WO1991008051A1 - Solid waste shredder and method of operation - Google Patents
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- WO1991008051A1 WO1991008051A1 PCT/US1990/006886 US9006886W WO9108051A1 WO 1991008051 A1 WO1991008051 A1 WO 1991008051A1 US 9006886 W US9006886 W US 9006886W WO 9108051 A1 WO9108051 A1 WO 9108051A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B02—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING
- B02C—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN
- B02C18/00—Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments
- B02C18/06—Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments with rotating knives
- B02C18/08—Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments with rotating knives within vertical containers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B02—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING
- B02C—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN
- B02C18/00—Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments
- B02C18/06—Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments with rotating knives
- B02C18/16—Details
- B02C18/18—Knives; Mountings thereof
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T29/00—Metal working
- Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
- Y10T29/49718—Repairing
- Y10T29/49721—Repairing with disassembling
- Y10T29/4973—Replacing of defective part
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T29/00—Metal working
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- This invention relates to the chopping and shred- ding of solid waste materials. More particularly, this invention relates to a shredding device and its method of operation which will maintain an overall consistency of the sharpness of the cutting blades by replacing the dullest blades with new blades without disruption to the operation of the device.
- a device for shredding trash or the like includes an annular drum carrying vertically spaced blade members.
- a paddle rotates within the drum with its radially outer end being adjacent to said blade members. Trash is introduced at one axial end of the paddle and is forced against the blade members. The trash shredded by this action is removed at the other axial end of the paddles.
- the blade members can be ⁇ egmental in nature with a plurality thereof carried in vertically spaced circular tracks in the annular drum.
- the average overall sharpness of the blade members in the shredder is maintained by placing a new segmented blade in the first of the tracks while at the same time removing the oldest of the segmented blades at the last of the tracks. Such is accomplished by removing the oldest blades from each vertically spaced track and position- ing these blades adjacent to the next track closest to the last track while at the same time positioning a new blade adjacent to the first track. The removed blades are then inserted into the next adjacent tracks closest to the last track while at the same time a new blade is inserted into the first track and the oldest blade is discharged from the device.
- FIG. 1 is a somewhat schematic view of an overall system for processing solid waste materials showing the shredding device according to the present invention associ- ated therewith.
- Fig. 2 is a somewhat schematic partial vertical sectional view of the shredding device according to the present invention taken substantially along line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
- Figs. 3A and 3B are elevational views of the left hand and right hand segmental cutting teeth, respectively, utilized in the shredding device according to the present invention.
- Figs. 4A and 4B are elevational views of the segmental cutting teeth shown in Figs. 3A and 3B, respec ⁇ tively, as they appear looking outwardly from the center of the shredding device.
- Figs. 5A and 5B are elevational views of the segmented cutting teeth shown in Figs. 3A and 3B, respec- tively, as they appear looking inwardly from the outer housing of the shredding device.
- Figs. 6A and 6B are sectional views taken substan ⁇ tially along lines 6A-6A and 6B-6B of Figs. 4A and 4B, respectively.
- Fig. 7 is a partial sectional view taken substan ⁇ tially along line 7-7 of Fig. 2 showing the system used to replace the cutting edges without taking the unit out of service.
- Fig. 8 is a somewhat schematic sectional view taken substantially along line 8-8 of Fig. 7.
- Fig. 9 is a somewhat schematic sectional view taken substantially along line 9-9 of Fig. 8 and showing the details of the mechanism which moves the blades.
- Fig. 10 is a simplified schematic of the segmental tooth movement pattern.
- Fig. 11 is a somewhat schematic view showing the details of the tooth storage magazine.
- FIG. 1 An overall system for processing solid waste materials is shown in Fig. 1 as including a trash shredding unit generally indicated by the numeral 10.
- Shredder 10 is powered by a drive motor 11 and receives refuse through a feed mechanism generally indicated by the numeral 12.
- Refuse is received by a hopper 13 and is initially roughly macera ⁇ ted by a screw conveyor 14 preferably equipped with a serrated surface 15 to assist in maceration and a smooth forward motion surface 16.
- a water spray, schematically indicated at 17, can be provided to control dusting and assist in fire control and conveyance lubrication.
- a drive device 18 turns screw conveyor 14 through a transmission 19 delivering a continuous stream of refuse to a transfer chute 20 and thereafter into trash shredder 10.
