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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1997
Bret A Simpson, Ellensburg, WA (US);
Paul Wyatt, Ellensburg, WA (US);
Nicholson Manufacturing Co., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for cutting hay, straw, or other agricultural materials is provided with an intake hopper which directs a supply of material to be cut into a holding chamber. The material in the holding chamber is separated from the material remaining in the intake hopper by a pair of separating blades, while an advancement plate pushes the material in the holding chamber toward a cutting grid. A sliding panel is pulled behind the advancement plate to prevent the material remaining in the intake hopper from falling behind the advancement plate. The material in the holding chamber is cut into shorter lengths as it is pressed through horizontal and vertical slicing blades of the cutting grid.