Patent ID: 7226008

Claim:
A briquette making apparatus comprising: a mashing crusher that crushes grinding chips solidified in a dried condition to a desired size, wherein the mashing crusher comprises: a plurality of cylindrical biting-in bars, a plurality of partition plates arranged above the biting-in bars, an outer frame member that fixes said plurality of biting-in bars and partition plates at prescribed intervals, meshed metal members provided in a prescribed arrangement at prescribed intervals from said biting-in bars fixed to the outer frame member, and reciprocal driving means that causes said outer frame member to move reciprocally on the meshed metal members, and crushes solidified grinding chips supplied to within said outer frame member to a desired size by causing said outer frame member to move reciprocally on said meshed metal members; and, a screw conveyor-crusher that supplies grinding chips to said mashing crusher, said screw conveyor-crusher comprising a first screw conveyor that is provided at a leading end thereof with crushing arms and a holding plate, said holding plate being provided in the vicinity of said crushing arms, the screw-conveyor crusher crushes solidified grinding chips to an appropriate size and then supplies the crushed solidified grinding chips to within said outer frame member of the mashing crusher; wherein said briquette making apparatus performs a synchronized operation of said first screw conveyor for grinding chip supply and a second screw conveyor that supplies at least one of turning chips and gear cutting chips, thereby causing the grinding chips and the at least one of the turning chips and the gear cutting chips to fall onto a transfer conveyor of a compression pressing machine at a desired blending ratio, and wherein said desired blending ratio is a ratio between the grinding chips and the at least one of the turning chips and the gear cutting chips.