US 12,240,014 B2
Tine assembly
David Bowie, Suffolk (GB)
Assigned to ECOFILL GROUP LIMITED, Leeds (GB)
Appl. No. 18/579,339
Filed by ECOFILL GROUP LIMITED, Leeds (GB)
PCT Filed Jul. 18, 2022, PCT No. PCT/GB2022/051844
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 13, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/285838, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 19, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2110273 (GB), filed on Jul. 16, 2021; application No. 2115019 (GB), filed on Oct. 20, 2021; and application No. 2208808 (GB), filed on Jun. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0326094 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. B07B 1/12 (2006.01); B02C 23/08 (2006.01)
CPC B07B 1/12 (2013.01) [B02C 23/08 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A comminution apparatus comprising:
a hopper to collect and guide material to be comminuted onto an array of tines, the array of tines having an elongate tine body having a first end and a second end and upper and lower surfaces,
a tine among the array of tines being secured to a tine support at a first end, and
a motor secured to the apparatus, operation of the motor causing the array of tines to vibrate,
wherein a tooth deployed on an upper surface of the tine is offset to teeth on a neighbouring tine among the array of tines.