Abstract: A machine including a container fitted with a base that extends between lateral walls and end walls. The base partially covers (i) a mixing rotor and (ii) a feed auger which moves products in the skip either in a closed circuit or in a circuit towards a distributing chute. A transfer screw is mounted on top of the feed auger. The transfer screw can include cutting members in the form of sectioning parts. The sectioning parts co-operate with teeth which are disposed on a beam. The teeth can be positioned as necessary either on a beam located in the container or on one or more beams located on the lateral wall. Similarly, the feed auger can also include sectioning parts that co-operate with teeth if required.

Abstract: A bale-grouping and shredding device includes at least a rotor (4) equipped with said discs whereof the periphery is smooth. The discs (12) are provided with cutting members in the form of sectioning pairs (11). The sectioning pairs are V-shaped and co-operate with the teeth (17) of the barrier (11) to cut up and drive the products.

Abstract: A sheathing method includes the steps of depositing a bale on a sheathing carrier. The bale is pushed onto the carrier and slides on the carrier base plate against the preceding bale using a pusher-ejector device. A pushing motion of the pusher-ejector device causes a handling equipment to simultaneously move the tractor attached to the handling in a direction opposite to the direction of the pushing motion. The movement of the tractor is caused by a cross piece arranged beneath the frame of the pusher-ejector device. The carrier has a stop integral with the two rails that define the base plate. The cross piece contacts the stop to move the carrier by a step corresponding to a length of the bale in the same direction as the tractor.

Abstract: A machine permits the distribution, in rearing buildings, of forage gathered in round bales, in step with the unwinding of the said bales at the heart of the machine. The machine includes a trailer equipped with a chassis 1 fitted with a hitching drawbar 2 articulated at 25 and a set of wheels 3 mounted on side arms 4 oscillating under the effect of a ram 6. On this chassis is mounted a tub 7 equipped with a movable bottom 8 the trajectory of which incorporates a dihedral with a variable angle determined by a concave or convex diversion of the active trajectory of the conveyor belt and at any point of the latter, which conveyor belt discharges into a device for shredding and ejection, whose large-diameter rotor carries shredding teeth 22 at its front and fan blades 24 at its periphery. The dihedral angle can be adjusted by a ram 13; its position in space can be determined by the action of the ram 6 or by inflection of the drawbar around the shaft 25 or by the combination of these different actions.

Abstract: A transportable tank is disclosed for use as a manure spreader or for distributing foodstuff for livestock in a cattle barn. The tank is adapted to be towed by a tractor and connected the tractor power takeoff through a chain and sprocket arrangement. Shallow conveyor screws are provided on the bottom of the tank and carry the substance therein to the front or rear depending on their direction of rotation. A circular plate is fixed to a hollow shaft connected to the chain and sprocket arrangement and has a plurality of ejection fan blades. Several toothed shredding rotors are disposed radially and mounted for rotation about their respective axes and orbitally about the axis of the circular plate. A planetary gear system with a fixed sun gear is arranged between the rotors and the hollow shaft. The circular plate with its fan blades and the rotors are accommodated in a cylindrical drum mounted about its periphery on rollers.