Implement for mixing fodder

An apparatus for mixing fodder comprising at least two container means for receiving different kinds and quantities of fodder, motor means for propelling the apparatus, and a mixing device which receives fodder from each of said container means, said mixing devices being located outside of said container means.

An apparatus for mixing fodder comprising a mechanically driven mixing device, a feed channel for receiving said fodder, said mixing device received in said feed channel and a sensor for dtermining the position of said mixing device relative to said feed channel, said feed channel being open on its top to receive said mixing device and having sides to retain said fodder in said feeding channel while being mixed.

An apparatus for distributing and mixing fodder in two spaced-apart feed channels which comprises a tractor having a power take-off shaft, a pair of mixing devices interconnected to said power take-off shaft, container means for fodder attached to said tractor, fodder conveying means extending from said hopper to each of said feed channels, said mixing devices each mixing fodder in respective feed channels received from said hopper via said conveying means.

A method of distributing and mixing fodder in an elongated feed channel which extends in front of a plurality of stalls for animals, the method comprising moving a hopper along said feed channel, conveying fodder from said hopper into said feed channel while moving said hopper along said feed channel, simultaneously conveying a consumable material distinct from said first mentioned fodder from said hopper into said feed channel while moving said hopper along said feed channel, and mixing said first mentioned fodder with said consumable material by means of a mechanically driven device received in said feed channel while moving said mechanical driven device together with said hopper along said feed channel.

An apparatus for mixing fodder which comprises a vehicle to which is connected a driven mixing device by means of which during moving of said vehicle, fodder lying in a feed channel beside said vehicle is mixed by said mixing device, at least two container means, each said container means containing fodder which is different in kind and quantity from the fodder in the other said container means, and conveying means for conveying fodder from each of said container means to a location where they will be mixed by said driven mixing device.

An apparatus for mixing fodder comprising a mechanically driven mixing device, a feed channel for receiving said fodder, said mixing device received in said feed channel and a sensor for determining the position of said mixing device relative to said feed channel, a further feed channel parallel to said first mentioned feed channel and a further said mechanically driven mixing device received in said further feed channel, a further sensor for determining the position of said further mixing device relative to said further feed channel, two container means and conveyor means therefrom for conveying fodder from said container means to each of said mixing devices.