Agricultural bag loading apparatus
AssigneeB.A.G. Corp.
InventorsWilliam C. Johnson, David H. Rasmussen, Richard H. Lee
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Abstract
In an agricultural bag loading apparatus (10), a primary shaft (52) has a plurality of teeth (46). Rotation of the primary shaft (52) causes the teeth (46) to force silage into an agricultural bag (12). Silage is fed toward the shaft (52) by the rotation of a feeder shaft (60) having a plurality of angle irons (62) mounted thereon. The brake force of a brake (110) is applied through a drum (20), a cable (18), and a backstop (16) to the end of the agricultural bag (12) to control the degree of silage compression within the bag.
Claims35
An agricultural bag loading apparatus for loading material into agricultural bags, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining an intake chamber for receiving silage and an output chamber adapted to receive the mouth of an agricultural bag;
- means securing the mouth of an agricultural bag to said output chamber;
- a passageway formed between said intake chamber and said output chamber;
- a primary shaft;
- means for rotatably supporting said primary shaft in said passageway;
- drive means for selectively rotating said primary shaft;
- a plurality of teeth mounted along said primary shaft in a random pattern with said teeth being evenly distributed on the surface of said shaft, said teeth being adapted to force silage from the intake chamber through said passageway and into said output chamber when the shaft is rotated;
- a comb mounted on said housing and extending to within a predetermined distance from said shaft for removing silage from said teeth when the shaft is rotated;
- said teeth being operable when rotated to force silage from the intake chamber, through said passageway, through said output chamber and into the agricultural bag;
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- means for yieldably engaging the filled end of the agricultural bag to resist the movement of the loading apparatus away from the filled end of the bag as silage is forced into the agricultural bag so that silage is loaded into the bag at a predetermined pressure.
In an agricultural bag loading apparatus for loading silage and the like into an agricultural bag including a housing having an intake for receiving silage and an output for discharging silage into an agricultural bag, and a silage moving device for forcing silage from the intake into the output and into the agricultural bag, the improvement comprising:
- a feeder mounted in the intake of the housing for forcing silage towards the output of said housing and comprising:
- a feeder shaft rotatably mounted in said intake;
- a plurality of projections extending from said feeder shaft in a generally perpendicular direction relative to said feeder shaft;
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- means for rotating the feeder shaft for moving said projections in a circular path to precompress the silage and to urge silage in the intake towards the output.
In an agricultural bag loading apparatus having a primary shaft rotatably mounted therein in which silage and the like is forced into an agricultural bag by a plurality of teeth mounted along the primary shaft when the shaft is rotated, the improvement comprising:
- at least one drum rotatably mounted on the loading apparatus;
- brake means for resisting the rotation of said drum with a selected brake force;
- a cable wrapped around said drum in a single layer to prevent excessive wear of said cable;
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- means for securing the end of said cable to restrain the end of said bag so that the cable is pulled off the drum against the brake force of said brake means as the agricultural bag is filled with silage.
An agricultural bag loading apparatus for loading silage and the like into an agricultural bag, said loading apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining an intake chamber for receiving silage and an output chamber adapted to receive the mouth of the agricultural bag;
- means securing the mouth of an agricultural bag to said output chamber;
- a passageway formed between said intake chamber and said output chamber;
- a shaft mounted in said passageway;
- a pair of bushings mounted in said housing for rotatably supporting the two ends of said shaft;
- a driven sprocket mounted on one end of said shaft for rotating said shaft;
- a drive sprocket;
- a drive chain connected between said drive sprocket and said driven sprocket;
- drive means for rotating said drive sprocket to rotate said driven sprocket and said shaft;
- the plurality of teeth mounted along said shaft for forcing silage from the intake chamber into said output chamber when said shaft is rotated;
- a comb mounted in said housing and extending to within a predetermined distance from said shaft for removing silage from said teeth as said teeth move from the output chamber into the intake chamber;
- feeder means mounted in the intake chamber for precompressing the silage and forcing the silage in the intake chamber toward said passageway;
- at least one drum rotatably mounted on said housing;
- brake means for resisting the rotation of said drum with a variable selected brake force;
- a cable wrapped around said drum in a single layer for preventing excessive cable wear;
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- a backstop configured to conform to the filled end of the agricultural bag, said backstop being connected to said cable so that the brake force of said brake means is applied through said cable to said backstop for yieldably resisting the movement of the loading apparatus away from the filled end of said bag.
