MY110374A - Fibre separation and crushing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING CUT SAGO CORE MATERIAL INTO FLOUR WHILE SEPARATING RESIDUE FIBRES AND OTHER UNWANTED MATERIALS COMPRISES A HAMMER MILL (6) COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SHARP KNIVES (11) ARRANGED RADIALLY AND AXIALLY ON A ROTATABLE DRIVE SHAFT (7) MOUNTED IN A HOUSING (2, 3) SUCH THAT THE MATERIAL IN THE MILL (6) THAT IS NOT FINE ENOUGH TO EXIT THE MILL (6) IS CONTINUALLY PASSED ALONG THEDRIVE SHAFT (7) TO ITS EXTREME ENDS, THE MACHINE INCLUDING, IN THE REGION AT OR ADJACENT THE ENDS OF THE DRIVE SHAFT (7), ROTATABLE PADDLE MEANS (18) THE PADDLES (19) OF WHICH PREFERABLY HAVE SERRATED EDGES, ARRANGED IN THE HOUSING (2) SUCH THAT IN USE OF THE APPARATUS, THE ROTATING PADDLES (18) ENGAGE THE UNWANTED MATERIAL AND FLING IT OUT OF THE HOUSING (2,3) SEPARATELY FROM THE FLOUR. THE DRIVE SHAFT (7) MAY BE SEPARATED AXIALLY INTO A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS BY IRCULAR DISCS (9) AND THE KNIVES (11) ARE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SHAFTS (14) EXTENDING BETWEEN ADJACENT DISCS (9) AND SPACED FROM THE PERIPHERY OF THE DRIVE SHAFT (7). PREFERABLY, THE HOUSING (2, 3) IS DIVIDED BY INTERNAL WALLS (14, 16) INTO A CENTRAL MILLING AND FLOUR COLLECTION CHAMBER (13) AND OUTER FIBRE AND UNWANTED MATERIAL COLLECTION CHAMBERS (15) AND THE PADDLE MEANS (18) DIVERT UNWANTED MATERIAL FROM THE CENTRAL CHAMBER (13) TO THE OUTER CHAMBERS (15). (FIG 2)