Claims
- 1. A self-propelled apparatus for comminuting organic waste material, which is piled up in loose heaps and comprises at least one of graveyard trash, shrubbery, branches, municipal rottable waste, and private rottable waste, said apparatus comprising:
- precompression means and means for adjustably supporting said precompression means on the body of said apparatus;
- means for comminuting the precompressed waste material;
- means for adjustably supporting said comminuting means on the body of said apparatus; and
- orbiting transport means, which is adjustably supported by support means on the body of said apparatus, and is displaceable therewith, and projects sideward of a traffic lane of said apparatus, for piling up the comminuted waste material in a stack;
- wherein said comminuting means comprises a pair of milling rollers operable in opposite directions and driven about spaced vertical axes, and a common cross-bar means for supporting said milling rollers, said milling rollers being provided with cutter tip working surfaces and said crossbar means being adjustable over a predetermined angle relative to a verticle axis to move said rollers to a side of one to a heap of the waste material and a stack of the waste material.
- 2. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the common cross-bar means includes plate-like upper and lower frames in which axes of respective milling rollers are respectively arranged.
- 3. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said precompression means comprises one of driven pressure rollers or self-rotatable pressure rollers arranged, in a travel direction of said apparatus, in front of or at the same level as said comminuting means and above said comminuting means.
- 4. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein at least one of said precompression means, said comminuting means, and said transport means has a hydraulic drive.
- 5. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said milling rollers are driven with a high speed during a comminuting operation, and at a low speed during forming of the stack.
- 6. An apparatus asset forth in claim 1, further comprising running gear for supporting said apparatus, and ring gear means for pivotably mounting the body of said apparatus on said running gear.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/991,793 filed Dec. 17, 1992, now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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