Patent ID: 7766267

Claim:
An apparatus for reducing and separating an associated agricultural product into two or more sub-parts, the apparatus comprising: a first housing including an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being configured to receive the associated agricultural product to be reduced; a first reducing assembly for reducing the associated agricultural product to a plurality of first sub parts, the first reducing assembly disposed between and in communication with the inlet and the outlet of the first housing, the first reducing assembly including a first rotatable reducing member, a second rotatable reducing member, and a reaction member, wherein the first reducing member, the second reducing member and the reaction member are disposed adjacent to the other and simultaneously contact the associated agricultural product to be reduced; a second housing including an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being configured to receive select ones of the plurality of first sub-parts; and a second reducing assembly disposed between the inlet and the outlet of the second housing, the second reducing assembly including a reducing rotor and a stationary reducing ring, the reducing ring secured to the second housing and disposed around the reducing rotor with a portion of the reducing ring being disposed between the reducing rotor and the outlet of the second housing, wherein the select ones of the plurality of first sub-parts are further reduced to a plurality of second sub-parts by the second reducing assembly and discharged through the reducing ring via the outlet of the second housing.