Patent ID: 9027863
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: A01D,A01F,B02C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A bale shredder apparatus comprising: a frame having a front and a rear with a longitudinal direction extending from the front to the rear and aligning with a direction of movement of the frame when being towed across a ground surface, the frame having lateral sides with a lateral direction extending from one lateral side to the other lateral side; a bale hopper mounted on the frame and defining an interior bale chamber for receiving a bale to be shredded, the bale hopper having an upper opening into the bale chamber and a chamber bottom positioned substantially opposite of the upper opening, a floor being positioned toward the chamber bottom with an upper surface, a bale feed opening being positioned adjacent to the floor; a bale shredding assembly in communication with the interior bale chamber through the bale feed opening, the bale shredding assembly including a shredding rotor rotatable about a rotation axis and being positioned adjacent to the bale feed opening to contact a bale positioned in the bale chamber through the bale feed opening to shred the bale; a primary bale movement assembly configured to move a bale in the bale chamber over the upper surface of the floor in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis and toward the bale feed opening and the bale shredding apparatus; and a secondary bale movement assembly configured to move a bale in the bale chamber on the upper surface of the floor relative to the bale hopper in a direction parallel to the rotation axis.