Patent ID: 7651043
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: A01F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A machine for grinding bales of forage material comprising: a support frame; an enclosure supported by the support frame for accepting the bale therein the enclosure having a front and rear and two sides positioned between the front and rear; a rotary shredder positioned within the enclosure for grinding the bale of forage material and discharging the forage material from the enclosure through one of the sides; and a bale engaging end movably attached to the frame wherein the bale engaging end comprises at least two bale engaging arms that are moveable horizontally between a position in which the arms are substantially parallel to each other to engage opposite arcuate sides of the bale to a position in which the arms are positioned approximately 180° from each other such that the arms are disengaged from the arcuate sides of the bale such that the bale is placed within the enclosure with the arcuate side of the bale facing the sides of the enclosure.