Silage pile defacer
AssigneeRiverview, L.L.P.
InventorGary Fehr
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Abstract
A silage pile defacer includes a frame having a rear end and a front end. A transverse beam carrying a plurality of downwardly projecting tines is coupled to the front end of the frame. A quick connect coupler is mounted to the rear end of the frame for mounting the defacer to a quick hitch coupler on the lift arm mechanism of a tractor. The tines are oriented at an acute angle relative to the frame, allowing the tines to be generally perpendicular to the ground when the defacer is elevated above a silage pile. The tines of the defacer skive off a face layer of the silage pile when the defacer is lowered to the ground by the tractor lift arm mechanism.
Claims19
A silage pile defacer comprising:
- a frame having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the frame comprises a first elongate beam, a second elongate beam spaced from and generally parallel to the first elongate beam, and a plurality of lateral braces coupled between the first and second beams, wherein each of the first and second elongate beams is configured with an angled mounting surface at the first end of the frame, the angled mounting surface formed at an obtuse angle relative to the frame, and quick attach mount means connected to the first end of the frame for coupling the first end of the frame to a quick connect system on a lift arm mechanism of a tractor, the quick attach mount means oriented at the obtuse angle;
- a transverse beam coupled to the second end of the frame, the transverse beam having a length, an upper surface and a lower surface;
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- a plurality of tines spaced along the length of the transverse beam and coupled to extend away from the lower surface of the transverse beam, each of the plurality of tines extending at an acute angle relative to the frame in a direction toward the first end of the frame.
A silage pile defacer comprising:
- a frame having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end being configured with an angled mounting surface, the angled mounting surface formed at an obtuse angle relative to the frame and quick attach mount means connected to the angled mounting surface for coupling the first end of the frame to a quick connect system on a lift arm mechanism of a tractor;
- a transverse beam coupled to the second end of the frame, the transverse beam having a length, an upper surface and a lower surface;
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- a plurality of tines spaced along the length of the transverse beam and coupled to extend away from the lower surface of the transverse beam, each of the plurality of tines extending at an acute angle relative to the frame in a direction toward the first end of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.