THE PIT BADGER

DISPOSITIF POUR BENNE CHARGEUSE « THE PIT BADGER »

English Abstract

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This attachment mounts on a bucket of a tractor. It is used for digging and
transporting
feed out of a feed pit and into a wagon. It saves operators, time, fuel and
equipment.
The front auger is mounted into the bucket of the loader. The auger moves the
feed
along to where paddles are mounted and sweep the silage through a back hole
cut in
the bucket and along a conveyer belt system which consists of 2 conveyor
assemblies.
The first assembly is movable so it corresponds with the movement of the front-
end-loader.
The second conveyor assembly is mounted solidly on the tractor and extends
past
the back of the tractor to the feed wagon.
The assemblies are attached with a mounting bracket that enables the first
assembly
system to slide forward and backward on the second system as the front end
loader
moves up and down.

Claims

Claims
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or
privilege is claimed is defined as follows:
A
1. This attachment is driven hydraulically to move feed from the feed pile
to the feed wagon and is bolted directly onto the tractor and farmhand.
The feed is moved from the pit by an auger and paddle system, goes
through an opening the in the back of the bucket and follows a conveyor
belt system until it reaches the feed wagon.
2. A tool as defined in claim 1 , it consists of an auger system and 2
conveyor assembly attachments that carry out the movement of feed.
The first conveyor system moves with the farmhand and the second on is
a solid attachment to the tractor
3. An attachment as defined in claim 1 and 2, as, ail attachments are
detachable when not in use.
4. An attachment as defined in claim 1, 2 and 3 that clearly eliminates the
use of two tractors and enables better time management, better fuel
economy and therefore environmentalley friendly.

Description

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Description of Drawings
The Pit Badger
The Pit Badger is a method to use one tractor to load feed for livestock.
This attachment mounts on a front-end loader of a tractor. It is used for
digging silage
out of a silage pit and transporting it into a feed wagon. The front auger is
mounted into
the bucket of the front-end-loader by side mounted brackets. The front auger
grabs the
silage and moves it from the left to the right hand-side of the bucket. There
are paddles
on the right-hand-side of the auger that force the silage backward through a
hole cut in
the back of the bucket. The silage moves along the conveyers into the wagon.
The
front auger is run by a hydraulic motor that is mounted on the left-hand-side
of the back
of the bucket and is chain and sprocket driven. The conveyor belts are run by
two
hydraulic motors as well.
Figure 1 shows the left-hand side view of the whole unit attached to a
tractor. You can
see the conveyor systems and design of how the attachment works
Figure 2 is the top view of the farmhand and figure 3 is the front view of the
attachment
in the bucket. # 1 is a hydraulic motor that is attached to the back of the
bucket. It runs
a chain that drives a sprocket ( # 2) attached to the shaft of the auger. The
flighting
(#4) is attached to the shaft {#3) . At the end of the shaft are 2 or 4 feeder
paddles ( # 5)
which transport the silage through a hole { #6) in the back of the bucket to
the conveyor
assemblies.
Conveyer Belt Assembly
Figure # 4
The conveyor assembly is attached to the back of the bucket with pins. ( # 7)
The feed
then navels along a conveyor belt which is encased in a tin enclosure like box
with an

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open top . The sides are 1 foot deep above the conveyor to prevent the silage
from
spilling them. The conveyor belts are run by hydraulic motors attached to
shaft at # 8 on
the Left-hand-side. The first conveyor belt assembly is mounted higher on the
tractor
than the second belt assembly to allow for up-an-down movement of the farm
hand.
This also allows silage to fall onto the second conveyor belt assembly.
Figure # 5 The second conveyor belt is solidly fixed to the tractor. 'this
belt system
caries the feed to the wagon. It allows the feed to fall off the end of the
conveyor belt
directly into the wagon. This conveyor belt system is also run by a hydraulic
motor that
is positioned on the left-hand-side of the assembly ( # 9). Bath motors will
be hooked in
series so that they are driven at the same speed.
Figure # 6
Due to the fact that the first conveyor assembly must move with the farm hand
movement, a special bracket must be designed to adapt to this situation. The
top bracket
{ # 18) is bolted solid to the first section of the conveyor assembly. # 12
bolt is bolted
to # I O and # 11 bolted to # 13 to hold this bracket assembly solid on the
underside of
first conveyor assembly. The bottom bracket # 14 sits on topside of 2nd
portion of
conveyor assembly. This slides in the track { # 16) on roller bearing marked #
19 and #
17 is the track for roller bearing # 20. These tracks are positioned on the
left and right-
hand-side of the 2nd portion of assembly conveyor. # 18 bracket sides into #
14 bracket to
join together and is secured with a washer and a hairpin to created stability.
This
enables the first conveyor assembly to run smoothly back and forth as the farm
hand is
raised and lowered.

Representative Drawing