US 12,478,037 B2
Bale ripper assembly for feed mixer apparatus
Nolan Den Boer, Rock Valley, IA (US)
Assigned to Kooima Ag, Inc., Rock Valley, IA (US)
Filed by Nolan Den Boer, Rock Valley, IA (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/477,646.
Prior Publication US 2023/0091209 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 5/00 (2006.01); A01F 29/06 (2006.01); B01F 27/172 (2022.01); B01F 27/9212 (2022.01); B01F 27/922 (2022.01); B01F 33/502 (2022.01); B01F 33/80 (2022.01); B01F 33/83 (2022.01)
CPC A01K 5/004 (2013.01) [A01F 29/06 (2013.01); B01F 27/172 (2022.01); B01F 27/9212 (2022.01); B01F 27/922 (2022.01); B01F 33/5023 (2022.01); B01F 33/8305 (2022.01); B01F 33/83611 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A bale ripper assembly for pulling plant material from a bale at least partially positioned in a tub of a feed mixer apparatus, the bale ripper assembly comprising:
a bale ripper device being supportable on a rotatable auger of the feed mixer apparatus, the bale ripper device having a first face and a second face, the bale ripper device having a perimeter, the perimeter including a leading perimeter portion for orienting in a direction of movement of the device when the device is mounted on the auger and the auger is rotating, the leading perimeter portion of the perimeter including a plurality of sections, each section of the plurality of sections being oriented at an angle with respect to an adjacent said section of the leading perimeter portion, an outboard pair of said sections forming an outboard tooth of the bale ripper device;
a ripper support device on which the bale ripper device is mounted, the ripper support device being configured to support the bale ripper device on the auger in a spaced relationship from the auger of the feed mixer apparatus;
wherein the leading perimeter portion of the perimeter has an edge face extending between the first and second faces, the edge face extending in a plane oriented substantially perpendicular to one of the first and second faces of the bale ripper device; and
wherein the ripper support device is configured to engage flighting of the auger and engage a central mast of the auger.