US 11,938,487 B1
Foam glass aggregate reduction machine
John M. Morris, Shamong, NJ (US); and Kenneth J. Villano, Cherry Hill, NJ (US)
Filed by John M. Morris, Shamong, NJ (US); and Kenneth J. Villano, Cherry Hill, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/474,683.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/456,548, filed on Apr. 3, 2023.
Int. Cl. B02C 4/26 (2006.01); B02C 4/28 (2006.01); B02C 18/06 (2006.01); B02C 18/14 (2006.01); B02C 18/18 (2006.01); B02C 18/22 (2006.01); C03B 19/10 (2006.01); C03C 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 4/26 (2013.01) [B02C 4/286 (2013.01); B02C 18/062 (2013.01); B02C 18/067 (2013.01); B02C 18/145 (2013.01); B02C 18/186 (2013.01); B02C 18/2216 (2013.01); B02C 18/2291 (2013.01); C03B 19/108 (2013.01); C03C 11/007 (2013.01); B02C 2018/147 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine for slicing and reducing the size of foam glass aggregate, said machine comprising:
an open foam glass aggregate collection chute, said chute having a bottom outlet section for discharging foam glass aggregate onto an elongated, “L” shaped holdback bar located adjacent to and extending the length of the bottom outlet section;
a single rotating roller supporting a plurality of rotating roller knives;
a horizontally extending foam glass aggregate guide member located adjacent to the single rotating roller and the roller knives for directing foam glass aggregate towards the single rotating roller;
the foam glass aggregate guide member being located on a horizontally extending foam glass aggregate filtering bar having a row of intervening spaces, said filtering bar being located adjacent and in spaced relation to the single rotating roller, wherein foam glass aggregate of given size pieces enters the collection chute and is discharged from the chute bottom outlet section, is directed to the single rotating roller by the holdback bar and guide member, and is sliced by the rotating roller knives on the single rotating roller and reduced to foam glass fragmented pieces which are smaller than the given size pieces which enter the collection chute, said fragmented pieces sliced so as to be sized to fall directly from the rotating roller onto and between the intervening spaces of the filtering bar.