredder configured to shred and pick apart the loosefill insulation, the shredder further configured to guide the shredded insulation into an agitator, the shredder and the agitator positioned in substantially the same horizontal plane, the agitator configured to finely condition the loosefill insulation, the lower unit further including a shredder guide shell positioned partially around the shredder and configured to allow the shredder to seal against an inner surface of the shredder guide shell, and an agitator guide shell positioned partially around the agitator and configured to allow the agitator to seal against an inner surface of the agitator guide shell; and a discharge mechanism positioned in the lower unit, the discharge mechanism being configured to discharge loosefill insulation from an outlet of the lower unit, the discharge mechanism having a top inlet, the top inlet positioned below the agitator such that loosefill insulation exiting the agitator is allowed to fall in a substantially vertical direction from the agitator into the top inlet of the discharge mechanism; wherein a lower end of the shredder guide shell is offset in a vertical direction from a lower end of the agitator guide shell.