PIT LOADING DEVICE FOR SILAGE AND HAYLAGE Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC A01F25/02 A01F15/04 

FIELD: agriculture, transportation.

SUBSTANCE: device comprises band conveyor, pressing unit and loader with a telescopic frame with a manipulator. The loader is fixed on the wheel tractor hitch. The band conveyor is equipped with dosing units for feed supplements and feeding dosers for plant mass. The pressing unit consists of a casing shell with upper cover which is connected to the casing shell by hinges on the one side. The upper cover is opened and closed by a mechanism with hydraulic cylinder and an arm. Upper part of the backside wall is rigidly connected to the casing shell side walls, and the lower part of it is connected by a hinge to provide for its opening and closing by hydraulic cylinder and arm. The material to be pressed is loaded into the casing shell and pressed by hydraulic cylinders with a ramming piston. The pressed material is pushed out of the casing shell by a discharging hydraulic cylinder with a piston through the lower part of the backside wall onto the loader manipulator which lays the pressed mass into a pit.

EFFECT: reducing pit closing time and improving fodder quality.

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