Abstract: A combine harvester includes a housing, a separating system mounted within the housing for separating a seed material from a straw material, a cleaning system including a cleaning fan configured to produce a motive flow of air, a straw chopper operable to chop the straw material from the separating system into a chopped straw material, a spreading system positioned downstream of the straw chopper and configured to disperse the chopped straw material outside of the housing of the combine harvester, and an air discharge channel located downstream of the straw chopper and above the spreading system and configured to discharge a portion of the motive flow of air produced by the cleaning fan.

Abstract: A method of decoupling a cylinder from a jaw in a demolition tool is disclosed. The jaw may have spaced apart first and second lugs. The method may include unlocking a first end of a pin from a first lug. The pin may have a groove adjacent the first end. The method may include rotating the first and second lugs in a first direction (A) from a first lug position to a second lug position wherein the pin slides through the first and second lugs and the first end moves from the first lug to the second lug to uncouple the cylinder from the jaw. The method may also include engaging a locking element biasingly supported on the second lug into the groove to retain the pin at the second lug. Further, the method may include moving the cylinder from between the spaced apart first and second lugs.

Abstract: A hydraulically activated shear is provided. The shear includes: a first jaw; a second jaw sliding past the first jaw in a shearing motion; and a first cutting plate attached to at least one side of the first and second jaws, the first cutting plate defining a shear edge and a shear surface, the shear surface having a positive camber with respect to a plane perpendicular to the jaws, wherein at least one of the first and second jaws is actuated by a hydraulic cylinder.

Abstract: A drive-over conveyor for unloading fracking sand is designed to be towed as a highway semi-trailer includes a center frame structure containing a conveyor belt with two pivotal ramps on each side to be moved to a raised position standing upwardly and a lowered position extending outwardly. The ramps have sufficient length and the center structure has a low height to allow a highway semi-trailer to pass over a grate in the center structure. A platform is attached at the forward end with a king pin on the underside for engaging a towing platform of a highway tractor. A wheel and axle assembly including suspension of the axle for highway travel is mounted on a sub-frame pivotal relative to main rear frame for movement relative to the center frame structure from a lowered road position to a raised position allowing the center frame structure to rest on the ground.

Abstract: A folding hopper for a bulk material processing machine includes walls that are configured to pivot upwardly and downwardly and to interlock when raised to their uppermost use positions. Interlocking of the wall is achieved exclusively via interlocking hook shaped flanges fixed rigidly to end edges of the hopper walls.

Abstract: Feed-mixing device comprising a container with a side wall having a dispensing opening which can be closed off with a slide in front of which a removing device is placed which, for example, comprises a roller with teeth. When the roller rotates, the teeth extend inside the side wall. On a first peripheral section of the roller, the teeth are placed in such a manner that they do not extend inside the side wall. Thus, the slide can be positioned in such a manner that it runs in a fluent and continuous manner with respect to the side wall, while the assembly still forms a compact arrangement.

Abstract: A tip for demolition and construction equipment has a discrete base with at least one recess therein to accept a replaceable insert. The insert has a projection that fits within a mating socket within the base. A threaded bolt may extend through a common bore within the insert and base to secure the insert to the base. The tip may also include a second opposing insert which is held within a respective recess by a common bolt. Finally, each insert may have a key which interlocks within a keyway of the base recess to securely hold the insert within the base and to distribute forces created by a cutting operation over a greater area.

Abstract: Feed-mixing device comprising a container with a side wall having a dispensing opening which can be closed off with a slide, in front of which a removing device is placed which, for example, comprises a roller with teeth. When the roller rotates, the teeth extend inside the side wall. On a first peripheral section of the roller, the teeth are placed in such a manner that they do not extend inside the side wall. Thus, the slide can be positioned in such a manner that it runs in a fluent and continuous manner with respect to the side wall, while the assembly still forms a compact arrangement.

Abstract: A forestry vehicle including a frame, a pivoting boom, a first structure, a second structure, and a debris guard. The pivoting boom is carried by the frame. The first structure is carried by the frame and is positioned on a first side of the pivoting boom. The second structure is also carried by the frame and is positioned on a second side of the pivoting boom. A channel exists between the first structure and the second structure. The pivoting boom travels in the channel as the boom pivots about its pivotal axis. The debris guard is pivotally and slidingly coupled to the boom.

