Mixer

A mixer for mixing bales of material comprising:

• a container tub having a floor;
• an auger flighting member rotating within said container tub,
• a plurality of knife members secured to the auger flighting member and extending radially outwardly therefrom, with said top knife member being attached secured to the trailing end portion of the auger screw flighting member and extending radially outwardly therefrom, with said trailing end portion of the auger flighting member being bent upwardly between about 15 to 25 degrees from the plane of the auger flighting member:
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• a plurality of wedge deflection members positioned radially about the interior surface of said container tub to facilitate directing the cut materials into the rotating auger flighting member to facilitate mixing within the mixer.

A mixer for mixing bales of material, comprising:

• a container tub having a floor;
• a rotating auger flighting member positioned uprightly within said container tub and comprised of an auger cylinder member having a lower flighting portion, a central flighting portion and an upper flighting portion, with each of said flighting portions being continuous with respect to one another and spirally wound about said auger cylinder member, with said lower flighting portion having a leading edge cooperating with the floor of said tub;
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• a kicker plate member mounted at an angle with respect to said lower flighting portion to feed the cut material into said auger flighting member to facilitate mixing.