Patent ID: 6866073

Claim:
A forage bag loading assembly comprising a peripheral frame assembly configured and disposed for enclosure by rigid emplacement of a forage bag's mouth around it and comprising an entrance opening of size permitting the passage of bulk forage increments; a forage emplacement assembly comprising a forage bin disposed in communication with the frame's entrance opening and comprising a loading opening of size permitting the passage of bulk forage increments into the bin; a piston assembly comprising a reciprocating piston disposed to impel with its forward stroke the bulk forage increments through the entrance opening thereof; an empowered linkage disposed to drive the reciprocating piston; wherein the forage emplacement bin's loading opening is disposed above the peripheral frame's entrance opening such that bulk forage increments are dropped into the reciprocating piston's stroke path within the bin and the forage is delivered to the loading opening by a conveyor.