Hay conditioner

A hay conditioning unit for a drum type mower in which a generally vertically disposed pair of cooperative hay cutting drums deliver cut hay rearwardly at the juncture thereof, the hay conditioning unit comprising a pair of cooperatively engaging pneumatic tired wheels set at an incline behind the mower, and means on the cooperatively engaging surfaces of the pneumatic tired wheels adapted to directly receive and cause intermittent crimping of the hay for effecting the conditioning thereof.

A hay conditioner comprising a pair of cooperative rolls between which harvested hay is passed, both of said rolls comprising pneumatic tired wheels, one of said pneumatic tired wheels having a steel cage formed therearound, whereby when the pneumatic tires are fully inflated the steel cage on the one tire presses into the uncaged cooperative tire to cause a crimping of the hay stalks as they are fed between these cooperative rolls.

A hay conditioner comprising a pair of cooperative rolls between which harvested hay is passed, both of said rolls comprising pneumatic tired wheels, one of said pneumatic tired wheels having a steel cage formed therearound, said steel cage having spaced apart circular ring members disposed at opposite sides of the pneumatic tire, a plurality of parallel steel rods at generally regular intervals passing over the tread face of the pneumatic tire, whereby when the pneumatic tires are fully inflated the steel rods of the cage on the one tire press into the uncaged cooperative tire to cause a crimping of the hay stalks as they are fed between these cooperative rolls.

A hay conditioning unit for a drum type mower in which a generally vertically disposed pair of cooperative hay cutting drums deliver cut hay rearwardly at the juncture thereof, the hay conditioning unit comprising a pair of cooperatively engaging pneumatic tired wheels behind the mower, and means on the cooperatively engaging surfaces of the pneumatic tired wheels adapted to directly receive and cause intermittent crimping of the cut hay for effecting the conditioning thereof.

A hay conditioner comprising a pair of cooperative rolls between which harvested hay is passed, both of said rolls comprising rubber tired wheels, one of said rubber tired wheels having a steel cage formed therearound, whereby the steel cage on the one rubber tire presses into the uncaged cooperative rubber tire to cause a crimping of the hay stalks.