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US 2015/0069158 A1Published application
Bale Processor
AssigneeVermeer Manufacturing Company
InventorsLucas B. Graham, Luke A. Mushitz
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Abstract
A bale processor of a type for tearing apart a bale of forage material into filamentary material includes a shredder rotor with blades that remove filamentary portions of the bale and delivers such filamentary material directly to a multiple fan blower for blowing such filamentary material directly to and out of a delivery chute. 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.
Claims24
A bale processor comprising:
- a frame;
- a bale chamber disposed on the frame, the bale chamber being defined by a plurality of chamber walls;
- a bale shredders operably positioned within the bale chamber;
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- a plurality of blowers mounted proximate one another along a chosen chamber wall, each blower respectively including a blower chamber and a blower fan operably mounted within the corresponding blower chamber, each blower chamber defining a respective chamber height and having a respective blower intake zone defined therein, each blower intake zone connecting the respective blower chamber with the bale chamber and each blower intake zone being configured for receiving a respective amount of the bale filamentary material there through, each blower intake zone having an intake zone height less than a corresponding chamber height the corresponding blower fan being configured for receiving and suctioning the respective amount of bale filamentary material through the respective blower intake zone and for moving the respective amount of the bale filamentary material toward a corresponding blower output;
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- a delivery chute affixed relative to the chosen chamber wall and adjacent at least one of the blower outputs, the delivery chute extending to a release height above the bale chamber, the delivery chute and the plurality of blowers defining a bale filament flow path there between.
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A bale processor comprising:
- a frame;
- a bale chamber mounted on the frame, the bale chamber defining at least a first chamber wall;
- a bale shredder operably positioned within the bale chamber;
- a plurality of blowers mounted proximate the first chamber, each blower respectively defining a blower intake zone and a blower fan;
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- a delivery chute affixed relative to the chosen chamber wall and adjacent at least one of the blowers, the delivery chute and the plurality of blowers defining a flow path therebetween.
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A bale processor comprising:
- a frame;
- a bale chamber mounted on the frame, the bale chamber defined at least partially by a first side and a second side;
- a bale shredder operably positioned below the bale chamber;
- a shield disposed around a bottom portion of the bale shredder;
- a first discharge opening in a first side of the shield;
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- a second discharge opening disposed in the second side of the shield.
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A bale processor comprising:
- a frame;
- a bale chamber mounted on the frame, the bale chamber defining at least a first chamber wall on one side of the frame and an second chamber wall on the other side of the frame;
- a bale shredder operably positioned within the bale chamber;
- a blower mounted proximate the first chamber wall;
- a first discharge passageway defined between the bale shredder and the blower;
- a delivery chute affixed relative to the first chamber wall and adjacent to the blower, the delivery chute and the blower defining a flow path there between;
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- the blower having a fan blade rotatable about an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being disposed at an angle between horizontal and vertical and wherein a radially outer portion of the fan blade is closer to the bale shredder at a bottom most rotary position thereof than at a top most position thereof, resulting in close proximity of the blower to the bale shredder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.