Device for peeling and chopping bales
AssigneeUnderhaug
InventorRobert W. Taylor
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Abstract
A device for chopping bales includes a rotary cutter device (20) mounted for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis. A tumble mechanism (4) supports a bale with its lower part adjacent the cutter device (20) and tumbles or rotates the bale such that an outer layer is removed from the bale and is fed to the cutter device to be comminuted thereby and discharged by the rotation of the cutter device (20). Means (50) is provided to move the bale periodically further away from the cutter device (20).
Claims14
A device for chopping bales comprising rotary cutter means having cutting elements spaced in the direction of its axis of rotation, means for supporting and rotating a bale about an axis substantially parallel to that of the cutter means and to bias the bale towards the cutter means whereby to separate an outer layer from the bale and feed it to the cutter means, said cutter means when rotating inducing an air flow to draw matter removed from the bale into a zone of action of the cutter means for comminution and for subsequent discharge;
- and means for periodically moving the bale away from the cutter means to enhance airflow.
A chopping device comprising rotary cutter means having cutting elements spaced in the direction of its axis of rotation, said cutting elements projecting outwardly of the axis of rotation of the cutter means as the latter rotates, means for feeding matter to be chopped to the cutter means, and a grill defined by respective grill bars between adjacent projecting cutting elements, towards which grill said matter is fed to be chopped by the cutter means;
- and means for periodically moving the bale away from the cutter means to enhance airflow through the device.
A device for chopping bales, comprising rotary cutter means mounted for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis, means for supporting a bale with the lower part of the bale adjacent the cutter means and for tumbling or rotating the bale such that an outer layer is removed from the bale and is fed to the cutter means to be comminuted by the cutter means and discharged by the rotation of the cutter means, and means operative to move the bale further away from the cutter means, but to allow the bale to subsequently return towards the cutter means, said means comprising an eccentric roller which is rotatable to effect oscillating movement of the bale.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.