MANURE-TRANSFER DEVICE Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: animal breeding. SUBSTANCE: cutoff valve installed at the inlet of the loading throat is comprised of a reciprocating knife connected with the rod of a hydraulic cylinder, and a counter blade secured on the wall of said loading throat. The cutting edge of the counter blade is <-shaped with its acute angle facing the throat wall while the sides of the edge angle have an equal length and are arranged at the same angle to the longitudinal axis of said counter blade. A receiving chamber is disposed between the shredding device and the cutoff valve. EFFECT: higher operational reliability. 2 cl, 4 dwg