WO1993018640A1 - Apparatus for dividing bales into pieces - Google Patents
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- WO1993018640A1 WO1993018640A1 PCT/SE1993/000230 SE9300230W WO9318640A1 WO 1993018640 A1 WO1993018640 A1 WO 1993018640A1 SE 9300230 W SE9300230 W SE 9300230W WO 9318640 A1 WO9318640 A1 WO 9318640A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01F—PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE; HAY OR STRAW PRESSES; DEVICES FOR STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE
- A01F29/00—Cutting apparatus specially adapted for cutting hay, straw or the like
- A01F29/005—Cutting apparatus specially adapted for cutting hay, straw or the like for disintegrating and cutting up bales of hay, straw or fodder
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
- B26D1/00—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
- B26D1/01—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work
- B26D1/04—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member
- B26D1/06—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates
- B26D1/08—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates of the guillotine type
- B26D1/09—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates of the guillotine type with a plurality of cutting members
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Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus for mechanical cutting bales into pieces, preferably hay bales. According to the invention the apparatus comprises a knife device (8) for making a vertical cut through the bale, which is positioned in a space (2), in its transverse direction. The knife device comprises at least one knife means (14, 15) which is intended to make a vertical cut in the bale in its longitudinal direction. A pusher device (5) is arranged for moving the bale in its longitudinal direction in the space (2).
Description
Apparatus for dividing bales into pieces This invention relates to an apparatus for dividing bales mechanically into pieces, preferably hay bales.
When making hay in recent times it has been common to lay the hay in large plastic bags for creating hay bales, which are allowed to remain on the field until the hay shall be used. A problem of this type of handling is the difficulty to get the hay bales into pieces inside the cow house or in connection to this one, when the hay shall be portioned out to the animals.
This invention intends to solve this problem and offer an apparatus which in a mechnical way divides the hay bale into pieces. This has been made possible by an apparatus of the kind mentioned by way of introduction, which is characterized by the combination of the following features:
- The apparatus comprises a frame having a space for receiving the bale, the space having two end portions; - A pusher device is positioned at the one end portion of the space and is intended to move the bale in its longitudinal direction towards the other end portion of the space;
- A knife device is raiseably and lowerably arranged essentially in a vertical plane at the other end portion of the space for making an essentially vertical cut through the bale in its transverse direction; - The knife device comprises at least one knife means which is positioned on that part of the knife device which is directed towards the first end portion of the space, and which is intended to make an essentially vertical cut through the bale essentially in its longitudinal direction.
Due to this design of the apparatus there is achieved an effective dividing of the hay bales, enclosed by plastic material, into pieces. In this connection the knife means arranged on the rear side of the knife device actively contributes to the effective division into pieces, because during the movement of the knife device through the bale in its transverse direction the knife means makes a vertical cut in the longitudinal direction of the bale. This fact has the consequence that the bale piece cut out easily falls into pieces. A preferred embodiment of the invention shall be described more closely with reference to the accompanying drawings, where Fig. 1 shows a view straightly from the front of the apparatus according to the invention, and Fig. 2, 3 show a perspective view of the
apparatus, seen from the side.
Referring to the drawing is shown there the apparatus according to the invention, which apparatus comprises a frame 1. This frame has a space 2 with two end portions 3, 4. The bale is intended to be placed in its longitudinal direction between these end portions. A pusher device in the form of a plunger device 5 is arranged at the first end portion 3 of the space 2. This plunger device comprises a plate 6 which is intended to be applied against the one end portion of the bale. The plate 6 is connected with a not shown plunger rod, which is arranged inside an elongated tube means 7. The plunger is intended to be operated in a hydraulic way, whereby the plate 6 is displaceable towards and from, respectively, the second end portion 4 of the space. The space 2 suitably has a V-formed bottom, whereby the bale gets a secure contact in the space.
A knife device 8 is arranged at the second end portion 4 of the space. This device comprises a cutting blade 9 with a horizontal extension over essentially the whole width of the space 2. Furthermore, the cutting blade 9 has an essentially vertical extension and is raiseably and lowerably arranged in a vertical plane at the other end portion 4. The cutting blade 9 at its bottom has preferably V-form with the point in the middle portion, the angle of the V amounting to about 120°. The portions at the bottom of the cutting blade 9 are ground to a cutting edge. This fact plus the V-form of the cutting blade make a good penetration of the bale possible when the cutting blade moves downwards. The cutting blade 9 has a tubular means 10, 11 at its both lateral end portions, each of which means being intended to slide on a rod 12, 13 having a vertical extension. This fact makes the movement of the cutting blade upwards and downwards possible which movement is suitably carried out in a hydraulic way.
