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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7377457 | Agricultural bale cutter An agricultural bale cutter has a scoop shaped lower jaw frame supporting a first set of teeth at a lower end and is pivotally mounted to an upper jaw frame. A second set of teeth mounted on the upper jaw frame may therefore be moved between distal and proximal posi... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7360728 | Hay bale processor A hay bale processor (10) having a cylindrical rotatable drum (14) adapted to displace a bale of hay (156-157) over a grill (26) which has a plurality of spaced-apart parallel slot openings (27) which are adjustable to defin... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7300005 | Single motor blower An apparatus for installation of a material having discrete elements. The apparatus includes: (a) a supply material having discrete elements; and (b) a transporter system downstream of the supply material having discrete elements. In the preferred embodiment, the tr... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7270283 | Single motor blower An apparatus for installation of a material having discrete elements. The apparatus includes a supply material having discrete elements and a transporter system downstream of the supply material having discrete elements. In the preferred embodiment, the transporter ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7185836 | System for un-baling farm products An un-baling system for transforming substantially rectangular bales of farm product into smaller substantiality rectangular sized bales of farm products. The un-baling system incorporates a first rail mounted conveyor subsystem connected to a first rail mounted con... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7156333 | Bale processor with fork lift An apparatus for disintegrating bales of agricultural materials such as hay. The apparatus includes a processing tub and is provided with a novel adjustable fork-lift adapted to raise bales of different size and configuration into the processing tub. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7097123 | Bale processor with grain mixing attachment A bale processor on a wheeled vehicle has a hopper converging inwardly and downwardly to a lower disintegration area at which is located a flail roller rotatable about an axis extending generally along the hopper and including a drive roller or rollers in the hopper... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7066417 | Bale processor Disclosed is an apparatus for disintegrating bales of agricultural material such as hay. The apparatus has a chassis, a processing tub with a discharge opening located in one of its side walls, a disintegrator mounted in the processing tub to disintegrate baled crop... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7036757 | Vegetation shredding and dispersal apparatus A vegetation shredding and dispersal apparatus that comprises a conveying platform, a cutting/agitating mechanism, and a blower apparatus. The conveying platform and the cutting/agitating mechanism are substantially wide enough to simultaneously process 2 or more ba... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028932 | Machine for mixing and distributing products used to feed livestock A machine including a container fitted with a base that extends between lateral walls and end walls. The base partially covers (i) a mixing rotor and (ii) a feed auger which moves products in the skip either in a closed circuit or in a circuit towards a distributing... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017842 | Bale manipulator drive system for a bale processor A bale processor with a processing chamber includes a manipulator driven by a drive system that includes a hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor of the drive system drives a drive shaft with an axis of rotation offset from a driven shaft of the manipulator. A rotatio... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007873 | Process and means for disintegrating compressed material bales The invention relates to a process for disintegrating compressed bales of coarse, fiberlike, natural or synthetic materials, especially straw bales, and transporting the disintegrated materials to further processing. Bales often contain foreign objects which the inv... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6966512 | System for un-baling farm products An un-baling system for transforming substantially rectangular bales of farm product into smaller substantiality rectangular sized bales of farm products. The un-baling system incorporates a first rail mounted conveyor subsystem connected to a first rail mounted con... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6945485 | Multiple vertical auger cutter mixer The cutter mixer has a mixer tub with side walls and a floor. The floor includes a primary floor portion at a lower elevation. At least one secondary floor is positioned vertically above the primary floor portion. A primary vertical spindle is journaled in the cente... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6923393 | Horizontal feed mixer and method for using same The feed mixer of the present invention includes two upper horizontal augers having flighting thereon. Below and between the two upper augers is a rotor having helical paddle segments thereon. The two upper augers and the rotor all rotate in the same direction, but ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6896215 | Device for bale grouping and shredding of fodder and baled products A bale-grouping and shredding device includes at least a rotor (4) equipped with said discs whereof the periphery is smooth. The discs (12) are provided with cutting members in the form of sectioning pairs (11). The sectioning pairs are V-shaped... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6886763 | Bale processor Disclosed is an apparatus for disintegrating bales of agricultural material such as hay. The apparatus has a chassis with a bale receptacle mounted thereon. A disintegrator is mounted in the bale receptacle and is adapted to disintegrate baled crop material in the b... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6827304 | Hay chopper for animal feed A hay chopper is used for chopping elongated stems of hay into small fragments. The hay chopper comprises two superimposed screens comprising an identical set of slots recessed thereon. When the two screens are well aligned, effective slot windows result from the su... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6708911 | Bale processor Disclosed is an apparatus for disintegrating bales of agricultural material such as hay. The apparatus has a a chassis, a processing tub with a discharge opening located in one of its side walls, a disintegrator mounted in the processing tub to disintegrate baled cr... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6695560 | Vehicle mounted large bale loading, transporting and unloading system A large bale loading, transporting and unloading method and apparatus including a wheeled vehicle having a flatbed with a longitudinal conveyor and a cross-bed conveyor for unloading bales laterally from the side of the flatbed. A tine carrying frame or b... