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1,046,925. Wafering machines. DEERE & CO. June 10, 1964 [June 10, 1963], No. 24072/64. Heading A2B. In a machine for wafering hay and the like comprising support means, guide means in the form of an annulus carried by the support means and including an inner circular track with a plurality of radial die-cells spaced uniformally circumferentially about the annulus and respectively having the inlet ends at the track; rotatable means co-axial with the track and including a press wheel arranged eccentrically within the track for orbital movement about the annulus axis so that the periphery of the wheel rolls on said track; a feed housing having an annular wall co-axial with the annulus end extending from an open delivery end and in register with the track to a remote end away from the track, said wall having a feed opening spaced axially from said track for receiving hay and the like; and means co-operative with the housing for moving hay circumferentially and axially about the interior of said annular wall for discharge through said delivery end to the track in circumferential advance of the press wheel, said means including a core co-axial and rotatable with said rotatable means and having a diameter less than that of said annular wall, so as to afford an annular space, and a feed element secured to said core and extending into said space to engage hay and the like and terminating axially adjacent to said press-wheel; the relative diameters of said core, track, annular wall and press wheel are such that the radial dimension of said annular space is less than the radius of the press wheel. The feed means may be for example an auger. In a modification, two press wheels are employed, whose centres are on a diameter of the core.
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