Crushing machines

CRUSHING MACHINES A crushing machine including a crushing means (3), a feed conveyor (2) for feeding material to the crushing means (3), a detector (19) for detecting metal in the material on the feed conveyor (2), and a bypass chute (21) for the crushing means (3), the feed conveyor (2) being movable between a 10 normal operating position in which the material is fed to the crushing means (3) and a bypass position in which the material is fed to the bypass chute (21), the arrangement being such that on detection of metal in the material the feed conveyor (2) is stopped and moved from the normal operating position to the bypass position so that the material with the metal 15 is discharged into the bypass chute (21). to C) co N 0) oo