Abstract: The invention relates to a device for heating food comprising a frame, a pan or basket having an opening into which the food to be heated can be placed, which pan or basket can be coupled to the frame by means of coupling means and in which the frame comprises a heating element and a fan for circulating heated air in the pan or basket, and a drive for rotating the pan or basket about a non-vertical rotation axis during the heating of food in a heating position of the frame. The frame is designed such that the pan or basket can be coupled to the frame while the pan or basket is on a supporting surface with its opening directed upwards. The invention also comprises a method for heating food.

Abstract: A method for conditioned storage and sale of perishable foodstuffs (A), such as for example meat delicacies, to be sold in portions comprises a display cabinet (2,3) containing a refrigerated and protective atmosphere. Pallets (7) are provided for arranging the foodstuffs (A). There is an operating panel (5) for selecting a desired foodstuff and for activating a control system. A slicer (9) is adapted to take a portion from the selected foodstuff (A) under control of the control system. A conveyor enables the automatic dispense of the sliced-off foodstuff.

Abstract: A milking cup comprising a flexible member provided with an opening for a teat on the top part thereof and pulling mechanism which is movable from a rest position in order to exert a pulling force on the flexible member for the purpose of enlarging the opening therein, wherein the flexible member is fixed to the pulling means, such that the pulling force engages at least partly evenly along the periphery of the flexible member.

Abstract: A mowing implement essentially comprising a housing extending transversely of the direction of movement of the mowing implement, a plurality of mowing members rotatably journalled on said housing and a drive assembly arranged within said housing for driving the mowing members and formed by a sequence of gears including both driving gears connected with the moving members and at least four coupling gears drivingly interconnecting each adjacent pair of driving gears. All of the gears are small and are arranged in line so that the housing is narrow. The housing is made very rigid by fixedly interconnecting the top and bottom walls together by structure which supports the bearings for the coupling gears. The assembly is economical so that it can be replaced as a unit rather than being repaired.

Abstract: A device for baling crop comprising a baling chamber having an inlet port and a ram adapted to reciprocate along said port and an auxiliary space joining the inlet port outside the baling chamber for temporalily storing crop to be compressed, said device is provided with a blocking member for predensifying the crop as well as compressing means for compressing the crop in a transverse direction in said auxiliary space, the blocking member is driven by means of a cam/cam wheel mechanism actuated by said ram, while said device furthermore comprises retaining members in said baling chamber to prevent rebounding of crop material already compressed and/or to retain crop in said baling chamber if said chamber is opened during the discharge of a bale.

Abstract: In a mowing implement comprising a housing and a number of cutting members rotatably journalled on said housing the danger of damage of the implement due to stones jammed between a cutting member and said housing is avoided in that each cutter is fastened to the top side of a holder skimming the top side of the housing.

Abstract: A mowing device comprises behind its cutting members a swath former, consisting of a worm rotor conveying the cut crop transversely to the travelling direction of the mowing device, in order to surely convey the cut crop irrespective whether the volume of the cut crop is small or great, the worm rotor rotates in such a sense that its front moves upwardly.

Abstract: The girder of a mowing device above which cutting members are arranged and which is destined to be suspended to the side of a tractor, is being loaded heavily on bending and/or torsion if the girder comprises remote from the end of the tractor a swath former. Therefore, the swath former is carried by a carrier extending on high level.

Abstract: A device for baling cut crop, comprising a baling chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port and a compression member adapted to move in the baling chamber, the compressing stroke of the compression member extends along the inlet port to near the outlet port and is equal to or slightly larger than the distance between the inlet and outlet ports; a construction of the device according to the invention is suitable for making bundles having a materially higher "specific weight" than the generally known "straw bales".

Abstract: In order to prevent the adhesion of crop to a swath board of a mowing device, the or each swath former comprises an endless member passed around a foremost and a hindmost reversing element, viewed in the direction of movement, the crop advancing run of said member being at an acute angle to the carrier.

Abstract: A device for mowing crop comprising a pair of discs adapted to rotate in the cutting plane, driven with equal angular speeds and pairwise in opposite senses and having each outwardly projecting cutters.A cutter may be bent upwardly due to impact on a stone.In order to avoid further damage of the device the circumferential rim of each disc is incised in between every two cutters essentially along an arc of a circle having a center of curvature located outside the circumferential rim.