Abstract: A system for breaking up caked materials in a hopper car having a gravity discharge outlet is shown. The system includes an agitator that is a compressible strut linked through a rod to an externally driven crank shaft and a crank arm disposed above the discharge outlet. The system further includes at least one energizing coil coupled with the strut that provides irresistible force to caked material in the vicinity of the strut to initiate crumbling when the crank shaft is rotated, and to progressively crumble caked material along the length of the coil. The system further may have scrubbing panels along slope sheets of the hopper coupled with the coil, and may have arch members coupled with the energizing coils to provide further progressive agitation of caked material in the hopper car.

Abstract: A bucket for crushing inert material comprising an outer casing and crushing means arranged in the casing for crushing the material, and additionally comprising a rotating tubular body, rotatable about an axis substantially parallel to a feed direction for the material and disposed upstream with respect to the crushing means in such a way that the material, before being sent to the crushing means, passes inside the rotating body in order to impart to it a rotational movement.

Abstract: The invention is a movable shredder for metal materials that comprises a movable assembly (1) and a drive unit (2), so that the movable assembly (1) shreds the metal material into fragments by means of a shredding element (7), and the drive unit (2) supplies energy to the movable assembly (1), said energy is used by the shredding element (7) to shred said metal material into fragments, wherein comprises a frame (3) and a system of caterpillar tracks (4) which make the movable assembly (1) movable. The movable assembly (1) comprises a feeding conveyor belt (11), a dosing roller (6), the shredding element (7), a metal extraction conveyor belt (8) and an outgoing conveyor belt (9).

Abstract: A shredder system and methods for shredding recyclable material including a primary shredder that shreds recyclable material into a first larger shred size and a secondary shredder that shreds recyclable material into a second smaller shred size material. The secondary shredder includes a rotor and a knife that meshes with the rotor to cause all of the first larger shred size material to be further shredded to the second smaller shred size material. The secondary shredder may also include a diverter mechanism capable of diverting the first larger shred size material. Either the diverter mechanism or the knife can move relative to the rotor to create an opening that allows the first larger shred size material to avoid being further shredded into the second smaller shred size material. The shredder system may be disposed in a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A wheeled chassis to which a stump grinding unit is securely attached that includes a chip collector attached to either the stump grinder or the wheeled chassis and positioned adjacent the trailing edge of the stump grinding wheel. The wheeled chassis includes a duct in fluid communication with the chip collector, and a collection bin positioned adjacent the trailing end and in spaced relation below the duct. The wheeled chassis is adapted for hitched connection to a vehicle. A blower can be positioned within the duct to produce a rearwardly directed air flow to assist in the chip movement towards the collection bin. The collection bin can be positioned on the wheeled chassis or on a vehicle to which the wheeled chassis is attached.

Abstract: A device for breaking and/or cutting material, comprising a frame to be coupled to the boom of an excavation machine or the like, a first jaw provided with a first cutting surface, which takes up a fixed position relative to the frame in use, a second jaw provided with a second cutting surface and a free nose end, which second jaw works together with the first jaw and which is pivotable about a pivot relative to the frame, toward and away from the first jaw, wherein the second jaw is provided with an exchangeable piercing element at its free nose end for piercing the material to be broken and/or cut.

Abstract: A mobile crushing system with a sub-construction features at least one chassis and a superstructure featuring at least one receiving hopper, a crusher and a transport device. The superstructure features rigid bearings, and a hoisting device for raising and lowering the superstructure relative to the sub-construction and is provided between the superstructure and sub-construction. The superstructure is supported against the sub-construction by the hoisting device during traveling operation. The superstructure can be placed on the ground by the bearings by lowering the superstructure with the hoisting device during crushing operation in such a way that the bearings at least partially transmit the weight of the superstructure along with dynamic and static forces acting on the superstructure directly onto the ground.

