MOBILE LEAF SHREDDING AND BAGGING MACHINE

摘要

A wheeled machine having a vertical axis volute chamber spaced from the ground; a forward pick-up snout is connected to a central inlet to the chamber; a vertical axis fan in the chamber is driven by an overhead-mounted vertical shaft engine; straight axially extending end surfaces of the fan blades closely sweep an arcuate grill spanning the outlet of the chamber; the grill comprises a series of vertically spaced horizontal bars and slots with the slots terminating in knife edges; and a collector bag having a zipper-closed lower end is hung from its upper end in a vertical position and has an arm thereof connecting the outlet of the chamber with the upper end of the bag.