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A portable fiber drum chime remover allows the disassembly of fiber or paperboard drums on location. The height of the cutting head is adjustable so that the portable chime remover can remove both the upper metal chime and the lower metal chime during the fiber drum disassembling process. The cuttin

A portable fiber drum chime remover allows the disassembly of fiber or paperboard drums on location. The height of the cutting head is adjustable so that the portable chime remover can remove both the upper metal chime and the lower metal chime during the fiber drum disassembling process. The cutting head height can be selected among predetermined settings using a grooved cutter shaft and a spring-loaded stop, or can be self-setting using the fiber drum geometry as a guide. The fiber drum chime remover preferably has a restraint element to prevent the cutting head from coming in direct contact with the drive wheel when the cutting head is engaged to cut the fiber sidewall of the drum.

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A fiber drum chime remover for disassembling a fiber drum having a fiber sidewall with an edge and a metal chime mounted continuously around the edge and extending along an outer surface of the sidewall, the fiber drum chime remover comprising: a carrier having a generally vertical drive shaft beari

A fiber drum chime remover for disassembling a fiber drum having a fiber sidewall with an edge and a metal chime mounted continuously around the edge and extending along an outer surface of the sidewall, the fiber drum chime remover comprising: a carrier having a generally vertical drive shaft bearing hole; a drive shaft journaled within the drive shaft bearing hole; a rotatable drive wheel mounted to the drive shaft and disposed to engage the outer surface of the metal chime; a front housing having a cutter shaft bearing hole that slants downward away from the carrier; a rotatable cutting wheel having a cutting head and a cutter shaft projecting perpendicularly from the cutting head, the cutter shaft being mounted for rotation through the cutter shaft bearing hole in the front housing so that the cutting head is disposed to engage the inner surface of the fiber sidewall opposite the rotatable drive wheel, the cutter shaft having a first circumferential groove; a cutting wheel stop that can engage the first circumferential groove to limit axial movement of the cutter shaft relative to the cutter shaft bearing hole in the front housing; means for engaging the drive wheel against the outer surface of the chime and the cutting head against the inner surface of the fiber sidewall to cut the fiber sidewall; and means for driving the drive shaft and moving the chime remover around the chime to cut the entire sidewall of the drum.