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6663275 | Mixer apparatus A mixer apparatus is disclosed for mixing livestock feed and the like. The apparatus includes a container for the reception therein of the feed. The container includes a housing and a wall extending away from the housing. The wall defines an opening which... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6659377 | Apparatus for disengaging insulation material from bales for blowing and method therefor An apparatus and a method for installing insulation from bound insulation bales having a feeder for contacting and moving the insulation bales and a receiving apparatus for disengaging the insulation from unbound bales. A cutter disengages insulation from... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6648254 | Bale processor The crop material processor for disintegrating baled crop material comprises a housing for receiving and containing the baled crop material. The housing has a front wall, a back wall, a left side wall, a right side wall and a bottom, wherein each of the l... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6644575 | Gravity flow grain tank for hay bale processor A gravity flow grain tank includes enclosed chamber mounted on a hay processor, for holding grain to be dispensed. The chamber includes a rearwardly and downwardly sloped bottom, so that gravity causes the grain to flow into an auger at the lower end of t... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6578784 | Twine cutting assembly for bale processor Disclosed is a twine cutting assembly for a rotary drum type bale processor. The twine cutting assembly comprises a twine cutter and a locking mechanism. The twine cutter, comprising a rod and a cutting member, is adapted to extend through a hole in the s... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6572039 | Variable mulch handling and dispersing apparatus A mobile variable mulch handling and dispersing apparatus comprises an input section, a beater section, and a blower section. The input section preferably comprises a primary conveyor further comprising a drag chain conveyor assembly. The input section fu... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6546986 | Fiber panel manufacturing method and apparatus A panel forming method and apparatus used compressed fibrous material such as straw, hay and the like. The fibrous material from bales is debailled by debailler rollers and passed to straw walkers. The straw walkers move the material to crop shredders whi... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6481653 | Open throat bale processor An open throat crop material processor for disintegrating baled crop material comprises a container having front and back walls and two side walls, a disintegrator and at least two rollers for manipulating the bale mounted within the container in parallel... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6467710 | Apparatus and method for processing, creating and dispensing a roughage ration for livestock A roughage processing and dispensing apparatus including a mobile frame defining a floor section for supporting a plurality of bales of roughage, a shredder section in which the bales are shredded, a discharge section for discharging roughage shredded in ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467945 | Discharge apparatus for a mixer for mixing and discharging livestock feed and the like A discharge apparatus of the type disclosed in co-pending application Ser. No. 09/562,167 filed May 2, 2000. The apparatus includes a container for the reception therein of the feed. The container has a base and a wall extending away from the base. The wa... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6431480 | Square bale processor A square bale processor having an elongated conveyor mounted on the frame and a mechanism for mounting the frame to a set of wheels in such a way that the back end of the conveyor may be positioned a predetermined distance above the ground or adjacent to ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6375104 | Crop material processor A baled crop material processor for disintegrating baled crop material comprising a container, a disintegrator, a discharge opening and means for manipulating the crop material for disintegration by the disintegrator. The container, receives and contains ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6328465 | Vertical feed mixer with auger having center post with sloped top A vertical feed mixer has an auger with a center post that has an inclined upper surface that is substantially flat. Flights of varying shapes can be used. The upper part of the flight extends above the upper surface. The inclined upper surface increases ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6227468 | Device and method for loosening a block of compressed loose material, in particular, potting compost A device is disclosed for loosening a block of compressed loose material, such as potting compost, comprising a container with a plurality of support wall members for receiving the block, a scraper cooperating with one of the supporting wall members and a... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6203185 | Feed mixer having third auger and method for using A feed mixer comprising a plurality of mixing members wherein each mixing member is longitudinally mounted for rotation about an axis and the mixing members further comprises a chopper auger and a shredding auger, each having a flighting. In addition, the... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6199781 | Animal feed processor An animal feed processor for producing a mixture of baled crop material and a supplemental feed. The animal feed processor comprises a container for receiving baled crop material mounted on a chassis and a hopper for receiving the supplemental feed also m... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6196483 | Chaft cutter for comminuting haulm behind the grain-separator devices of a combine harvester The subject matter of the invention is a straw-cutting machine which is disposed behind the grain separating devices of a combine harvester and whose separating devices cut up the stalks falling down from the straw walkers into short pieces. In this proce... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6155506 | Cutter-mixer and bed-straw spreader wagon provided of a perfected group for the distribution of the straw outside the wagon A cutter-mixer and bed-straw spreader wagon for fibrous products having a container with rotating screw feeder inside and outwardly of a distribution group for conveying the cut and mixed material outside the container. The distribution group has a fan wi... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6129299 | Bulk material handling system with a sloughing wall A reciprocating slat conveyor (22) conveys a body of bulk material (16) to the outlet end (21) of a container (12). The body of bulk material (16) is moved against a sloughing wall (10). The sloughing wall (10) includes a plurality of slats (40) that are ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6126098 | Chopper for breaking up stalks A chopper for breaking up stalks, chiefly straw is provided with a chopper housing in which a rotor equipped with cutting tools and a drive are housed and which is positioned under a feed hopper. A baffle plate forms a chopping floor in the area of which ... | 10/03/2000 |