An agricultural bag loading apparatus for loading material into agricultural bags, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining an intake chamber for receiving silage and an output chamber adapted to receive the mouth of an agricultural bag;
- means securing the mouth of an agricultural bag to said output chamber;
- a passageway formed between said intake chamber and said output chamber;
- a primary shaft;
- means for rotatably supporting said primary shaft in said passageway;
- a driven sprocket mounted on one end of said primary shaft for rotating said primary shaft;
- a drive sprocket mounted for rotation on the agricultural bag loading apparatus;
- drive means for rotating said drive sprocket;
- a drive chain connecting said sprockets so that said drive means is operable through said two sprockets and drive chain to rotatably drive said primary shaft;
- a plurality of teeth mounted along said primary shaft with said teeth being evenly distributed on the surface of said primary shaft, said teeth being adapted to force silage from the intake chamber through said passageway and into said output chamber when said primary shaft is rotated;
- a comb mounted on said housing and extending to within a predetermined distance from said primary shaft for removing silage from said teeth when said primary shaft is rotated;
- said teeth being operable when rotated to force silage from the intake chamber, through said passageway, through said output chamber and into the agricultural bag;
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- means for yieldably engaging the filled end of the agricultural bag to resist the movement of the loading apparatus away from the filled end of the bag as silage is forced into the agricultural bag so that silage is loaded into the bag at a predetermined pressure.
In an agricultural bag loading apparatus having a primary shaft rotatably mounted therein in which silage and the like is forced into an agricultural bag by a plurality of teeth mounted along the primary shaft when the shaft is rotated, the improvement comprising:
- at least one drum rotatably mounted on the loading apparatus;
- brake means for resisting the rotation of said drum with a selected brake force, said brake means including a brake mechanically connected to the loading apparatus to resist the rotation of said drum and a manually operated pump for pressurizing said brake, the brake force of said brake being proportional to the pressure of said pump;
- a cable wrapped around said drum;
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- means for securing the end of said cable to restrain the end of said bag so that the cable is pulled off the drum against the brake force of said brake means as the agricultural bag is filled with silage.
An agricultural bag loading apparatus for loading silage and the like into an agricultural bag, said loading apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining an intake chamber for receiving silage and an output chamber adapted to receive the mouth of the agricultural bag;
- means securing the mouth of an agricultural bag to said output chamber;
- a passageway formed between said intake chamber and said output chamber;
- a shaft mounted in said passageway for rotation;
- a driven sprocket mounted on one end of said shaft for rotating said shaft;
- a drive sprocket;
- a drive chain connected between said drive sprocket and said driven sprocket;
- drive means for rotating said drive sprocket to rotate said driven sprocket and said shaft;
- a plurality of teeth mounted along said shaft for forcing silage from the intake chamber into said output chamber when said shaft is rotated;
- a comb mounted in said housing and comprising a plurality of prongs extending downwardly from said housing to a predetermined position in the output chamber and adjacent to the shaft so that said teeth force silage under the comb and silage is removed from said teeth by said comb as the teeth pass therethrough, said prongs being curved with convex surfaces facing the output chamber of said housing to facilitate removal of said silage;
- feeder means mounted in the intake chamber for forcing the silage in the intake chamber towards said passageway;
- at least one drum rotatably mounted on said housing;
- brake means for resisting the rotation of said drum with a variable selected brake force;
- a cable wrapped around said drum;
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- a backstop configured to conform to the filled end of the agricultural bag, said backstop being connected to said cable so that the brake force of said brake means is applied through said cable to said backstop for a yieldably resisting the movement of the loading apparatus away from the filled end of said bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.