Patent ID: 6572039
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A01F,A01G,A01K,Y10S

Abstract:
A variable mulch handling and dispersing apparatus for receiving bales comprising:a mobile longitudinal frame connectable with a tow vehicle and having a main drive engine coupled thereto, said main drive engine having a hydraulic pump coupled therewith; an input section mounted substantially longitudinally on said mobile longitudinal frame and having an entrance and an exit, said input section further comprising a primary conveyor assembly driven by said main drive engine for conveying said bales from said entrance to said exit; a beater section mounted substantially longitudinally on said mobile longitudinal frame and having an entrance and an exit, said entrance of said beater section adjacent said exit of said input section, said beater section further comprising at least three rotatable shafts driven by said main drive engine disposed in spaced-apart parallel relationship, wherein a first shaft and a second shaft are rotatable in opposite directions, and wherein a third shaft is disposed closer to said entrance of said beater section than both said first shaft and said second shaft, said beater section further comprising a plurality of funneling surfaces that direct material toward said exit of said beater section, wherein said at least three rotatable shafts pick apart said bales, reducing said bales into constituent materials as said bales are continuously conveyed into said beater section from said input section via said primary conveyor assembly; and a blower section having an entrance and an exit, said entrance of said blower section adjacent said exit of said beater section, said blower section further comprising a blower fan generating a high velocity of air and mixing said constituent materials with said air and forcing said mixture through said exit of said blower section.