Enhanced reel mixer drive
AssigneeKuhn North America, Inc.
InventorsJacob Veeder, Jeremiah Kleiber, Pierre Courtin, Rod Zimmerman, Dana Redman, Claude McFarlane
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Abstract
A system for driving a reel mixing tool, including a unit structure, a bottom output shaft, an output gearbox, a reel mixer driveshaft, a reel mixer gearbox, a flexible coupling, and a reel mixing tool, is provided. The unit structure supports the bottom output shaft which is connected to the output gearbox, the output gearbox is connected to the reel mixer driveshaft, the reel mixer driveshaft is connected to the reel mixer gearbox, the reel mixer gearbox is directly coupled to the reel mixing tool by the flexible coupling, allowing the bottom output shaft to transfer power through to the reel mixing tool.
Claims19
A system for driving a reel mixer, the system including:
- a reel mixer gearbox;
- a reel mixing tool connected to the reel mixer gearbox;
- a unit structure connected to the reel mixer gearbox;
- an output shaft connected to and supported by the unit structure;
- an output gearbox connected to the output shaft and supported by the unit structure;
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- a reel mixer driveshaft connected at a first end to the output gearbox and connected at a second end to the reel mixer gearbox,
- wherein the unit structure supports the reel mixer gearbox, and the reel mixer gearbox supports and drives the reel mixing tool where the reel mixing tool is supported on both ends and is positioned substantially horizontal, and
- wherein the output shaft drives the output gearbox, the output gearbox drives the reel mixer driveshaft, and the reel mixer driveshaft drives the reel mixer gearbox.
A system for driving a reel mixer, the system including:
- a reel mixer gearbox;
- a reel mixing tool connected to the reel mixer gearbox;
- a unit structure connected to the reel mixer gearbox;
- a first hydraulic motor connected to the reel mixer gearbox;
- a secondary gearbox connected to the unit structure;
- a second hydraulic motor connected to the secondary gearbox;
- a first auger gearbox connected to the unit structure;
- a first auger driveshaft connected at a first end to the secondary gearbox and connected at a second end to the first auger gearbox;
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- a first auger connected to and supported by the first auger gearbox;
- wherein the unit structure supports the reel mixer gearbox, and the reel mixer gearbox supports and drives the reel mixing tool where the reel mixing tool is supported on both ends and is positioned substantially horizontal,
- wherein the first hydraulic motor drives the reel mixer gearbox, and
- wherein the second hydraulic motor drives the secondary gearbox, the secondary gearbox drives the first auger driveshaft and the first auger gearbox, allowing the second hydraulic motor to transfer power to the first auger.
A system for driving a reel mixer, the system including:
- a reel mixer gearbox;
- a reel mixing tool connected to the reel mixer gearbox;
- a unit structure connected to the reel mixer gearbox;
- a first hydraulic motor connected to the reel mixer gearbox;
- a first auger gearbox connected to the unit structure;
- a second hydraulic motor connected to the first auger gearbox;
- and
- a first auger connected to and supported by the first auger gearbox;
- wherein the unit structure supports the reel mixer gearbox, and the reel mixer gearbox supports and drives the reel mixing tool where the reel mixing tool is supported on both ends and is positioned substantially horizontal,
- wherein the first hydraulic motor drives the reel mixer gearbox, and
- wherein the second hydraulic motor drives the first auger gearbox, and the first auger gearbox drives the first auger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.