The cutting blade 9 has two knife means 14, 15 on its rear side, i.e. that side that is directed towards the first end portion 3 of the space 2. These knife means are positioned on each side of the vertical center line of the cutting blade and are intended to make essentially vertical cuts in the bale in its longitudinal direction during the movement downwards of the cutting blade.
The apparatus also comprises a means 16 which in a hydraulic way is movable downwards or upwards in the vertical plane, and which is intended to fix the bale by pressing against the bottom portion of the space during the dividing of the bale into pieces. This means which comprises a plate 17 is positioned inside the cutting blade 9, seen in the direction
towards the first end portion 3 of the space 2.
The use of the apparatus according to the invention is made in the following way: A bale which shall be divided into pieces is placed in the space 2, whereafter the plunger device 5 with the plate 6 presses the bale towards the second end portion 4 of the space 2. In this position the cutting blade 9 and the holding means 16 with the plate 17 are held uplifted. When the bale has come into the right position, the plate 17 is laid against the top side of the bale for holding the same. Thereafter the cutting blade is brought through the bale by means of the hydraulic power and accordingly cuts out a piece of the same. In the same operation the knife means 14, 15 on the rear side of the cutting blade 9 make two vertical cuts in a portion of the bale lying inside the mentioned piece. When the cutting operation has been finished, the holding means 16 and the cutting blade 9 are brought upwards so that the bale is free. In this position the plunger device 5 can force the bale a further bit out, whereafter the cutting means again enter into action.
The invention is of course not limited to the shown embodiment but modifications of the same are of course possible within the scope of the following claims. Thus, it is for instance possible to have only one centrally positioned knife means on the rear side of the cutting blade instead of two means as has been shown in the drawing. Furthermore, it is of course possible to have other power sources than hydraulic ones for operation of the apparatus, for instance electric power sources.
Claims
1. An apparatus for dividing bales mechanically into pieces, preferably hay bales, characterized by the combination of the following features:
- The apparatus comprises a frame (1) having a space (2) for receiving the bale, the space (2) having two end portions (3, 4);
- A pusher device (5) is positioned at the first end portion (3) of the space (2) and is intended to move the bale in its longitudinal direction towards the second end portion (4) of the space;
- A knife device (8) is raiseably and lowerably arranged essentially in a vertical plane at the second end portion (4) of the space (2) for making an essentially vertical cut through the bale in its transverse direction;
- The knife device (8) has at least one knife means (14, 15) which is positioned on that part of the knife device which is directed towards the first end portion (3) of the space and which is intended to make an essentially vertical cut in the bale in its longitudinal direction.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the pusher device (5) consists of a plunger device, which comprises a plunger rod arranged in a tubular means (7), in the fore portion of which plunger rod is arranged a plate (6) intended for a contact against the one end portion of the bale.
3. An apparatus according to claim lor2, characterized in that the knife device comprises a cutting blade (9) with a horizontal extension over essentially the whole width of the space (2) and with an essentially vertical extension, and that the cutting blade (9) at its two lateral end portions has a tubular means (10, 11), each of which being intended to slide on a rod (12, 13), which rods are vertically arranged in the frame (1).
4. An apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the cutting blade (9) at its bottom has V-form with the point in the middle portion and directed downwards, and that the portions at the bottom of the cutting blade (9) are ground to a cutting edge.
5. An apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, character- i z e d in that there are two knife means (14, 15) and that these ones are arranged on each side of the vertical center line of the cutting blade (9).
6. An apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, this one having a holding means (16) intended for the bale, characterized in that the pusher device (5), the knife device (8) and the holding means (16) are operated in a hydraulic way.
AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 29 August 1993 (29.08.93); original claims 1-6 replaced by amended claims 1-8 (2 pages)]
1. A method of dividing bales mechanically into pieces, preferably hay bales, b using an apparatus comprising a space for the bale, a pusher device and a knife device, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: - The bale is placed in said space (2);
- The pusher device (5) moves the bale in said space (2) towards the area of sai knife device (8);
- The knife device (8) makes a cut through the bale in a direction which i perpendicular to the moving direction of the bale in said space (2); - The knife device (8) during the cutting procedure also makes an additional cut in the bale in a direction which is parallel with the moving direction of the bale in said spac (2).