- Trash shredder 10 is schematically shown in Fig. 1 as being equipped with an induced draft blower generally indicated by the numeral 21 which conveys the shredded refuse pneumatically to further processing (not shown) and causes the interior of shredder 10 to be negative in pressure preventing dust from getting into the internal mechanical parts or escaping out feed mechanism 12.
- Trash shredder 10 is also provided with a forced draft blower 22 which provides cooling for the working parts.
- a mechanism access housing 23 with a sealed door 24 and viewing ports 25 allow for access to and observation of the process.
- a conventional hydraulic pressure system, generally indicated by the numeral 26, includes the usual components of a reservoir 27, pump 28, pump drive 29, controls 30 and a multiplicity of feed and return hydraulic tubing generally indicated by the numeral 31.
- Fig. 2 Some of the details of trash shredder 10 are shown in Fig. 2.
- Shredder 10 includes an outer housing 40 which surrounds a working drum 41 to define an annulus 42 which serves as a wind tunnel charged by blower 22 through its outlet 43 seen in end view in Fig. 2.
- Annulus 42 is posi ⁇ tively pressurized above atmospheric pressure to keep the moving devices clean.
- the working heart of trash shredder 10 includes a rotating paddle generally indicated by the numeral 44 and having blades 45 with lugs 46 on the radially outer edge thereof. Lugs 46 pass on both sides of a plural ⁇ ity of segmental teeth, generally indicated by the numeral 47, that are restrained to travel in tracks 48. Tracks 48 are within working drum 41 which along with a conical inlet 49 and outlet 50 define an inner working chamber 51. Shredded trash and air leaves inner chamber 51 via the pipe outlet 52 which communicates with the induced draft blower 21 shown in Fig. 1. Blower 21 causes chamber 51 to be main ⁇ tained at a pressure below atmospheric pressure. This defined inner chamber 51 would normally be equipped with protected illumination and fire protection, neither of which are shown.
- Paddle 44 is rotated at high speed by a shaft 53 which is driven by a drive motor 11 (Fig. 1), and which is supported by bearings 54 protected by seals 55.
- Baffles 56 redirect and recycle the particulate trash thrown off by paddles 44 back into the main stream of incoming refuse introduced to the inner chamber 51 via chute 57 which is off- center of shaft 53.
- Chute 57 communicates with feed mecha ⁇ nism 12 through chute 20 as shown in Fig. 1.
- the cutting teeth 47 are segmental and continuously renewed into the system. Teeth 47 include guide arms 58 which fit within tracks 48 so that teeth 47 are guided therein. Teeth 47 are equipped with cooling fins 59 which extend into annulus 42 defined by outer housing 40.
- Outer housing 40 is positively positioned relative to working drum 41 by a plurality of stanchions 60 which extend from drum 41 to housing 40 to a plurality of vertical support ribs 61 (Figs. 2 and 7) .
- the segmental teeth are loosely fitted within tracks 48 so that air blown in through outlet 43 leaks into chamber 51 and out through outlet 52.
- Segmental teeth 47 are shown in greater detail in Figs. 3-6.
- the teeth are of two varieties, being of the left hand cutting and right hand cutting types, with Figs. 3A and Figs. 3B showing left and right hand elevational views, respectively; Figs. 4A and 4B showing the left and right hand teeth, respectively, as seen from the center of shredder 10; and Figs. 5A and 5B showing the left and right hand teeth, respectively, as seen from annulus 42.
- the cooling fins 59 of teeth 47 which are generally shown in Fig. 2, are shown in more detail in Figs. 3A and 3B.
- fins 59 are provided with indentations 70 to accommodate lifting and moving devices to be hereinafter described while other heavy fins 71 accommodate the devices that push the segmental teeth along the tracks 48 of Fig. 2.
- Cooling fins 59 are also provided with a bias cut 72 for the left hand bladed teeth and bias cut 73 for the right hand bladed teeth.
- the guide arms 58 are supported by the tracks 48 of drum 41 and since tracks 48 are arcuate in nature, guide arms 58 are likewise curved and shaped at the leading edge 74 and trailing edge 75 in a manner to accom ⁇ modate feed control mechanisms to be hereinafter described.
- each right hand cutting tooth 47 is configured with air turning fins 77.
- the cutting edge 78 of each right hand cutting tooth 47 is con ⁇ figured with turning air fins 79 to enhance turbulence in the inner working shredding chamber 51.
