Apparatus for reducing materials

• US 3,139,917 A
• Filed: 08/08/1961
• Issued: 07/07/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Austin E. Elmore
• Original Assignee: Austin E. Elmore
• Inventors: Elmore, Austin E.
• Application Number:
  US04/130,133
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• US Class Current: 241/199.12
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/0722 Mixing, whipping or cutting tools

Claims

1. APPARATUS OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, COMPRISING:

A CONTAINER HAVING A BOTTOM WALL AND A SIDE WALL;

A ROTATABLE SHAFT IN SAID CONTAINER EXTENDING ABOVE SAID BOTTOM WALL;

AN IMPELLER DISC SPACED ABOVE SAID BOTTOM WALL CARRIED BY SAID SHAFT, SAID IMPELLER DISC HAVING ALTERNATELY UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING PERIPHERAL TANGENTIAL VANES COACTING WITH SAID SIDE WALL FOR CIRCULATING A MATERIAL IN THE CONTAINER IN A SUBSTANTIALLY RADIAL OUTWARD PATH FROM SAID SHAFT TOWARDS SAID SIDE WALL, SAID SIDE WALL DEFLECTING THE MATERIAL FROM THE OUTWARD FLOW PATH INTO RETURN PATHS TOWARD SAID SHAFT POSITIONED ABOVE AND BELOW SAID OUTWARD PATH;

AND A PLURALITY OF CUTTING BLADES CARRIED BY AND ROTATABLE WITH SAID SHAFT, SAID BLADES EXTENDING ABOVE AND BELOW SAID IMPELLER DISC INTO THE RESPECTIVE RETURN PATHS OF MOVEMENT OF SAID MATERIAL.