Abstract: The invention relate to an attachment with interchangeable jaws, in which jaws can be interchanged according to the work purpose in the use of the attachment attached to construction equipment such as an excavator and configured to crush or shear concrete or reinforcing bars. The attachment comprises a main body unit connected to heavy construction equipment, and a jaw unit connected to the main body unit. The main body unit comprises a pair of lock pins, and at least one operating cylinder. The lock pins and the least one operating cylinder are mounted on a main body unit frame. The main body unit frame comprises an equipment connecting section, a first support, a second support, and a hook pin-receiving portion. The jaw unit comprises a pair of jaws, a jaw pin, and a hook pin. The jaw unit frame comprises a third support.

Abstract: A mobile sizing station includes a crushing device and a hopper device. A conveyor device extends between a hopper of the hopper device to a crusher mechanism of the crushing device to transport material fed to the hopper to the crusher mechanism to crush the material. The hopper of the hopper device is supported on a base that has a plurality of frame members. A first frame member is pivotally connected to a second frame member and is also rotatably supported such that the first frame member is rotatable. The second frame member is pivotally connected to a third frame member and the third frame member is connected to the hopper. The hopper is thereby rotatable and is tiltable about the pivotal connections between the second and third frame members and is also tiltable about the pivotal connection between the first and second frame members.

Abstract: Feed-mixing device comprising a container with a side wall having a dispensing opening which can be closed off with a slide, in front of which a removing device is placed which, for example, comprises a roller with teeth. When the roller rotates, the teeth extend inside the side wall. On a first peripheral section of the roller, the teeth are placed in such a manner that they do not extend inside the side wall. Thus, the slide can be positioned in such a manner that it runs in a fluent and continuous manner with respect to the side wall, while the assembly still forms a compact arrangement.

Abstract: A modular ore processing system for concentrating ores includes a plurality of separate modules constructed so as to be serially arranged to form a feed processing system for concentrating a desired material in the ore, wherein the modules are individually transportable to a processing site to be operationally coupled to form the modular ore processing system.

Abstract: a waste processing machine for reducing wood waste comprises an accumulator operatively connected to the cutting system so as to power the cutting system upon discharge thereof. The accumulator is adapted to receive, store, and release a charge developed from a charging device operatively connected to the accumulator and one or more systems of the waste processing machine.

Abstract: A litter management device, such as a device configured to disintegrate and/or de-cake caked litter from poultry is described. In some embodiments, the litter management device includes a litter de-caking mechanism contained within a housing, which is supported by a movable frame. The litter de-caking mechanism includes one or more hammers flexibly attached, such as via chains, to a rotation bar, enabling the hammers to rotate in a circular motion around the rotation bar and within the housing. The rotation of the hammers causes the hammers to strike, often at high speeds, caked litter within a target area, which disintegrates the caked litter, allowing for the removal of the caked litter from an area generally used by poultry, among other benefits.

Abstract: A green transport system includes a bogie system having forwardly disposed and rearwardly disposed bogies in which the rearwardy disposed bogie includes a front bogie and a rear bogie interconnected to the front bogie by a telescopic beam assembly for selective incremental retractable extension so that the bogies are disposed in a plurality of transport modes for load bearing exceptionally high tonnage heavy-duty tracked equipment, particularly crushers without disassembly of the crusher; the exceptionally high tonnage crusher being transported as a single unit, with resultant fuel and energy conservation and greenhouse gas emission reduction, and the elimination of a pre-crushing operation.

Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, a system for exchanging a milling chamber comprises a vehicle comprising a milling chamber supported by the underside of the vehicle. The underside comprises a track that interfaces with a guide of the milling chamber. The track and guide are configured to accommodate lateral movement of the milling chamber with respect to a length of the vehicle.

Abstract: A mobile crusher (2) is provided that can be displaced on four caterpillars and that includes a supporting frame (20), a large hopper (31), an apron conveyor (32), a sizer (34) and an intermediate conveyor (36) for use in strip-mining. The material is received by the shovel (1) of a shovel excavator or a wheel loader, is fed to the crusher (2), crushed and is then transferred onto a conveyor plant via a discharge conveyor system. The crusher (2) has to follow at the same cycle in which the shovel excavator moves forward during an advance in mining. In order to obtain a good maneuverability of the crusher (2), the two front caterpillars (22) are driven and can be steered like a two-caterpillar chassis. As the crusher (2) is subject to high loads, all components have to have a robust design. For this purpose, the individual functional groups are accommodated in a stable supporting frame (20).

