#$%^&*AU2010227053B220140417.pdf#####ABSTRACT Device for the size reduction of hard agricultural materials, such as cocoa 5 pod husks, the device including a hopper arranged for receiving hard agricultural materials, a motorised rotary size reduction mechanism arranged downstream of the hopper for shredding into small-sized shredded particles the hard agricultural materials received through the hopper, and a discharge chute arranged downstream of the size reduction mechanism for discharging shredded particles 10 from the size reduction mechanism, characterized in that the size reduction mechanism includes a rotatable shredder disc received within a housing having an open end which is closed by a cover member having a top wall which extends plane-parallel to, and closely distanced from, the shredder disc, the top wall having a feeding orifice or opening arranged in communication with the hopper 15 and dimensioned to allow passage of the hard agricultural materials received from the hopper towards an anterior face of the shredder disc on which are present a plurality of cutting teeth standing proud from the anterior surface, the housing communicating with the discharge chute through which particles which have been size-reduced and shredded by the shredder disc cutting teeth are 20 expelled. (Fig. 2A) 25
