1. An adjustable grinder, comprising:
a container configured to hold a product to be ground;
a stator including at least two rows of teeth and at least two extended teeth that extend further in a radial direction towards a center axis of the stator than the at least two rows of teeth of the stator, the stator being positioned on the container;
a rotor including at least two rows of teeth positioned opposite to the stator and configured to rotate with respect to the stator;
a drum positioned around the rotor; and
a rotary slide including a pointer that is configured to be adjusted such that a distance between the stator and the rotor increases or decreases,
wherein the at least two rows of teeth of the stator face the at least two rows of teeth of the rotor such that the product is ground between the stator and the rotor.
2. The adjustable grinder of claim 1, wherein
the drum includes at least three holes and each of the at least three holes corresponds to a different size of a ground product, and
the pointer is configured to be adjusted between the at least three holes such that a respective predetermined distance between the stator and the rotor is achieved at each hole.
3. The adjustable grinder of claim 2, wherein one of the at least two rows of teeth of the stator and one of the at least two rows of teeth of the rotor grind the product only when the pointer is adjusted to point to one of the at least three holes that corresponds to a smallest size of the ground product.
4. The adjustable grinder of claim 3, further comprising:
at least one acoustic indicator configured to produce a sound when the pointer is adjusted to point to each of the at least three holes.
5. The adjustable grinder of claim 1, wherein
the rotary slide includes at least one follower element configured to move along an inclined surface of the drum, and
when the pointer is adjusted, the at least one follower element moves along the inclined surface such that the rotary slide translates in an axial direction.
6. The adjustable grinder of claim 5, wherein
the rotor includes a plurality of flexible tabs configured to keep the rotor in contact with the rotary slide, and
when the pointer is adjusted such that the rotary slide translates in the axial direction, the rotor translates in the axial direction.
7. The adjustable grinder of claim 1, wherein
the rotor includes at least one tab extending from a surface thereof,
the drum includes a plurality of ribs extending from a surface thereof, and
the plurality of ribs block the at least one tab to prevent the rotor from rotating with respect to the drum.
8. The adjustable grinder of claim 1, wherein
the stator includes at least one tab extending from a surface thereof,
the container includes a plurality of ribs extending from a surface thereof, and
the plurality of ribs block the at least one tab to prevent the stator from rotating with respect to the container.
9. The adjustable grinder of claim 1, further comprising:
a cap positioned on an end of the drum.
10. The adjustable grinder of claim 1, wherein rotating the drum with respect to the container rotates the rotor with respect to the stator such that the product to be ground between the rotor and the stator is ground.
11. The adjustable grinder of claim 1, wherein the rotor includes a plurality of fingers that extend further in a radial direction away from a center axis of the rotor than the at least two rows of teeth of the rotor.
12. The adjustable grinder of claim 11, wherein the at least two extended teeth of the stator and the plurality of fingers of the rotor are positioned such that the product to be ground is forced by the at least two extended teeth and the plurality of fingers towards the at least two rows of teeth of the stator and the at least two rows of teeth of the rotor.
13. The adjustable grinder of claim 1, wherein the at least two rows of teeth of the stator include a first row of teeth and a second row of teeth,
the first row of teeth extends from a top edge of the stator to a bottom edge of the stator, and
the second row of teeth is positioned at the top edge of the stator and does not extend to the bottom edge of the stator.
14. The adjustable grinder of claim 13, wherein the at least two extended teeth extend from a top edge of the stator to a bottom edge of the stator,
the at least two extended teeth extend further in the radial direction towards the center axis of the stator than the first row of teeth of the stator at the bottom edge of the stator, and
the at least two extended teeth extend a same distance in the radial direction towards the center axis of the stator as the first row of teeth of the stator at the top edge of the stator.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A rail expansion device (10) with stock rail and tongue rail (12, 20, 21, 22), which are longitudinally movable and are in contact under the application of force acting transversely relative to the rail longitudinal direction, characterized in that the tongue rail (20, 21, 22)\u2014at some distance from its section that is in contact with the stock rail (12, 14)\u2014is detachably accommodated by a holding device (24), and that the tongue rail in the holding device is connected positively and non-positively to a control rail (16, 18) merging into the holding device, or to a section of the control rail, or to a section of the holding device (24) with a profile that merges into the control rail.
2. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that the stock rail (12, 14) is longitudinally displaceable relative to the tongue rail (21).
3. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that the tongue rail (21) with its region that is in contact with the stock rail (12, 14) rests upon a support (58), which also is the inner guide acting as a first guide for the stock rail (12, 14).
4. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that the stock rail (12) on its outer side at least in sections is in contact to an outer guide such as a guide plate (62) acting as a second guide.
5. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that the stock rail (12, 14) that is longitudinally moveable relative to the tongue rail (20, 21, 22) is supported on a baseplate (40), that a side rail (50) originates from the baseplate (40), and that the first guide is connected to the side rail.
6. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that the first guide (58) is a ledge, which is supported by support elements (76) originating in the baseplate (40).
7. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that the first guide (58) with its longitudinal edge facing away from the stock rail engages into a geometrically matching longitudinal recess, such as a longitudinal slot, of the side rail (50).
8. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that in between the outer surface (68) of the tongue rail (20, 21, 22) facing away from the stock rail and the inner surface (70) of the side rail (50) is arranged at least one spacer element (72) that prevents a horizontal movement of the tongue rail.
9. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that the spacer element (72) is detachably connected to the first guide (58).
10. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that the stock rail (12, 14) with a longitudinal edge region (64) of its foot engages into a longitudinal cut-out (66) in the second guide (62) that is bordered on the ground-side by a baseplate (40).
11. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that the holding device (24) possesses a block-shaped geometry with a channel-like recess (26), which extends along the longitudinal rail direction and in which the tongue rail (21), preferably in an oblique joint (25) of in particular 30\xb0 relative to the rail longitudinal axis, merges into the control or connecting rail (16, 18) or into a section connected with the latter.
12. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that in the holding device (24) extends a second channel-like recess along the rail longitudinal direction, preferably in form of a T-slot (34), into which engages a fastening element for a wedge element (28), by means of which the tongue rail or its root end can be secured in the holding device to be positively or non-positively connected to the control rail or its section.
13. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that the holding device (24) is connected to a bottom plate (36) via wedge elements (38), which in turn are connected, e.g. welded, to the baseplate (40).
14. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that the rail expansion device (10) preferably is contained in a housing over its entire length and that existing chambers or spaces are connected by a drainage box (80) extending outside of the rail tongue.
15. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that between the stock rail (12) and the guide plate (62) forming the second guide extends an inner chamber, in which is arranged a shorting connector (84).
16. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that at some distance from its section that is in contact with the stock rail (12, 14), the tongue rail (20, 21, 22) is contained detachably in a holding device (24), that inside the holding device the tongue rail is positively and non-positively connected to a control rail (16, 18) merging into the holding device, or to a section of the control rail, or to a section of the holding device (24) with a profile that merges into the control rail, that the stock rail is longitudinally moveable relative to the tongue rail, that the tongue rail in its section that is in contact with the stock rail rests upon a support (58), which is the inner guide, acting as a first guide for the stock rail (12), and that the stock rail (12) on the outer side at least in sections is in contact with an outer guide, such as a guide plate (62), acting as a second guide.
17. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that the tongue rail (21) consists of a highly wear-resistant steel such as BAINIT, hard manganese steel, tempered rail steel (R 350 HT), tempered close-grained structural steel, e.g. DILIDUR, HARDOX, XAR in grades 400 to 500.
18. The rail expansion device of claim 1, characterized in that the holding device (24) is supported upon the foot (36) of the control rail (16, 18).