Windrower Machine
AssigneeKelley Manufacturing Company
InventorsJason Morris, Charles Sumner, Bennie Branch
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Abstract
A windrower machine having a pair of forward rotating augers mounted in parallel with one another in overlapping relationship with one another to work in conjunction with a blade and a backstop to form windrows to disrupt and reduce caked material to particulate in windrows as said machine is moved forwardly through a work area.
Claims24
An apparatus for creating windrows from particulate material, comprising:
- a. a first rotatable element including a first shaft and at least one radial extension oriented along the first shaft;
- b. a second rotatable element including a second shaft comprising a and at least one radial extension oriented along the second shaft, wherein the first shaft and the second shaft are rotationally mounted, the first shaft is vertically oriented above and in parallel with the second shaft and the at least one radial extension of the first shaft and the at least one radial extension of the second shaft cooperatively overlap;
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- c. a backstop positioned behind the first rotatable element and the second rotatable element, wherein the first rotatable element, the second rotatable element and the backstop are cooperatively configured to create windrows of particulate material, wherein rotation of the first shaft and the second shaft urges particulate material along the backstop.
A windrower machine configured to create windrows of particulate material when driven by a prime mover, the windrower machine comprising:
- a. an upper auger;
- b. a lower auger;
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- c. a backstop comprising a blade, a curved portion and an overhanging flange, wherein the upper auger is oriented above and is parallel to the lower auger and the blade, the upper auger and the lower auger are configured to rotate in a forward angular direction in relation to the windrower machine, and the blade, the curved portion and overhanging flange of the backstop are configured to urge the particulate material to engage with the upper auger and the lower auger before exiting the windrower machine.
A windrower machine for creating windrows from particulate material comprising:
- a. a backstop comprising a blade and an overhanging flange configured to prevent poultry litter from exiting the windrower machine over the blade;
- b. a first rotatable shaft having helical flighting extending longitudinally therealong;
- c. a second rotatable shaft having helical flighting extending longitudinally therealong, wherein the first rotatable shaft and the second rotatable shaft are rotatably mounted to said backstop parallel with one another forwardly of the blade and under the overhanging flange of the backstop, the first rotatable shaft stacked above the second rotatable shaft, wherein the flighting of the first rotatable shaft cooperatively overlaps with the flighting of the second rotatable shaft;
- d. a first chopping blade coupled to a first end of the first rotatable shaft;
- e. a second chopping blade coupled to a first end of the second rotatable shaft;
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- f. a grill guard supported at a first end of said backstop, wherein the grill guard is adjacent the first chopping blade, wherein the first rotatable shaft and second rotatable shaft are configured to rotate in a forward direction to laterally move poultry litter by a driving means coupled to second ends of the first rotatable shaft and the second rotatable shaft when the windrower machine is activated, moving the poultry litter up the blade and laterally along said backstop to form a windrow of said litter.
In an apparatus for creating windrows from particulate material, wherein a backstop cooperates with at least one rotatable element to direct particulate material laterally along and outwardly of the backstop to form a windrow, an improvement comprising:
- a. a first driven chopper blade and a second driven chopper blade, wherein the first driven chopper blade is configured to interact with the second driven chopper blade;
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- b. a grill guard mounted adjacent the first driven chopper blade and the second driven chopper blade, wherein the first driven chopper blade, the second driven chopper blade, and the grill guard interact to reduce the particulate material in size.
A windrower machine for creating windrows from particulate material comprising:
- (a) at least one rotatable element;
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- (b) an auxiliary disrupter, wherein the at least one rotatable element and the auxiliary disrupter cooperate to direct particulate material outwardly of the windrower machine to form a windrow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.