Mobile apparatus for sieving, separating, breaking, size reducing and/or mixing

Abstract

An apparatus for loading, breaking, size reducing, sieving, separating and/or mixing, wherein the apparatus is designed as an attachment for excavators or loaders. The apparatus is provided with only a single rotor as well as a breaker or impact rail or edge opposite the rotor.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . An apparatus for loading, breaking, size reducing, sieving, separating or mixing material, which is designed as an attachment for a carrier vehicle, comprising: 
 a housing coupled to the carrier vehicle having: 
 a hopper through which the material is loaded into said housing;  
 a rotor disposed within said housing;  
 a breaker rail disposed within said housing adjacent and parallel to said rotor, wherein said breaker rail is spaced apart from said rotor forming a gap between said breaker rail and said rotor; and  
 a discharge outlet in communication with said gap, from which the processed material is discharged from said housing;  
 wherein said rotor rotates and propels the loaded material into said breaker rail reducing its size to fit through said gap before it is discharged from said discharge outlet.  
   
     
     
         2 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising exchangeable bits disposed on said rotor, wherein said exchangeable bits have ends.  
     
     
         3 . An apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein said exchangeable bits are carbide bits.  
     
     
         4 . An apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein said exchangeable bits have a tapered shape and have at least one point at said ends.  
     
     
         5 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said gap is variable in size.  
     
     
         6 . An apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein said breaker rail can be displaced from inside said carrier vehicle in order to vary said gap.  
     
     
         7 . An apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein said gap between said breaker rail and said rotor is infinitely variable.  
     
     
         8 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a cover disposed on said hopper of the apparatus.  
     
     
         9 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising at least one hydraulic motor disposed in said rotor that provides the drive of said rotor.  
     
     
         10 . An apparatus according to  claim 9 , further comprising a planetary gear system disposed between said at least one hydraulic motor and said rotor.  
     
     
         11 . An apparatus according to  claim 10 , further comprising two oil motors and two gear systems coupled to said rotor.  
     
     
         12 . An apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein said rotor can rotate in both directions.  
     
     
         13 . An apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the number of said exchangeable bits on said rotor is variable.  
     
     
         14 . An apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein said exchangeable bits on said rotor are disposed on lines that deviate from lines parallel with the axis of said rotor.  
     
     
         15 . An apparatus according to  claim 14 , wherein said exchangeable bits are disposed in a sinusoidal pattern on said rotor.