A comminuting apparatus is provided with a housing, at least two intermeshing scissor rolls, a screen, and an access tray. The housing has an entrance opening for receiving waste material and an exit opening for removing subdivided waste material. The scissor rolls are carried within the housing between the entrance opening and the exit opening for subdividing the waste material. The screen is carried by the housing between the scissor rolls and the exit opening. The access tray is provided by the housing and is removably supported downstream of the screen to provide a shear outtake manifold between the screen and the access tray.
RELATED PATENT DATA
This patent application is a continuation application of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/998,226, filed Dec. 3, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,695,239 entitled "Self-Feeding Comminuting Apparatus Having Improved Recirculation Features", naming Jere F. Irwin as inventor, which in turn was a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/335,142, filed Jun. 16, 1999, originally entitled "Self-Feeding Comminuting Apparatus Having Improved Drive Motor and Recirculation Features" and later amended to "Self-Feeding Comminuting Apparatus Having Improved Drive Motor Features", and which is now U.S. Pat. No. 6,357,680 B1, issued Mar. 19, 2002, the disclosure of both of which is incorporated by reference.
