Method of producing silage removal channel
OwnerEdward Freemaninventor
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Abstract
A method of producing a silage removal channel. The method comprises the steps of disposing an inflatable tube within an empty silo, inflating the tube, filling the silo with feedstuff, deflating the tube and then withdrawing the same from the interior of the silo to create the silage removal channel within the feedstuff. The created channel is disposed from the uppermost surface of the feedstuff to a discharge port disposed in the exterior wall of the silo. When required feedstuff is introduced into the mouth of the channel, it gravitates through the channel to the discharge port where it may be removed from the silo.
Claims10
A method of producing a silage removal channel in silage stored in a silo, said silo comprising a wall having an interior surface and having a series of doors spaced vertically along the wall for discharging the silage, said method comprising the steps of:
- disposing an inflatable tube within the silo when in an empty state, said tube placed so as to lie on the interior surface of the wall of the silo and to extend from an upper one of the series of doors to a lower one of the series of doors;
- inflating said tube;
- introducing feedstuff into the silo for storage;
- allowing the feedstuff to settle for compacting the feedstuff to silage;
- deflating said tube;
- removing said tube thereby creating a channel in the silage for passing silage from the top thereof to the lower one of said series of doors for discharge from the silo.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.