Shredder for shredding agricultural products
AssigneeV.D.W. Constructie
InventorErwin Willems
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Abstract
Shredder for shredding agricultural products, such as bales of straw, the shredder comprising: a shredding device (20) for shredding the loaded agricultural products and a blowing device (5) for blowing the shredded agricultural products from the shredding device (20) toward and through an outlet opening (3), wherein the blowing device (5) comprises at least two blowing elements (21a, 21b), wherein the two blowing elements (21a, 21b) are arranged rotatably about their respective blowing rotational axis, wherein rotating the blowing elements (21a, 21b) about their blowing rotational axis causes the shredded agricultural products to be blown from the shredding device (20) toward and through the outlet opening (3).
Claims12
Shredder for shredding agricultural products, the shredder comprising:
- a) an inlet opening through which the agricultural products are loaded into the shredder,
- b) a shredding device for shredding the loaded agricultural products,
- c) an outlet opening through which the shredded agricultural products are removed from the shredder,
- d) a blowing device for blowing the shredded agricultural products from the shredding device toward and through the outlet opening, wherein the blowing device comprises a first blowing element, wherein the first blowing element is rotatably arranged about a first blowing rotational axis, wherein rotating the first blowing element about the first blowing rotational axis causes the shredded agricultural products to be blown from the shredding device toward and through the outlet opening,
- e) a feeding device for transporting the loaded agricultural products along a feed direction from the inlet opening toward the blowing device,
- wherein the blowing device further comprises a second blowing element, wherein the second blowing element is rotatably arranged about a second blowing rotational axis, wherein rotating the second blowing element about the second blowing rotational axis causes the shredded agricultural products to be blown from the shredding device toward and through the outlet opening,
- wherein the shredder further comprises a gathering device arranged for gathering the agricultural products in a pile near the blowing rotational axes,
- wherein the gathering device is a gathering shaft rotatable about a gathering rotation axis, wherein the gathering shaft is provided with at least one helical portion comprising a left-handed screw portion and a right-handed screw portion, and
- wherein the shredding device comprises a set of shredding teeth, wherein the set of shredding teeth is provided in each helical portion of the gathering shaft between the left-handed screw portion and the right-handed screw portion, and wherein rotating the gathering shaft about the gathering rotational axis causes rotation of the shredding teeth for shredding agricultural products.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.