Pivotable feed mixer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10609897-B2
Application number	US-201515122878-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2015
Priority date	Mar 20, 2014
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

In order to provide a feed mixture, a feed mixer is proposed which has a container. The container has a bottom and a wall which is connected to the bottom and delimits a filling opening, the area of which is greater than the area of the bottom. A rotatable auger is provided which can be rotated about an axis, the axis running substantially perpendicularly with respect to the bottom. The feed mixer has a pivoting device which is intended and suitable for pivoting the container during a mixing operation, in particular after a predefined time period or after a predefined number of revolutions of the at least one auger.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for providing a feed mixture during a mixing operation, the method comprising the steps:
determining different parameters of the mixing operation via a controller;
introducing a feed component into a container of a feed mixer, the container having a bottom and a wall which is connected to the bottom and delimits a filling opening, and the area of the filling opening is greater than the area of the bottom;
activating an auger to be rotated about an axis which runs substantially perpendicularly with respect to the bottom, for carrying out the mixing operation;
pivoting the container to a first pivot angle determined by said controller during the mixing operation as a function of one or more of said parameters comprising a predefined event, the predefined event being determined as a predefined time period or after a predefined number of revolutions of the auger; and
pivoting the container to a second pivot angle determined by said controller during the mixing operation.

2. The method claim of claim 1 , in which the predefined event is further determined as a function of at least one property of the feed component.

3. The method of claim 1 , in which the predefined event is further determined as a function of a weight of the feed component.

4. The method of claim 1 , in which the predefined event is further determined as a function of an angle of the auger which tapers conically towards the filling opening.

5. The method of claim 1 , in which the predefined event is further determined as a function of a ratio of a height of the container to an axial extent of the auger.

6. The method of claim 1 , in which the predefined event is further determined as a function of a wall angle of at least one wall section of the wall which widens substantially conically from the bottom.

7. The method of claim 1 , in which the container is pivoted in such a way that an axis of the auger intersects an axis of gravity at the first pivot angle.

8. The method of claim 7 , in which the first pivot angle is determined as a function of a property of the feed component.

9. The method of claim 1 , in which the first pivot angle for the container is determined as a function of a weight of the feed component.

10. The method of claim 1 , in which the first pivot angle for the container is determined as a function of an angle of the auger which tapers conically towards the filling opening.

11. The method of claim 1 , in which the first pivot angle for the container is determined by a ratio of the height of the container to the axial extent of the auger.

12. The method of claim 1 , in which the first pivot angle for the container is determined as a function of a wall angle of at least one wall section of the wall which widens substantially conically from the bottom.

13. The method of claim 1 , in which the step of pivoting the container to the first pivot angle is performed about a substantially horizontal pivot axis.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first pivot angle is an unloading angle to unload the feed mixture.

15. The method of claim 14 , in which a pivoting direction for unloading the feed mixture corresponds to a pivoting direction during the mixing operation, and the unloading angle is greater than the first pivot angle for the container.

16. A method for providing a feed mixture during a mixing operation, the method comprising the steps:
determining different parameters of the mixing operation via a controller;
introducing a feed component into a container of a feed mixer, the container having a bottom and a wall which is connected to the bottom and delimits a filling opening and the area of the filling opening is greater than the area of the bottom;
activating an auger to be rotated about an axis which runs substantially perpendicularly with respect to the bottom, for carrying out the mixing operation;
pivoting the container to a first pivot angle determined by said controller during the mixing operation as a function of one or more of said parameters comprising a predefined event;
pivoting the container to a second pivot angle determined by said controller during the mixing operation; and
introducing a second feed component into the container, and
the predefined event being determined as a function of the sequence of the introduction of the first feed component and the introduction of the second feed component.

17. The method of claim 16 , in which the second feed component is introduced into the container, after the feed component, and the first pivot angle is determined as a function of a sequence of the introduction of the feed component and the second feed component.

Assignees

• Gea Farm Technologies Gmbh
• Gea Farm Tech Mullerup A/S

Inventors

• Hansen Henrik Lund

Classifications

• A01K5/0208

  with conveyor belts or the like · CPC title

• A01K5/004 Primary

  with mixing or shredding element rotating on vertical axis · CPC title

• B01F7/245

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F7/08

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F15/00129

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic