ARTIFICIAL COCK STRUCTURE FOR DRYING GRASS INTO HAY Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural technology. SUBSTANCE: artificial cock is arranged from framework made up of hollow vertical pipes having clamps and pipe unions installed on skids, and installed into them are horizontal perforated turnable pipes with small pipe unions for lateral pipes connected with longitudinal bars. Configured in this way are tires of sections in the form of fir-tree. One of vertical pipe is connected through pipe union with pump and gas generator. Ends of turnable pipes are freely insertable into pipe unions of vertical pipes and they are fixed by pins and sealed by elastic gasket. Each section of tire is suspended by ropes through clamps of vertical pipes. Application of artificial cock structure allows for all-weather hay harvesting, ensures more complete retention of nutritious substances and carotene, provides for benefication of fodder with carotene, and increased amount of coarse fodder harvested from unit of ground area. EFFECT: higher efficiency. 1 cl, 5 dwg