Patent ID: 6973946

Claim:
Apparatus to force silage into an elongate silage storage bag, the silage storage bag having an elongate continuous sidewall, comprising an elongate housing supported on wheels, the housing having a compaction chamber therein, the compaction chamber disposed substantially horizontally, the compaction chamber having a reciprocating ram moveable linearly therein, the compaction chamber having a discharge end with an outlet opening therein, the housing having an opening therein to permit silage to be received in the compaction chamber, a duct supported on the discharge end of the compaction chamber and extending therefrom, the duct having a substantially horizontal sidewall and an open bottom, the duct having an interior in communication with the outlet opening of the compaction chamber, the duct receiving an open end of the silage storage bag thereabout, the sidewall of the duct supporting gathered portions of the continuous sidewall of the silage storage bag, the ram urging silage through the outlet opening into the storage bag surrounding the duct.