Filing Information

Inventor(s)	Richard A. Cockle · George Spector ·
Assignee(s)	COCKLE RICHARD A · SPECTOR GEORGE ·  View assignee updates
Primary Examiner	Robert J. Spar ·
Assistant Examiner	Janice Krizek ·
Application Number	US6323661
Filing date	11/20/1981
Issue date	01/31/1984
Predicted expiration date	11/20/2001
U.S. Classifications	414/246  · 198/669  ·
International Classifications	B65H 5108  ·
Kind Code	A
International Classifications	41424.5;24.6 ·

Patent Family

Abstract

A device for unrolling a round bale of hay when being discharged upon the ground from a hay carrying vehicle, said device including a mechanism in which a plurality of rollers form a cradle upon which the hay bale is rested, the rollers being power rotated so as to unroll the hay bale as it sits in the cradle so that a mat of hay is spread on the ground.

Independent Claims | See all claims (2)

1. 1. A round bale feeder for unrolling hay bales when being discharged from a hay transporting vehicle, comprising in combination a frame, a mechanism in each end of said frame including a plurality of rollers affixed on rotatably driven shafts, parallel to each other and spaced apart at rising elevations from center to the endmost of the rollers to form a depression upon which said hay bales are rested while being unrolled, each of said rollers having means to spread said bales laterally while being unrolled wherein a gear on each said shaft is engaged by an endless belt driven by power from a motor in combination with other endless belts interconnecting at the gears of adjacent rollers, said means on the rollers to spread said bales laterally comprise a plurality of cleats which taper from a greater center height to a smaller height at each of the roller's ends, said cleats extending along the periphery of the roller surface and being parallel to the axis of the roller.