US2004144265A1PendingUtilityA1

Hay conditioning method

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Assignee: MACKIE INTERNAT PTY LTDPriority: Sep 16, 1999Filed: Jan 7, 2004Published: Jul 29, 2004
Est. expirySep 16, 2019(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Peter Mackie
A01D 82/02
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Abstract

A method of conditioning hay, the hay being made from plants used for animal fodder of the type having nodes in their stems, the nodes being significantly less compressible than the stems, the method comprising: compressing the hay between a pair of rollers with a predetermined compression force sufficient to substantially flatten any nodes on the hay and thereby accelerate drying of the hay.

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         1 . A method of conditioning hay, the hay being made from plants used for animal fodder of the type having nodes in their stems, the nodes being significantly less compressible than the stems, the method comprising: 
 compressing the hay between a pair of rollers with a predetermined compression force sufficient to substantially flatten any nodes on the hay and thereby accelerate drying of the hay.    
     
     
         2 . A method of conditioning hay as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said predetermined compression force is measured as the linear specific pressure applied to crop material as it passes between the rollers, and wherein said linear specific pressure lies within the range of 17 to 32 N/mm.  
     
     
         3 . A method of conditioning hay as defined in  claim 2 , wherein the linear specific pressure lies within the range of 20 to 30 N/mm.

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