Bale Processor
AssigneeVermeer Manufacturing Company
InventorsLucas B. Graham, Luke A. Mushitz, Philip D. Stam
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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.
Claims9
1-16. (canceled)
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.
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.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.