Craig M Wilcox

US Patent:

40821986, Apr 4, 1978

Filed:

Feb 2, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/654086

Inventors:

Clifton W. Anderson - Long Lake MN
John J. Kubik - Des Moines IA
Tom G. Pollock - Blairstown IA
Larry J. Schlict - Sac City IA
Craig R. Wilcox - Vinton IA

Assignee:

Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. - Ames IA

International Classification:

B02C 2102
B60P 136

US Classification:

214519

Abstract:

The apparatus of the invention is capable of loading, transporting and shredding a large bale of material. The apparatus is of a vehicle trailer type and is equipped with a box or housing unit type that is open only at the rear side of the vehicle. The apparatus has a combination tailgate and lift structure which functions as a fork lift to load and move a bale of material into the housing unit and, after such delivery, to automatically function as a tail gate to close the rear side of the housing unit. A floor conveyor within the housing moves the baled material forwardly into the path of a bale shredder which is of a flail type. The shredded material is then blown or moved by the shredder into an auger at the forward end of the housing unit for discharge into a feed bunk or storage bin.