WO2009012212A2 - Wood chip collection system - Google Patents
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- WO2009012212A2 WO2009012212A2 PCT/US2008/069959 US2008069959W WO2009012212A2 WO 2009012212 A2 WO2009012212 A2 WO 2009012212A2 US 2008069959 W US2008069959 W US 2008069959W WO 2009012212 A2 WO2009012212 A2 WO 2009012212A2
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
- A01G23/00—Forestry
- A01G23/02—Transplanting, uprooting, felling or delimbing trees
- A01G23/06—Uprooting or pulling up trees; Extracting or eliminating stumps
- A01G23/067—Uprooting or pulling up trees; Extracting or eliminating stumps by comminuting the tree stumps
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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
- B02C21/00—Disintegrating plant with or without drying of the material
- B02C21/02—Transportable disintegrating plant
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- the present invention relates generally to stump grinder apparatus, and more particularly to systems for collecting the wood chips produced by a stump grinder.
- Stump grinders are well known in the art.
- stump grinders employ a wheel to which a plurality of cutting teeth are mounted about the wheel's periphery.
- the wheel rotates about its axis by a motor.
- the teeth impact a stump, chipping away the wood.
- the chips As the teeth cut the stump into small chips and do so at high rates of speed, the chips generally get thrown and collect in a large pile to the side of or behind the stump grinder. In large stump removal projects, these chip piles can accumulate rapidly and require significant clean up efforts.
- the present invention provides a wheeled chassis to which a stump grinding unit is securely attached, a chip collector attached to either the stump grinder or the wheeled chassis and positioned adjacent the trailing edge of the stump grinding wheel, a duct in fluid communication with the chip collector, and a collection bin positioned adjacent the trailing end and in spaced relation below the duct.
- the wheeled chassis is adapted for hitched connection to a vehicle.
- a blower can be positioned within the duct to produce a rearwardly directed air flow to assist in the chip movement towards the collection bin.
- the collection bin can be positioned on the wheeled chassis or on a vehicle to which the wheeled chassis is attached.
- a specially designed stump grinding wheel that assists in chip movement is also encompassed within the present invention.
- the stump grinding wheel includes cut out regions around its periphery and a series of curved vanes extending from the sidewalls of the wheel proximate to where teeth would be mounted to the wheel. The vanes will catch the chips as they are cut from a stump and will push them towards the chute, increasing their energy to assist in movement of the chips through the chute and into the collection bin.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a chip collection system with a flexible coupling in the duct;
- Figures 2 and 3 are perspective views of collection systems having differently shaped collectors;
- Figures 4 and 5 are perspective views of an embodiment of the chip collection system having a pivoting chip collection bin with Figure 4 showing the bin in a collecting position and Figure 5 being in a dumping position;
- Figure 6 is a perspective view of the chip collection system with a telescoping duct.
- Figure 7 is a perspective view of a stump grinding wheel with chip vanes.
- Figure 8 is another embodiment of the present invention having a removable collection bin with wheels and a direct discharge.
- Figure 9 is an embodiment of the present invention having a three-sided removable collection bin with wheels and indirect discharge.
- Figure 10 is an embodiment of the present invention having a blower to blow the chip into the duct and a removable collection bin with wheels with direct discharge into bin.
- Figure 11 is an embodiment of the present invention having a swivel joint which can be located over the pivoting axis of the head.
- Figure 12 is an embodiment of the present invention having parallel linkage for retraction.
- Figure 13 is an embodiment of the present invention having a circularly retracting collector.
- Figure 14 is an embodiment of the present invention having a front discharge.
- Figure 15 is an embodiment of the present invention having a floating and retractable cylinder.
- FIG. 1 a chip collection system designated generally by reference numeral 10, for use in connection with a stump grinder 12.
- Collection system 10 generally comprises a wheeled chassis 13, to which a collector 14 is mounted adjacent the trailing edge of a stump grinding wheel 16.
- System 10 further includes a duct 18 that leads (i.e., outputs) to a collection bin 20.
- Collector 14 may be fully enclosed, except for the leading side, or include one or more opening for clearing debris that may have jammed inside.
- Collector 14 may be rigid or be at least partially formed from a flexible material, such as rubber, particularly where collector 14 meets the ground.