2. An apparatus for dividing bales mechanically into pieces, preferably hay bales, characterized by the combination of the following features: - The apparatus comprises a space (2) for receiving the bale, the space (2) havin two end portions (3, 4);
- A pusher device (5) is positioned at the first end portion (3) of the space (2) an is intended to move the bale towards the second end portion (4) of the space;
- A knife device (8) is arranged at the second end portion (4) of the space (2) fo making a cut through the bale in a direction which is perpendicular to the moving directio of the bale in said space;
- The knife device (8) has at least one knife means (14, 15) which is positioned o the knife device and is intended to make an additional cut in the bale.
3. An apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the knif means (14, 15) is arranged on that part of the knife device (8) which is directed towards th first end portion (3).
4. An apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that th pusher device (5) consists of a plunger device, which comprises a plunger rod arranged i a tubular means (7), in the fore portion of which plunger rod is arranged a plate (6) intende for a contact against the one end portion of the bale.
5. An apparatus according to any one of claims 2-4, the apparatus comprising a frame (1), characterized in that the knife device comprises a cutting blade (9) with a horizontal extension over essentially the whole width of the space (2) and with an essentially vertical extension, and that the cutting blade (9) at its two lateral end portions has a tubular means (10, 11), each of which being intended to slide on a rod (12, 13), which rods are vertically arranged in the frame (1).
6. An apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the cutting blade (9) at its bottom has V-form with the point in the middle portion and directed downwards, and that the portions at the bottom of the cutting blade (9) are ground to a cutting edge.
7. An apparatus according to any one of claims 2-6, the knife device (8) being arranged in the vertical plane, characterized in that there are two knife means (14, 15) and that these ones are arranged on each side of the vertical center line of the knife device (8).
8. An apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, this one having a holding means (16) intended for the bale, characterized in that the pusher device (5), the knife device (8) and the holding means (16) are operated in a hydraulic way.
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| SE9200891A SE9200891L (en) | 1992-03-23 | 1992-03-23 | APPLIANCES FOR BASIS DIVISION |
| SE9200891-1 | 1992-03-23 |
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| EP2319293A1 (en) * | 2008-08-04 | 2011-05-11 | Talleres Ramon Castro, S.L. | Biomass cutting shears intended for a compaction or baling apparatus |
| CN108781790A (en) * | 2018-05-03 | 2018-11-13 | 武汉思异汇创科技有限公司 | A kind of herbage cutter device that security performance is high |
| CN113940199A (en) * | 2021-10-29 | 2022-01-18 | 常德长岭机械制造科技有限公司 | Even hay production of over-and-under type cutting is with rubbing crusher constructs |
| DE102021104557A1 (en) | 2021-02-25 | 2022-08-25 | Nyblad Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH | Method and device for breaking up at least partially wrapped bales, in particular round bales |
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| GB1385402A (en) * | 1971-07-13 | 1975-02-26 | Mo Och Domsjoe Ab | Method and apparatus for producing drydefibrated cellulose pulp |
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| FR2232625A1 (en) * | 1973-06-08 | 1975-01-03 | Scholaert Michel | Device for breaking up fibre bales using cutter blade - which is oscillated longitudinally to slice the bale |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE19731047A1 (en) * | 1997-07-20 | 1999-01-21 | Rolf Dr Hesch | Loosening method for square and round agricultural bales |
| EP2319293A1 (en) * | 2008-08-04 | 2011-05-11 | Talleres Ramon Castro, S.L. | Biomass cutting shears intended for a compaction or baling apparatus |
| EP2319293A4 (en) * | 2008-08-04 | 2014-05-07 | Talleres Ramon Castro S L | Biomass cutting shears intended for a compaction or baling apparatus |
| CN108781790A (en) * | 2018-05-03 | 2018-11-13 | 武汉思异汇创科技有限公司 | A kind of herbage cutter device that security performance is high |
| DE102021104557A1 (en) | 2021-02-25 | 2022-08-25 | Nyblad Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH | Method and device for breaking up at least partially wrapped bales, in particular round bales |
| CN113940199A (en) * | 2021-10-29 | 2022-01-18 | 常德长岭机械制造科技有限公司 | Even hay production of over-and-under type cutting is with rubbing crusher constructs |
| CN113940199B (en) * | 2021-10-29 | 2022-12-23 | 常德长岭机械制造科技有限公司 | Even hay production of over-and-under type cutting is with rubbing crusher constructs |
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| SE9200891L (en) | 1993-07-19 |
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