Patent ID: 9686964
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A01F,A01K,B26D,Y10S

Claim:
1. A hay bale flaking apparatus, comprising: a wheeled vehicle having a ramp extending to a dispensing end positioned on a side edge of said vehicle, said ramp adapted to support a hay bale thereon; a ram configured to impart a translation of said hay bale on said ramp, toward said dispensing end; a cutting blade positioned at or adjacent said dispensing end of said ramp; said cutting blade actuable to translate through said hay bale in individual cuts of said cutting blade, to thereby separate portions from said hay bale into individual flakes, which sequentially fall to a respective ground position from said dispensing end of said ramp; a controller, said controller being user configurable to control a speed of said translation of said hay bale on said ramp and a timing of said individual cuts of said cutting blade, and thereby control a thickness of each said flake and a distance between respective ground positions of each said flake; a first pressurized fluid supply communicating from said controller to fluid driven motor powering said ram; a second pressurized fluid supply communicating from said controller to a hydraulic cylinder powering said cutting blade for said individual cuts in said hay bale; said controller varying said first pressurized fluid supply to said fluid driven motor to control said speed of translation on said ramp; and said controller varying said secondary pressurized fluid supply to said hydraulic cylinder, to control timing of said individual cuts of said cutting blade.