Agricultural bagger with upper tunnel compaction and chute agitation

An agricultural bagger apparatus for compacting feed into a horizontally deployed bag, the apparatus comprising:

• a primary compression mechanism;
• an input hopper that receives agricultural feed, the hopper having a sloping wall and a lower end exit chute located to transfer the agricultural feed into the primary compression mechanism;
• a tunnel having an internal cavity, and connected to the primary compression mechanism to receive the feed output from the primary compression mechanism and operable to extrude the feed into the bag deployed from around the tunnel;
• a secondary compression mechanism located above the primary compression mechanism and connected to the tunnel to displace pressure from above the primary compression mechanism and toward an upper portion of the tunnel cavity;
• a first motor coupled to the sloping wall of the input hopper;
• a first distribution mechanism driven by the first motor and located inside the hopper to move the agricultural feed adjacent to the sloping wall in order to prevent feed bridging before the primary compression mechanism, the distribution mechanism powered by the first motor, wherein the first motor is a rotary motor and wherein the distribution mechanism further comprises an elongated first bar attached along its length to the first motor such that the first motor sweeps the first bar in a curvical motion along the sloping wall;
• a second motor coupled to the sloping wall of the input hopper;
• an elongated second bar attached along its length to the second motor such that the second motor sweeps the second bar in a curvical motion along the sloping wall;
• a third bar hingedly connected to a wall of the hopper;
• a fourth bar hingedly connected to the third bar and hingedly connected to the first bar near an end distal to its connection to the first motor;
• a fifth bar hingedly connected to a wall of the hopper;
• a sixth bar hingedly connected to the fifth bar and hingedly connected to the second bar near an end distal to its connection to the second motor.

An apparatus for improving the flow of agricultural feed in an agricultural feed stock bagging machine, the apparatus comprising:

• a tunnel for deploying a bag and for receiving compressed feed to extrude into the bag;
• a primary compression mechanism fed by a hopper with a sloping wall;
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• means for moving feed within the tunnel from above the primary compression mechanism to a higher portion of the tunnel interior cavity during operation of the primary compression mechanism.

An apparatus for improving the flow of agricultural feed in an agricultural feed stock bagging machine, the apparatus comprising:

• a tunnel for deploying a bag and for receiving compressed feed to extrude into the bag;
• a primary compression mechanism fed by a hopper with a sloping wall;
• means for displacing pressure within the tunnel from above the primary compression mechanism to a higher portion of the tunnel interior cavity during operation of the primary compression mechanism;
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• means for displacing pressure along the sloping wall toward the primary compression mechanism in order for the feed to easily fall through the hopper to the primary compression mechanism, wherein the means for displacing pressure along the sloping wall includes means for sweeping the feed along the sloping wall in two separated curvical motions along the sloping wall;
• means for agitating the feed at a circumference of the two curvical motions and at a distance from the sloping wall in order for the feed to easily fall through the hopper to the primary compression mechanism;
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• means for directing the feed beyond an upper portion of the curvical motion in order that the feed is primarily swept at a lower portion of the curvical motions.

An argicultural bagger apparatus for compacting feed into a horizontally deployed bag, the apparatus comprising:

• a primary compression mechanism operable to compact feed into at least a lower portion of the bag;
• an input hopper that receives agricultural feed, the hopper having an inwardly sloping wall and a lower end exit chute located to transfer the agricultural feed into the primary compression mechanism;
• a tunnel having an internal cavity, and connected to the primary compression mechanism to receive the feed output from the primary compression mechanism and operable to extrude the feed into the bag deployed from around the tunnel;
• a secondary compression mechanism located above the primary compression mechanism and connected to the tunnel to push feed away from above the primary compression mechanism and substantially only toward an upper portion of the tunnel cavity;
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• a first distribution mechanism driven in a reciprocating motion having both up and down components adjacent to the sloping wall in order to prevent feed bridging before the primary compression mechanism.

An apparatus for compacting feed into a horizontally deployed bag, the apparatus comprising:

• a primary compression mechanism;
• an input hopper that receives agricultural feed and delivers the feed into the primary compression mechanism;
• a tunnel connected to the primary compression mechanism to receive the feed output from the primary compression mechanism and extrude the feed into the bag deployed from around the tunnel;
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• a secondary compression mechanism located above the primary compression mechanism and configured to push only feed in an upper half of the tunnel away from above the primary compression mechanism and toward an upper portion of the tunnel cavity during operation of the primary compression mechanism.