Bale grinder
CA 2531729 C · Owner: Duratech Industries International, Inc. · Inventors: Hoovestol, Russell J.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A machine for grinding forage material includes a support frame that supports an enclosure for retaining a bale of forage material. A rotary shredder is positioned within the enclosure where the rotary shredder grinds the bale of forage material and discharges a forage material from the enclosure. The machine includes at least two deflectors attached to the enclosure that deflect the shredded forage material onto a surface where the at least two deflectors are positionable independent from each other.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 28, 2005 and granted August 13, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 28, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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