| CPC B02C 18/12 (2013.01) [A01G 3/002 (2013.01); B02C 2201/066 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A system comprising:
a cutting mechanism configured to cut material moving therethrough, the material being placed in a hopper;
a shaft;
a chute, configured to guide the material from the cutting mechanism to a container;
the hopper comprising a screw configured to move the material placed in the hopper to the cutting mechanism;
the cutting mechanism comprising:
a first disc surrounding the shaft, the first disc including:
a first top planar side;
a first bottom planar side opposite the first top planar side;
a first hole through which the shaft extends, the shaft being statically fastened to the first disc and the first disc having a first radius that extends outward from the first hole to a first circumference of the first disc; and
one or more first blades, first individual blades of the one or more first blades being diametrically opposed and positioned equidistantly about the first circumference of the first disc, and the first individual blades including:
a first cutting surface extending radially outward from the first disc to a second circumference, wherein the second circumference is greater than the first circumference; and
a second cutting surface extending radially from the first disc to the second circumference, the second cutting surface being opposite from the first cutting surface, wherein one of the first cutting surface or the second cutting surface comprise one of a serrated edge or a plain edge;
a second disc surrounding the shaft, the second disc including:
a second top planar side;
a second bottom planar side opposite the second top planar side;
a second hole through which the shaft extends, the second hole being configured such that the second disc spins independently about the shaft and the second disc having a second radius that extends outward from the second hole to a third circumference of the second disc, the second radius being different from the first radius; and
one or more second blades, second individual blades of the one or more second blades being diametrically opposed, and positioned equidistantly about the third circumference of the second disc, and the second individual blades including:
a third cutting surface curving radially outward from the second disc to the second circumference; and
a fourth cutting surface curving radially outward from the second disc to the second circumference, the fourth cutting surface being paralleled to the third cutting surface from the third circumference to the second circumference; and
a third disc surrounding the shaft, the third disc including:
a third hole through which the shaft extends;
a planar surface having a third top planar side and a third bottom planar side opposite the third top planar side, the planar surface having a third radius that extends outward from the third hole to at least the second circumference, the third radius being different from the first radius and the second radius; and
one or more cavities of a predetermined size in the planar surface of the third disc.
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