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US 2020/0008362 A1Published application
Bagging machine
AssigneeSRC Innovations, LLC
InventorSteven R. Cullen
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Abstract
A rotor for bagging silage is disclosed. The rotor has at least four sets of tines forming double helixes with angular spacing between each set of tines. In some embodiments, the tines are spaced further apart and the rotor is rotated at a higher rotational speed.
Claims10
A bagging machine, comprising:
- a feed table;
- a bagging tunnel;
- and
- a packing assembly between the feed table and the bagging tunnel, the packing assembly comprising:
- a bulkhead comprising a comb having a plurality of teeth;
- a rotor configured to rotate about an axis and having a plurality of tines extending perpendicular to the axis, each tine of the plurality of tines aligning with a space between two teeth from among the plurality of teeth, wherein no tine aligns with the same space as another tine;
- and
- a rotating drive coupled to the rotor.
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A method for bagging silage, comprising:
- feeding silage onto a table;
- urging the silage into a bulkhead opening, having a comb with a plurality of teeth and a rotor having a plurality of tines, with each tine positioned to pass through a space between adjacent teeth, wherein no two tines pass through the same space;
- rotating the rotor;
- and
- directing silage from the rotor into a bag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.