- a blower 22 may be mounted within the duct work to create a rearward flow of air to force the chips through the duct 18 (as seen Figures 2 and 3), or the force of the chips flying into the duct may produce enough flow to serve this function.
- exhaust gas from stump grinder 12 may be used to provide a draft to assist in the movement of debris from collector 14 to bin 20 via an exhaust line 21.
- blower 22 may be mounted to wheel 16 to provide a draft at the leading edge of duct 18 rather than in an intermediate position along duct 18.
- Blower 22 may be powered independently of grinder 12 or by the engine used to power grinder 12. In any case, the air draft through duct 18 may be used in combination with a venturi to create a suction point anywhere in the air stream.
- duct 18 may comprise an enclosed tube, a conveyor belt, or an auger style duct for transporting debris from the collector to the bin.
- System 10 may optionally include a separator 23, such as a cyclonic separator to assist is segregating large material from smaller material.
- the collector 14 is shaped to receive chips flying off of grinding wheel 16 and, in the embodiment of Figure 3, is of a larger inlet dimension and is positioned further behind wheel 16 than the collector shown in Figures 4 and 5. In the embodiment of Figures 4 and 5, the collector 14 straddles the rear of wheel 16 and thus the wheel actually rotates partially within the collector.
- Collector 14 may include a moveable structure, such as a paddle wheel 27, to help collect chips and other debris case off by wheel 16.
- System 10 may include a counter-balance on collector 14 to help it collector 14 follow the contour of the ground and create a seal to the ground. It is important for a thorough debris collection process that collector 14 follows and seals to the ground.
- collection bin 20 is pivotally mounted on chassis 13 such that chips can drop into bin 20 from duct 18 while in operation, and then bin 20 can be pivoted to dump the chips.
- Bin 20 may be removable from chassis 13 and provided with wheels 25 for ease of transportation.
- duct 18 to provide flexibility thereto. This permits the duct to be rotated if necessary for depositing the chips into a receptacle in varying locations relative to chassis 13.
- multiple bins 20 could be used, such as one for soil and one for wood chips.
- the operator of system 10 could manually or remotely change the position of duct 18 when moving from grinding stumps to chasing roots, which are mostly soil, or even position duct 18 to the side to throw dirt back to the ground.
- Wheel 40 that is designed to assist in the chip collection operation is illustrated.
- Wheel 40 may optionally includes a series of curved vanes 42 that are positioned adjacent the location of where teeth would be affixed to the wheel such that as soon as a tooth cuts a chip from the stump, the chip is collected by the vane 42, The curved shape of the vanes pushes the chip towards the collector. Opening 44 formed though the wheel adjacent each vane 42 permits the chips to drop through the wheel into a uniform location to make clean-up of the chips easier, in the event wheel 40 is not used with a collection system 10.
- an embodiment of the present invention includes a removable collection bin with wheels 25 and a direct discharge into bin 20.
- Collector 14 includes a rubber or flexible portion 50 for improving the collection of debris.
- portion 50 is positioned to scrape along the ground as system 10 moves along.
- system 10 is shown with a three-sided removable collection bin 20 with wheels and indirect discharge.
- blower 22 to blow chips and debris into duct 18 and then in to removable collection bin 20 having wheels 25, with a direct discharge into bin 20.
- duct 18 may include flexible coupling 26 and a swivel joint 28, which may be located over the pivoting axis X-X of chassis 13 and stump grinder 12 to allow for easier movement of a combined grinder and chassis configuration.
- duct 18 of system 10 may be configured to discharge in a forward direction, as seen in Figure 14 is an embodiment of the present invention having a front discharge.
- system 10 may include a parallel linkage 52 for retracting and extending collector 14, as seen in Figure 12.
- exhaust line 21 may be provided proximate to collector 20 to assist in the movement of debris into and through duct 18.
- a retraction cylinder 56 may be used to move collector 14.
- Duct 18 may include a venturi 58 to generate suction.
- collector 14 of system 10 may include a semi-circular guard 54 that may be extended and retracted into and out of a debris collecting position. Guard 54 is preferable shaped in a curve substantially approximating that of grinding wheel 16 to assist in the collection of chips and debris.
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