Solid material comminution or disintegration – Processes – Miscellaneous
Patent
1978-06-22
1979-08-07
Yost, Frank T.
Solid material comminution or disintegration
Processes
Miscellaneous
83869, 83877, 83 23, 83 42, 83150, 83155, 83488, 83928, 241101A, 2411017, 241283, B02C 1806, B02C 2102
Patent
active
041635248
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for cutting and feeding foliage material from a stack, the apparatus comprising a wheeled vehicle, for example a wagon pulled by a tractor, capable of being displaced along the ground, a tiltable bed thereon disposed in a parallel position between ground engaging wheels and a powered conveyor so that a stack of foliage may be loaded onto the bed from a position on the ground (or unloaded from the bed back to the ground) and also may be successively advanced along the conveyor bed to provide an overhang beneath and forward of a rotating angularly disposed variable cutter which travels horizontally and then vertically downward in a zig-zag pattern to successively cut slices of foliage from the overhang of the stack. The sliced material is forced out by a shield of the cutter and falls under force of gravity substantially continuously as it is cut onto a transverse foliage conveyor at the front of the vehicle and is thereby deposited upon the ground as a livestock feed windrow while the vehicle is displaced or into feed bins or onto another vehicle for subsequent processing while said stack vehicle is stationary. The rotating cutter is part of a traveling unit mounted on a carriage which is selectively moved vertically on a frame mounted on the vehicle. The traveling unit selectively moves horizontally from side-to-side. A pressurized hydraulic system and electronic system, which may comprise part of the tractor or otherwise, selectively powers the moving parts of the apparatus.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3747457 (1973-07-01), Thompson
patent: 3773269 (1973-11-01), Brooks et al.
patent: 3830438 (1974-08-01), Garrison et al.
patent: 4078460 (1978-03-01), Bowman
Lundahl Ezra C.
Wiser J. Gordon
Ezra C. Lundahl Inc.
Foster Lynn G.
Yost Frank T.
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