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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary W Krutz, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 144 ; 56DI / ;
Abstract
A device is disclosed for treating agricultural products to enhance drying of the products by macerating the products and then forming the macerated products into a mat. The agricultural products, such as forage products and more particularly hay, are macerated by passing the products between two cylindrical rollers rotating in opposite directions at different speeds. The macerated products are then formed into a mat, if desired, by conveying the products between conveyor belts to a matting roller adjacent to one of the conveyor belts. The thus formed mat of macerated material permits drying of the products within a few hours.