- the cutting edges 76 and 78 as shown in Figs. 3A and 3B, respectively, preferably have an angle of repose of less than 45 degrees to the direction of motion of the paddle lugs 46. Lugs 46 pass a left handed cutting edge 76 and a right handed cutting edge 78 alterna ⁇ tively to produce a saw-like effect on the trash moving at high speed through the inner working chamber 51.
- Figs. 7 and 8 an automated method of feeding and controlling the segmental teeth is best shown in Figs. 7 and 8.
- Fig. 7 the alternating segmental left and right hand teeth are shown in an overhead view in a track 48 of drum 41. Although only three teeth are shown for simplicity, it should be appreciated that each track 48 is always filled with a full complement of teeth.
- drum 41 is supported by stanchion 60 and vertical rib 61 which allows clearance for the passage of the segmental tooth.
- the rotating paddle 44 is shown as being rotated in a counterclockwise direction causing refuse to be thrown against the teeth 47.
- the outer face of the tracked drum 41 is interrupted, as at 80 to allow for the insertion or removal of a segmental tooth 47 into or out of a circular track 48.
- the particular tooth 47 currently at the location of interruption 80 is held in place against the impacting refuse in chamber 51 by a shoe 81 which is verti ⁇ cally continuous over all the teeth in that particular column.
- Apertures 82 are cut in shoe 81 to access the teeth for insertion or removal.
- Fig. 8 the internal chamber segmental tooth feed is shown behind the holding shoe 81 of Fig. 7.
- the housing 40 is shown cutaway as is the bar 85.
- the opening 80 in the outer face of drum 41 is shown accom ⁇ modating the extraction or insertion of a tooth 47.
- the pushing jaws 84 are shown having been advanced to just make contact with heavy cooling fin 71. The pressure against this fin is maintained by the adjacent jaws 84 which are spring loaded, as at 88, to accommodate the temporary opening of the jaw as it is retracted to the right to pass the segmental tooth that was forced forward from the thrust acting around the tracked drum 41.
- the jaw assemblies 84 typically include a bottom plate 89, a pivot 90 and a vertical bar 91 attached to bar 85. With this jaw assembly retracted to the right, the tooth 47 is fully exposed by opening 80 and can be manipulated.
- Fig. 9 is an elevational section through access opening 80 in tracked drum 41.
- the spent tooth magazine 92 with an empty chamber 100 ready to receive the spent tooth 93.
- a magazine 101 with a fresh tooth 47 ready for insertion are pressed against the flow of shredding trash by shoe 81 which is supported by a primary moving plate 102.
- Plate 102 is pressed in place by hydraulic units 103 which are supported by a fixed plate 104 which in turn is supported by the access housing 23.
- a secondary movable plate 105 mounted on the primary movable plate 102 by slides 106 is advanced by hydraulic units 107.
- the primary plate 102 is caused to move upward by the action of hydraulic unit 118. This movement is permitted by the slotted holes 119 and the "L" shaped nature of guide slots 116. With the primary plate 102 thus moved upward, each segmental tooth is in readiness to be inserted in its next higher respective circular track 48, and the oldest tooth 93 is ready to be inserted into the spent tooth magazine 92. Such is accomplished by the actuation of hydraulic units 103 which move primary plate 102 to the left in Fig. 9. Tongs 108 and 109 are then disengaged from the fins by the action of hydraulic unit 110 and the tongs retracted to the right.by hydraulic units 107. The shoe 81 retracts downward by the action of hydraulic unit 118 and the assembly is ready for the next exchange cycle.
- Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are summarized in schematic form in Fig. 10. Shown are the outer housing 40, the inner chamber 51, inlet 57, recirculation baffles 56, and outlet 52. A new segmental tooth 47 is fed into the system by magazine 101. The mechanism of Fig. 9 lifts all the teeth in the exposed column 120 up one circular track respectively. The pushing jaws of Fig. 8 then advance to the left all the segmental teeth around the circular tracks 48 by a distance of one tooth, replacing the tooth just placed in the open vertical column 120 with the tooth that was to the right of that column.
- FIG. 11 is a top view of a typical magazine 92 or 101 which like the magazine of a rifle is equipped with a feeding spring and cover 121, and a retaining latch 122 with a feeding spring 123 that prevents a loaded tooth from sliding out of the magazine when it is being used for spent teeth.
- the latch 122 can be restrained by latch 124 when the magazine is being used to feed fresh teeth.
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