TODAY’S PATENT – TIMBER CRUSHER

Today’s  invention was invented by  Takumi Onoda and Kouya Iizuka on 8^th June, 2004 bearing patent No. US6745965B1. The invention was assigned to Komatsu Ltd.

A timber crusher comprising, on a base, a crusher for crushing timber into pieces and a rotary tub for guiding the timber to the crusher, and has the constitution in which a hopper having an upwardly open shell part and guiding the charged timber to the rotary tub is provided at an opening of the rotary tub. The hopper (5) is inclined with respect to the horizontal and is tiltable. Further, the hopper (5) may be provided with a scattering prevention cover (7) for preventing timber from scattering to an outside from an inside of the rotary tub (3).

This invention prevents timber pieces from scattering to an outside and can prevent damage to the crusher.