Patent number: 5419106
Abstract: The invention concerns a fodder-processing roller. The roller according to the invention is noteworthy by virtue of the fact that each projection 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d; 18a, 18b, 18c, 18d; 19a, 19b, 19c, 19d; 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d belonging to a group of projections is joined by one of its edges to a corresponding edge of an adjacent projection belonging to the same group of projections by means of a branching element 17'a, 17'b, 17'c, 17'd; 18'a, 18'b, 18'c, 18'd; 19'a, 19'b, 19'c, 19'd; 20'a, 20'b, 20'c, 20'd having a reduced cross-section, so that all of the projections 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d; 18a, 18b, 18c, 18d; 19a, 19b, 19c, 19d; 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d and branching elements 17'a, 17'b, 17'c, 17'd; 18'a, 18'b, 18'c, 18'd; 19'a, 19'b, 19'c, 19'd; 20'a, 20'b, 20'c, 20'd belonging to the same group of projections form a rib 17, 18, 19, 20 which is arranged continuously along the roller. The invention also concerns a fodder-processing device and a mowing-processing machine using these fodder-processing rollers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 4, 1994
Date of Patent:
May 30, 1995
Assignee:
Kuhn, S.A.
Inventor:
Villelmo Gemelli