Bale processor with twine cutting assist on the rotor

摘要

A bale processor is provided having a hopper converging inwardly and downwardly to a lower disintegration area at which is located a flail roller rotatable about an axis extending generally along the hopper and including a drive roller or rollers in the hopper for driving rotation of the bale around an axis parallel to the flail roller axis. The material is discharged through an opening in one side wall of the hopper. The flail roller is modified by providing a pair of diametrically spaced longitudinal single ribs which raise wrapped twine from the surface and allow an operator to reach in through the discharge opening and to cut away the twine at the raised section.