Abstract: A mobile rock crushing vehicle with a detachable electronic control box which can be automatically lifted, by a pair of hydraulic pivoting arms, off the vehicle, lowered and set upon any vibration damping and isolating mass, such as the earth, all by moving a hydraulic lever. The pair of pivoting arms further automatically configures a reduced-vibration transmitting connection when the electronic control box is set upon the ground.

Abstract: A motor vehicle for collecting paper for shredding including an electric motor configured to at least assist in propelling the motor vehicle; a compartment configured to receive paper; at least one of a bin lifting device, a shredder mechanism, a conveyance device, and a dumping device; and at least one battery. The bin lifting device is configured to lift a bin and deposit the paper in the compartment, the shredder mechanism is configured to shred the paper in the compartment, the conveyance device is configured to transport the paper from a first location to a second location within the compartment, and the dumping device is configured to discharge the paper from the compartment. The at least one battery is configured to power (i) the electric motor and (ii) the at least one of the bin lifting device, the shredder mechanism, the conveyance device, and the dumping device.

Abstract: A motor vehicle collects paper. The motor vehicle includes a collection compartment configured to receive the paper. It also includes at least one of a bin lifting device configured to lift a bin to deposit the paper in the collection compartment and a moving floor configured to transport the paper within the collection compartment. The motor vehicle further includes at least one battery disposed within or attached to the collection compartment configured to power an actuator for at least one of the bin lifting device and the moving floor.

Abstract: Machines for distributing loosefill insulation from a package of compressed loosefill insulation are provided. The package of compressed loosefill insulation includes a bag encapsulating a body of compressed loosefill insulation. The machine includes a chute having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end of the chute is configured to receive the package of compressed loosefill insulation. A plurality of shredders is mounted at the outlet end of the chute and configured to shred and pick apart the loosefill insulation. A bag digester is configured to shred the bag into short strips of shredded bag. The short strips of shredded bag are configured to mix with the shredded loosefill insulation. A discharge mechanism is positioned downstream from the bag digester and the shredders and is configured for distributing the shredded loosefill insulation and the short strips of shredded bag into an airstream.

Abstract: A system for processing material has a power supply and a machine having a hopper for receiving and passing material to an auger. The auger has a shaft with an axis about which it rotates, a helical flighting mounted to the shaft, pins mounted to the helical flighting, and paddles mounted to the shaft. The radial outer edge of the helical flighting is crenelated with periodic notches that form rectangular blades on the helical flighting. The pins are rotationally and angularly aligned with leading edges of the rectangular blades. The system may include a vehicle, such as a trailer, having first and second compartments separated by a partition. The power supply is located in the first compartment and has a power supply member extending though the partition. The machine is located in the second compartment and coupled to the power supply member.

Abstract: A multiple tool attachment system is adapted to be attached to demolition equipment. The system includes a universal body attached to the demolition equipment. A series of tools are independently attachable to the universal body. The universal body includes a guide slot extending longitudinally along the universal body. Each tool generally includes a pair of pivotable jaws adapted to be pivotably attached to the universal body with at least one linkage extending from the universal body and attachable to each jaw of the tool. A slide member is received within the guide slot, with each linkage attached to the slide member, and a piston cylinder arrangement is attached to the universal body and coupled to the slide member for moving the slide member and the jaws. The multiple tool attachment system is provided with quick change features and is designed to optimize the cutting characteristics throughout the movement cycle.

Abstract: An articulating flexible overhead boom disposed on one aggregate processing plant and configured to pivot so as to hold a power cable connecting two adjacent aggregate processing plants at an elevation above the ground so as to permit walking and/or driving a vehicle between the adjacent plants while the connection power cable remains overhead.

Abstract: Provided is a cutter-mixer-feeder (CMF) for producing, transporting and discharging fodder. The CMF includes a mobile platform, a chopper assembly for harvesting at least one raw material and production of fodder, a container for receiving at least one of the raw material and fodder, at least one auger for chopping and mixing the fodder, at least one conveyer belt for discharging the fodder to livestock, a drive unit for providing power for at least one of the above; and a control system. Based on the data, the control system is adapted to dynamically match power distribution of the drive unit to any one of the above elements relative to the desired load exerted thereon. The mobile platform has first and second wheel axles for individual and independent manipulation by the control system. The chopper assembly has an elongated chopper member having a central axis and fitted with a spiral blade extending around a central axis. The chopper member has a non-uniform pitch.

