Patents Assigned to D. Michael Curran
  • Method of producing pressed hay pellets
    Patent number: 4122767
    Abstract: Hay and similar crop materials can be efficiently compacted and formed into pellets or cubes through a closely coordinated sequence of operations in which the hay picked up from the field is deposited into a feed bin, then advanced by gravity feed uniformly onto a cross feed conveyor which advances the hay through a compaction stage in which the hay is precompressed to bale density, and thereafter it is continuously advanced between a pair of counter-rotating press wheels which further compress and form the hay into dense pellets or cubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1978
    Assignees: Ronald T. Jarrett, Edward J. Barrett, D. Michael Curran
    Inventors: Ronald T. Jarrett, Edward J. Barrett