The present invention relates to an improved mill, and in particular to an improved mill having a drum with several blades that rotates within a housing having several bars affixed near the bottom of the housing. In one embodiment, the mill has a hopper for introducing feed into the housing and a motor assembly for turning the drum within the housing. Several bars are stationarily fixed within the housing. The drum has several blades spaced remote from a central shaft which are supported by a plurality of discs. Each disc has a plurality of holes there through. The blades have an ear at the end proximal the housing outlet to propel the milled feed from the mill. An internal path is provided wherein the feed is likely to make several passes between the blades and the bars, and is unlikely to short circuit within the mill.
1. A mill comprising:
a housing having an inlet, an outlet, a housing top and a housing bottom, said housing bottom having a generally round profile;
at least one bar fixed to said housing near said housing bottom;
a drum having at least one blade attached thereto, said drum spinning about an axis wherein said at least one blade comes into close proximity with said at least one bar during revolution of said drum,
wherein said at least one bar comprises at least one bar having a bend whereby said at least one bar is generally V shaped.
2. The mill of claim 1 wherein said at least one bar comprises four bars.
3. The mill of claim 1 wherein said at least one blade comprises a blade first end and a blade second, and further comprises an ear near said blade second end wherein said ear aids in directing an amount of feed to exit through said outlet.
4. The mill of claim 1 wherein said drum further comprises a plurality of discs.
5. The mill of claim 4 wherein said plurality of discs each have at least one air hole there through.
6. The mill of claim 1 wherein said housing further comprises a cover, said cover having at least one fin to aid in directing an amount of feed though said mill.
7. The mill of claim 1 further comprising a tab near said inlet, said tab being downwardly oriented.
8. A mill comprising:
a housing having an inlet, an outlet, a housing top and a housing bottom;
at least one bar fixed to said housing;
a drum having at least one blade attached thereto, said drum spinning about an axis wherein said at least one blade comes into close proximity with said at least one bar during revolution of said drum, said drum further having a plurality of discs positioned longitudinally along said axis, each of said plurality of discs having at least one air hole there through.
9. The mill of claim 8 wherein said at least one blade comprises a blade first end and a blade second, and further comprises an ear near said blade second end wherein said ear aids in directing an amount of feed to exit through said outlet.
10. The mill of claim 8 wherein:
said at least one bar comprises four bars, each of said four bars has a bend to define a V shaped bar; and
said at least one blade comprises a plurality of blades equally spaced about said drum.
11. The mill of claim 8 wherein said plurality of discs comprises three discs.
12. The mill of claim 8 wherein said at least one air hole through each of said plurality of discs comprises six equally spaced air holes through each of said plurality of discs.
13. A mill comprising:
a housing having an inlet, an outlet, a housing top and a housing bottom, said housing bottom having a generally round profile;
at least one bar fixed to said housing near said housing bottom;
a drum having at least one blade attached thereto, said drum spinning about an axis wherein said at least one blade comes into close proximity with said at least one bar during revolution of said drum,
wherein said at least one blade comprises a blade first end and a blade second, and further comprises an ear near said blade second end wherein said ear aids in directing an amount of feed to exit through said outlet.
14. A mill comprising:
a housing having an inlet, an outlet, a housing top and a housing bottom, said housing bottom having a generally round profile;
at least one bar fixed to said housing near said housing bottom;
a drum having at least one blade attached thereto, said drum spinning about an axis wherein said at least one blade comes into close proximity with said at least one bar during revolution of said drum,
wherein said drum further comprises a plurality of discs; and
wherein said plurality of discs each have at least one air hole there through.