Continuous process for harvesting, solar drying and accumulating hay or other crops
CA 2181760 C · Owner: Baron, Stanley C. · Inventors: Baron, Stanley C.
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A method and apparatus for processing a crop growing in a field by continuously cutting the crop with a transportable cutter and forming a layer of the cut crop on a moving conveyor. A stream of solar heated air is continuously forced onto the moving crop to reduce its moisture content. Thereafter the crop is continuously formed into bales and the bales accumulated. The crop is much more efficiently processed by continuously cutting solar drying, baling and accumulating it directly in the field in a one pass operation within a contained transportable chamber. Operator time, machine usage and fuel are conserved while weathering and collection losses are minimized. A dessicant material aids …
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- Filed July 22, 1996 and granted June 15, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 22, 2016.
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