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US 6,591,971 B1Granted
Silage mover
OwnerDonald T. Sheahaninventor
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Abstract
A silage cutter and loader assembly including a beater assembly for removing silage from a bunker and transferring the silage via a cross auger to a conveyor for transport to an independent container. The assembly further includes independently arranged wheels, at least two of the wheels being rotatable about a respective vertical axis.
Claims3
An apparatus for removing agricultural material from a bunker, the apparatus comprising a unitary, self-propelled carriage including:
- a straight upright frame, said frame including oppositely disposed straight upright members;
- a single revolvable beater assembly, said beater assembly including an axle of a predetermined length and extending across said frame, and said axle being rotatably supported by said oppositely disposed straight upright members, said axle supporting a plurality of freely, radially extending, axially spaced, beater blades, each blade being arranged to dislodge said material from said container;
- means for raising and lowering said beater assembly relative to said straight upright member;
- a revolvable cross auger positioned proximate to ground level and having a length substantially the same as the length of said beater assembly, said auger being arranged to collect and transport material beaten and removed from said container;
- a conveyor directly communicating with said cross auger for transporting removed material from said cross auger;
- a plurality of wheels, each of said wheels being rotatable around a vertical axis, at least one of said wheels is a power driven drive wheel;
- reversible power means for supplying power to said power driven drive wheel;
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- said power driven drive wheel having a range of motion allowing alternative parallel or angular movement of the apparatus with respect to the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.