Patent ID: 8087601

Claim:
A machine for distributing blowing wool from a bag of compressed blowing wool, the machine comprising: a chute having an inlet end, the inlet end configured to receive the bag of compressed blowing wool; and a shredding chamber associated with the chute, the shredding chamber configured to shred and pick apart the blowing wool, the shredding chamber including a plurality of shredders, each shredder having a plurality of paddle assemblies mounted for rotation on a shredder shaft in a manner such that paddle assemblies on one shredder shaft correspond to paddle assemblies on an adjacent shredder shaft, each of the plurality of paddle assemblies on one shredder shaft having a major axis and each of the corresponding paddles assemblies on the adjacent shredder shaft having a major axis; wherein the plurality of paddle assemblies are arranged such that the major axes of the corresponding paddle assemblies have an indexed arrangement.