Abstract: A machine for distributing insulation from a bag of insulation having a cross-sectional shape is provided. The machine includes a chute having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end is oriented in a substantially vertical plane and is configured to receive the bag of insulation. The inlet end has opposing longitudinal sides configured to be substantially horizontal in orientation. The inlet end also has opposing lateral sides connected to the longitudinal sides. The opposing lateral sides are configured to be shorter than the opposing longitudinal sides and further configured to be substantially vertical in orientation. A plurality of shredders is mounted at the outlet end of the chute and is configured to shred and pick apart the insulation. A discharge mechanism is provided for distributing the insulation into an airstream. The chute has a cross-sectional shape that approximates the cross-sectional shape of the bag of insulation.

Abstract: A machine for distributing blowing wool from a bag of compressed blowing wool is provided. The machine includes a shredding chamber configured to shred and pick apart the blowing wool. The shredding chamber includes a plurality of shredders and an agitator. The plurality of shredders and the agitator are configured for rotation. The plurality of shredders and the agitator are configured to rotate at different speeds.

Abstract: A machine for distributing blowing wool from a bag of compressed blowing wool is provided. The machine includes a chute having an inlet end. The inlet end is configured to receive the bag of compressed blowing wool. A shredding chamber is positioned downstream from the chute and is configured to shred and pick apart the blowing wool. The shredding chamber includes a plurality of shredders configured for rotation. The shredding chamber further includes a plurality of guide shells positioned partially around the plurality of shredders. The plurality of shredders seal against the plurality of guide shells and direct the blowing wool in a downstream direction as the plurality of shredders rotate.

Abstract: The concept of using a cutting element proximate the end of an excavator or similar device, along with the concept of using a cogged belt pulley configuration, an overhead load adaptor, a single- or multiple-pivoting drum configuration, and other concepts disclosed herein. The present invention also provides an improvement of the prior art by providing a chipping action, which is according to the present invention an improvement over prior art shredding configurations.

Abstract: A mobile crushing system is for crushing inputted objects and dropping the crushed objects directly into an ore path. The mobile crushing system includes a crusher vehicle on which a crushing device for crushing the objects is mounted and which includes carriers, and a feeder vehicle on which a transfer device for transferring the objects to the crushing device and which includes carriers. The crusher vehicle and the feeder vehicle travel independently and include a crusher-side connecting portion and a feeder-side connecting portion that are connected to each other. During crushing operation, the ore path is interposed between the crusher vehicle and the feeder vehicle in the front-rear direction.

Abstract: An extended-life cutting blade is adapted for mounting on a hand-held cutting tool in multiple operative orientations. A single cutting blade may provide up to four independent shear edges, each of which has a useful life. The blade can be easily changed from an orientation adapted to cut a workpiece with one shear edge to a different operative orientation adapted to cut with a different shear edge by selecting an appropriate mount on the blade.

Abstract: A tree and brush cutter is attached to a dipper stick of an excavator or backhoe to be operated by a curl cylinder on the dipper stick. Blades on the cutter face the boom side of the dipper stick where an operator can observe their opening and closing. A link system on the cutter transmits an advancing motion of the curl cylinder into a cutting motion of the blades and a retraction motion of the curl cylinder to opening of the blades.

Abstract: An extended-life cutting blade is adapted for mounting on a hand-held cutting tool in multiple operative orientations. A single cutting blade may provide up to four independent shear edges, each of which has a useful life. The blade can be easily changed from an orientation adapted to cut a workpiece with one shear edge to a different operative orientation adapted to cut with a different shear edge by selecting an appropriate mount on the blade.