Abstract: A mobile baler includes a horizontal baling chamber having a lateral collection chamber discharging thereinto. A ram moves back and forth across the discharge mount of the collection chamber and a closure member, controlling transfer of material from the collection chamber to the baling chamber, moves in concert with the ram. The baling chamber is normally closed at one end by a movable end wall and the drive means for the ram connects this end wall with the ram so that the end wall is held in closed position as the ram compresses material between it and the end wall.

Abstract: A compressive chamber of a baling device is open at both ends. Associated with one end is a movable closure member and a ram projects into the chamber from the opposite end. Drive mechanism directly connects the ram and the closure member so that in one direction of drive the closure member is forced into and held in closed position while the ram travels toward it and, in the opposite direction of drive, the ram and closure member are forced apart to unseat the closure member and move it to open position.

Abstract: A device for compressing crop, for example grass, hay or the like, into bales comprising a baling chamber and a ram adapted to reciprocate therein, provided with at least one retaining member operating in the compression chamber and removable therefrom, in order to prevent that after compression the crop rebounds so that part of the empty space between the crop already compressed and the retreating ram is re-occupied by the rebounding crop, the freshly introduced quantity of crop being thus reduced.

Abstract: A mowing device includes at least a pair of cooperative rotary cutting mechanisms. Each cutting mechanism comprises a driven carrier and at least one cutter pivotally connected thereto and projecting radially therefrom. Mounted below each carrier is a cutting plate having a cutting edge above which the associated cutter sweeps. The cutting edge of the cutter normally lies along a line which defines an acute angle with at least portions of the cutting edge of the cutting plate so as to effect a scissors action therewith, and which line also is angularly offset by more than 90.degree. with respect to a line passing through the center of gravity of the cutter and the axis of rotation of the carrier.

Abstract: A driving unit supported by a frame for an oscillating spreading pipe of a device for distributing material, for example, fertilizer, said unit mainly comprising a drivable fly-wheel, a holder for the spreading pipe to be oscillated by the fly-wheel through a coupling element eccentrically journalled in said fly-wheel and a dosing mechanism arranged above said holder, wherein a part of the frame thereof extends in dish-shaped fashion on either side of the driving unit, said dish-shaped frame portion not only serves as a protective member during transport, but also operates as a stiffening part.

Abstract: A device for compressing crop into bales comprising a compression chamber having an inlet opening and a pressing member adapted to reciprocate along said opening and feeder mechanism for introducing the crop through the inlet opening into the compression chamber, which device is intended for making bales having a high specific weight; the device is able to be operated continuously.

Abstract: A device for baling crop, for example, grass, hay or the like, comprising a compression chamber and a driven plunger reciprocating in said chamber as well as a binding means adapted to bind a bale still located in the compression chamber; the compression chamber and the plunger are each provided with at least one channel opening towards the compression space so that in the extreme pressing position of the plunger the channel of the compression chamber and that of the plunger constitute an uninterrupted, annular conduit for passing a length of binder, whilst a mechanism is provided for interconnecting the two ends of the length of binder.

Abstract: A mowing implement comprising a housing extending transversely of the direction of movement of the implement, a plurality of cutting members rotatably journalled on said housing and a driving gear train driving the cutting members and arranged in said housing and formed by a series of gears, each cutting member being rigidly secured with a driving gear of said series, while the driving gears are coupled with one another by means of coupling gears, is simplified, if at least one gear of said series is rotatably journalled with respect to the housing by means of a ring of rolling bearing elements, at least one roller path of said elements being shaped in the material of the gear or in the material of a hub which is integrally connected with the housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for converting a rotary movement into an oscillating movement frequently employed in agricultural implements, comprising a rotatable driving shaft, a fly-wheel rigidly secured thereto, an oscillatorily driven body adapted to oscillate about an axis crossing or intersecting the driving shaft axis and a coupling element pivoted to said body and journalled eccentrically in the fly-wheel; to adjusting in a simple manner the magnitude of the oscillating movement or the amplitude thereof, the device is adapted in that the bearing of the coupling element in the fly-wheel is arranged in a displaceable manner for varying the eccentricity and hence the amplitude of the oscillatory movement.