Forage press
OwnerLeroy J. Seffroodinventor
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Abstract
A forage press is disclosed for use in injecting forage or other feed material into an elongated flexible horizontal forage receptacle or silo. The forage press includes an injection chamber for introducing material into the forage receptacle and a press wheel which presses the material through the injection chamber into the receptacle. The press wheel is formed in a circular shape and includes a plurality of sectors each of which is formed at a canted angle so as to press the forage material into the injection chamber as the press wheel is rotationally driven by an external source of power.
Claims10
A forage press for use in filling a collapsible forage receptacle comprising:
- a tapered injection chamber adapted to be inserted into the forage receptacle;
- a press chamber connected to the injection chamber;
- a feed chute connected to the press chamber so that forage may be supplied therethrough to the press chamber;
- a drive connection adapted to be connected to an external source of power;
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- a press wheel located in the press chamber and connected to the drive connection so as to be driven thereby to rotate about an axis, the press wheel being of a generally circular shape and being divided into a plurality of sectors, each of the sectors being canted at an oblique angle relative to the rotational axis and to the plane of rotation of the press wheel so as to press forage through the injection chamber into the forage receptacle as the press wheel is rotated.
A forage press for use in filling a collapsible forage receptacle comprising:
- a tapered injection chamber adapted to be inserted into the forage receptacle;
- a press chamber connected to the injection chamber;
- a feed chute connected to the press chamber so that forage may be supplied therethrough to the press chamber;
- a drive connection adapted to be connected to an external source of power;
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- a press wheel located in the press chamber and connected to the drive connection so as to be driven thereby to rotate about an axis, the press wheel having a front face directed forwardly toward the injection chamber and provided with a plurality of discrete pressing surfaces, each of the pressing surfaces extending at an oblique angle to the axis of the wheel and having a leading edge and a trailing edge projecting forwardly of the leading edge whereby the surface will progressively press supplied forage forwardly through the injection chamber as the press wheel is rotated.
A forage press for use in filling a collapsible forage receptacle comprising:
- a tapered injection chamber adapted to be inserted into the forage receptacle;
- a press chamber connected to the injection chamber;
- a feed chute connected to the press chamber so that forage may be supplied therethrough to the press chamber;
- a drive connection adapted to be connected to an external source of power;
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- a press wheel located in the press chamber and connected to the drive connection so as to be driven thereby to rotate about an axis, the press wheel being of generally circular peripheral shape and having a front face directed forwardly toward the injection chamber and divided into a plurality of sectors, each of the sectors extending as a continuous surface from a leading radially extending edge to a trailing radially extending edge, each trailing edge projecting forwardly as it extends radially from the center to the periphery of the press wheel such that the surface of each sector is canted at a forwardly projecting oblique angle to progressively press forage supplied to the press chamber in front of the press wheel through the injection chamber and into the forage receptacle as the press wheel is rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.