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Bale Processor

a technology of bale and processor, applied in cocoa, potato planters, agricultural tools and machines, etc., can solve the problems of reducing the chance of wet materials clogging or bridging, and achieve the effect of facilitating the efficiency of moving

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-06-09
VERMEER MFG CO
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This configuration reduces the likelihood of material bridging or clogging, allows for simpler and cheaper fan design, and improves the efficiency of moving filamentary material from the shredder to the discharge chute, making the system more practical and cost-effective.

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This proximity greatly reduces the chance for wet material to bridge or clog the transition area between the flail rotor and fan blades.

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[0034]Referring now to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals indicate identical or similar parts throughout the several views, FIGS. 1-6 show a bale processor having a frame (11). A bale chamber (12) is disposed on the frame (11), the bale chamber (12) being defined by a plurality of chamber walls (12a-12d). A bale shredder (13) is operatively positioned within the bale chamber (12). This bale shredder can be like that shown U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13 / 749,895 to Graham, which is incorporated hereby by reference in its entirety.

[0035]A plurality of blowers (14a / 14b) mounted proximate one another along are disposed along chosen chamber wall (12a). Each blower (14a / 14b) respectively includes a blower chamber (14ac / 14bc) and a blower fan (14af / 14bf) operatively mounted within the corresponding blower chamber (14ac / 14bc). Each blower chamber (14ac / 14bc) defines a respective chamber height (14ah / 14bh) and has a respective blower intake zone (14az / 14bz) defined therein. Ea...

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Abstract

A bale processor (10) of a type for tearing apart a bale of forage material into filamentary material includes a shredder rotor (13) with blades that remove filamentary portions of the bale and delivers such filamentary material directly to a multiple fan blower (14a / 14b) for blowing such filamentary material directly to and out of a delivery chute (15). An independent dual discharge feature permits discharge out of either side and / or one or more blowers placed closer to the shredder rotor can be used independently of the dual discharge feature and the multiple fan blower feature.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a Divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 14 / 023,677 filed Sep. 11, 2013, entitled BALE PROCESSOR and is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]This invention relates generally to a bale processor of a type for tearing apart a bale of forage material into filamentary material and more particularly to one that includes a rotor with flails that remove such filamentary portions of the bale and delivers such filamentary material directly to a blower for blowing such filamentary material directly to and out of a delivery chute.BACKGROUND[0003]There are known ways of moving filamentary material taken from a bale to a delivery chute.[0004]One prior art bale processor uses a rotary shredder, one blower fan and an auger to deliver filamentary material to a discharge chute. Use of such an auger can be prone to plugging, especially if materials such as twine, netwrap or other long fibrous material become...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A01F29/00A01D87/00A01D87/10A01F29/12
CPCA01F29/005A01D87/10A01D87/0007A01F29/12A01K5/005B02C13/2804B02C19/0018
Inventor GRAHAM, LUCAS B.MUSHITZ, LUKE A.STAM, PHILIP D.
Owner VERMEER MFG CO