| 摘要 |
<p>A farm implement for handling liquid manure to be used as fertilizer has special loading apparatus mounted on the holding tank of the implement that aggressively agitates the pool of manure concurrently with loading thereof so that all levels of the pool, including the hard crust normally forming thereon, are thoroughly admixed with one another into a proper slurry for handling. A pickup housing may be lowered into the pool from a raised, transport position when the implement is ready to load, and the loader-agitator impeller adjacent the intake of the housing rapidly draws the manure into the housing and sweeps it upwardly into an auger leading to the tank. The tank inlet is automatically closed by an interior valve cover of the housing when the latter is swung into its transport position whereby to prevent leakage of the manure from the tank after loading. Jamming of the loading apparatus by stones which are frequently interspersed throughout the manure being loaded is avoided by virtue of flexible tips on the impeller that yield when jamming is imminent, and by the special controlled manner in which the stones are swirled upwardly by the housing for gravitation into the upwardly facing inlet of the tank.</p> |
