Patent ID: 8851410

Claim:
A cutting device for a granulator for obtaining granules from cutting plastic strands, said cutting device comprising a cutting rotor which is connected to a drive shaft by means of a cardanic joint piece comprising a driven part and a drive part in which the drive part as well as the driven part comprise a force-transmitting part each with a prong-like element comprising prongs such that a pair of prongs positioned at an angle of about 90° relative to the prongs enclose the force-transmitting part with each of the prongs of the pair of prongs supporting an axle that extends through said force-transmitting part and both axles being essentially offset at about 90° from each other, wherein the force-transmitting part is incorporated within said cutting rotor in such a way that one said prong-like element is a component part of the cutting rotor and other said prong-like element comprises a axial connection to extend into a drive access.