Abstract: Method for reusing bituminous products (11), in particular bitumen containing roofing materials and membranes, wherein the bitumen containing products are placed in a second hopper (9), where a particulate material having a grain size between 5 mm and 35 mm is placed in a first hopper (5), and that in the bottom of the second hopper, conveyor means (10) urges the bituminous material into a mixing chamber (8), and that inside said mixing chamber a milling and/or crushing wheel (14) is arranged, which wheel engages and crushes/mills the material transported from the second hopper in an engagement zone, and at the same position as the wheel engages the bituminous material, the particulate material by means of a first conveyor (7) is fed into the engagement zone, and that the wheel's action will fragment the materials and at the same time mix the fragmented bituminous materials and the particulate materials, and transport the material past a sieve (15) , where material having a particle size smaller than the siev

Abstract: An extended-life cutting blade is adapted for mounting on a hand-held cutting tool in multiple operative orientations. A single cutting blade may provide up to four independent shear edges, each of which has a useful life. The blade can be easily changed from an orientation adapted to cut a workpiece with one shear edge to a different operative orientation adapted to cut with a different shear edge by selecting an appropriate mount on the blade.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for pruning and shredding plants. It comprises a shredding head (1) arranged at the end of a steerable arm itself borne by a tractor machine adapted to move along the plants to be treated, the head comprising a housing (10) including two parallel end plates (11, 12) between which are mounted two juxtaposed rotors (13, 14) with parallel axes, equipped with radial blades (15) and adapted to be driven in rotation in opposite directions (F, R), such that the blades (15) of said rotors (13, 14) move in the space (16) which separates said rotors (13, 14) and drive therein the plants to be cut and shredded.

Abstract: A work vehicle including an engine and a transmission operatively engaging the engine. The transmission has at least one input shaft and at least one output shaft, wherein a ratio of a rotational speed of the output shaft with respect to a rotational speed of the input shaft may be changed by said transmission. The work vehicle further includes a cutter drum operatively engaging said transmission and a controller, wherein the controller selects the transmission ratio based on an input of a user of the work vehicle.

Abstract: An automatically swiveling crushing apparatus has a swiveling motor in a bracket, and branches diverged from charging and discharging paths that constitute the hydraulic piping leading to a cylinder for closing or opening distal crushing arms. One of the branches extends from one of the paths then operating to open the end arms, so that a portion of the hydraulic fluid is fed to the hydraulic motor if and when internal pressure in this branch has exceeded an upper limit. The other branch extends from the other path leading to the cylinder so as to close the end arms, and this branch prevents any amount of hydraulic fluid from flowing back to the motor. The branches render dispensable a discrete or independent hydraulic piping in a self-propelled platform having a proximal working arm to be connected to the apparatus, saving cost and labor in connecting this arm to the apparatus.

Abstract: This invention provides an apparatus for handling bulk material as located at circular or linear storage site. More specifically, a reclaimer apparatus is described having a platform mounted on one or more wheel track assemblies arranged to roll on at least one rail. A pivotal reclaim conveyor assembly is made of a head shaft and a tail shaft and means to support a plurality of rakes, wherein the plurality of rakes are spaced at intervals in a continuous loop around the pivotal reclaim conveyor assembly. The fixed incline conveyor assembly having a head shaft and a tail shaft, the incline conveyor assembly having means to support a plurality of buckets, the plurality of buckets being spaced at intervals in a continuous loop around the inclined conveyor assembly.

Abstract: A shroud assembly for a waste processing machine includes a shroud for attachment to an engine of the waste processing machine. The shroud assembly also includes a plurality of fasteners for attaching the shroud to the engine of the waste processing machine, whereby the shroud channels air from a fan for a radiator of the engine over the engine to prevent waste material reduced by the waste processing machine from settling on the engine.

Abstract: A transport locking arrangement is disclosed for a vibrating feeder of a mobile crushing unit, the transport locking arrangement utilizing the downward rotatable sidewalls of the feeder hopper of the vibrating feeder that are hingedly mounted on the framework of said crushing unit, whereby the sidewalls in their lower position are adapted to lock the vibrating feeder substantially rigidly to the framework of the crushing unit. The invention offers a rapid and easy technique of transport locking for a vibrating feeder.

Abstract: A silage cutter and loader assembly including a beater assembly for removing silage from a bunker and transferring the silage via a cross auger to a conveyor for transport to an independent container. The assembly further includes independently arranged wheels, at least two of the wheels being rotatable about a respective vertical axis.