IP Library Granted Patent US 10,631,466
Granted Patent B2
US 10,631,466 · App. 15/457,806 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

Chipper shredder

Inventors: Srikanth Kanchibhotla (Thousand Oaks, CA); Wes Harmelink (Newberry Park, CA)
Assignee: HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS USA, INC.
A01G3/002B02C18/14B02C18/18B02C18/2216B02C18/2291B27L11/02B02C2018/147
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Patent No.
US 10,631,466
App. No.
15/457,806
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of a chipper shredder are provided. In some exemplary embodiments, the chipper shredder can include a rotor disc having an obverse side and a reverse side, one or more chipper blades provided on the obverse side, one or more impeller blades provided on the reverse side, the one or more impeller blades being perpendicular to the rotor disc, one or more hammer blades on the reverse side, the one or more hammer blades being substantially parallel to the rotor disc, and one or more L-blades on the reverse side that extend outwardly and upwardly from a center of the rotor disc.

Claims (15)

1. A chipper shredder, comprising:

a rotor disc having a center, a circumference, an obverse side and a reverse side opposite the obverse side;

one or more chipper blades provided on the obverse side;

one or more impeller blades provided on a surface on the reverse side, the one or more impeller blades being perpendicular to the surface of the rotor disc;

one or more hammer blades on the reverse side, the one or more hammer blades being perpendicular to the impeller blades; and

one or more L-blades on the reverse side having one or more sharpened edges, wherein each of the L-blades extend in a direction away from the hammer blades and the surface of the rotor disc.

2. The chipper shredder according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more hammer blades have at least one sharpened edge.

3. The chipper shredder according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more L-blades have two sharpened edges.

4. The chipper shredder according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more hammer blades are provided between the one or more L-blades and the one or more impeller blades.

5. The chipper shredder according to claim 4 , wherein the one or more impeller blades are provided between the one or more hammer blades and the surface of the rotor disc.

6. The chipper shredder according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more impeller blades extend from a first side at a circumferential edge at the circumference of the rotor disc to a second side towards the center of the rotor disc.

7. The chipper shredder according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more impeller blades have a height that is greater at the second side than a height at the first side.

8. The chipper shredder according to claim 7 , wherein the height of the one or more impeller blades gradually decreases from the second side to the first side.

9. The chipper shredder according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more hammer blades are rotatably fixed on the reverse side of the rotor disc.

10. The chipper shredder according to claim 1 , wherein the L-blades are fixed on the reverse side of the rotor disc.

Assignments (3)
NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR COLLATERAL AGENT Recorded Jul 8, 2024
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 068146/0438 →
SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 15, 2020
From: HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS USA, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 054086/0157 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2018
From: KANCHIBHOTLA, SRIKANTH; HARMELINK, WES
To: HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS USA, INC.
Reel/Frame 045796/0885 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62307231 · Mar 11, 2016
Related Publication 20170258014A1 · Sep 14, 2017
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