Hay and straw cleaning apparatus
AssigneeSedgemoor Developments PLC
InventorLeslie R. Tucker
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Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning hay and straw has a casing with a table and an inlet through which the hay and straw is fed. A set of tines (a rake) is positioned downstream from the inlet. A set of rotary tines is positioned to rotate through the rake to provide a combing and beating effect on the hay and straw fed thrugh the apparatus. Downstream of the tines is a chamber with a vacuum pump operatively connected to provide a suction through a perforate wall to remove spores and dust particles from the beaten and combed hay or straw. An outlet from the apparatus is located downstream from the vacuum chamber.
Claims15
An apparatus for cleaning hay and straw comprising
- a housing having a feeding tray and an inlet for receiving hay and straw at one end and outlet for discharging hay and straw at the other end,
- beating and loosening means, positioned in said housing between said inlet and said outlet, for separating hay and straw from fine particular matter, comprising a fixed rake bar with a plurality of tines, a plurality of rotary tines supported for rotation through said rake bar tines, and a motor operatively connected to said rotary tines for rotating the same to provide a combing and beating action on said hay and straw and to convey the same through the apparatus,
- said housing having a perforate wall opening located between said beating and loosening means and said outlet, and
- vacuum suction means operatively connected to the outside of said perforate wall opening to separate particulate matter from the beaten and combed hay and straw passing through the apparatus.
An apparatus according to claim in which
- said perforate wall opening has 3-5 openings which are 4-8 centimeters in diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.