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AN ENSILAGE LOADER FOR A TRACTOR HAVING A POWER TAKEOFF MEANS, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, TWO VERTICALLY SPACED AND NORMALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED U-SHAPED FRAME MEMBERS, THE BASE PORTION OF SAID U-SHAPED FRAME MEMBERS BEING JOINED BY UPRIGHT SUPPORT MEMBERS AT THE SIDES THEREOF, THE BASE PORTION OF THE LOWER ONE OF SAID U-SHAPED FRAME MEMBERS BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF SAID TRACTOR AND TO BE CARRIED THEREBY, A BOX-LIKE HOUSING SECURED TO AND POSITIONED BETWEEN THE OUTER END PORTION THEREOF AND OPEN SAID U-SHAPED FRAME MEMBERS, SAID BOX-LIKE HOUSING BEING CLOSED AT THE BACK, SIDES AND BOTTOM, BEING TAPERED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AT THE FRONT END PORTION THEREOF AND OPEN AT THE FRONT, A SHELF SECURED TO THE BACK SIDES OF SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID OUTER END PORTION OF SAID LOWER ONE OF SAID L-SHAPED FRAME MEMBERS, A BLOWER HOUSING SECURED TO THE INSIDE FACE OF SAID BACK OF SAID BOX-LIKE HOUSING, SAID BLOWER HOUSING HAVING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL BODY PORTION CENTRALLY POSITIONED ON SAID BACK OF SAID BOX LIKE HOUSING, SAID BLOWER HOUSING BEING SHAPED AT THE TOP PORTION THEREOF TO FORM A CYLINDRICAL OUTLET EXTENDING UPWARDLY BEYOND SAID TOP OF SAID BOX-LIKE HOUSING, ONE SIDE OF SAID OUTLET BEING TANGENTIAL TO THE SIDE OF SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID BLOWER HOUSING AND DISPOSED VERTICALLY, A BLOWER FAN CENTRALLY MOUNTED IN SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID BLOWER HOUSING WITH THE DIRVE SHAFT THEREOF EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BACK OF SAID BOX-LIKE HOUSING AND JOURNALED ON SAID SHELF, SAID DRIVE SHAFT OF SAID BLOWER FAN HAVING A PLURALITY OF BLADES EXTENDING RADIALLY THEREFROM AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY ALONG SAID DRIVE SHAFT ACROSS SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID BLOWER HOUSING, SAID BLOWER HOUSING HAVING A CIRCULAR INLET OPENING AT THE FRONT END THEREOF COAXIAL WITH SAID BLOWER FAN, A CONVEYOR SHAFT ROTATABLY SECURED IN ITS END PORTIONS TO THE LOWER FORWARD PORTION OF SAID SIDES OF SAID BOX-LIKE HOUSING, A SPROCKET OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO ONE END PORTION OF SAID SHAFT, FOUR STRAIGHT AND LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING PADDLES CENTRALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT AND EXTENDING RADIALLY THEREFROM, AND PADDLES BEING EQUALLY SPACED AROUND SAID SHAFT AND POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID INLET OPENING IN SAID BLOWER HOUSING, TWO COAXIAL SPIRAL FLIGHTS MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT WITH ONE END PORTION OF EACH ADJACENT ONE OF SAID PADDLES, SAID FLIGHTS EXTENDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FROM SAID PADDLES WITH A COMMON PITCH AROUND SAID SHAFT TO SAID END PORTIONS OF SAID SHAFT AND BING SECURED TO SAID SHAFT TO TURN THEREWITH, THE RESULTING AUGERS AND SAID PADDLES BEING DIMENSIONED SO THAT THE OUTER EDGE PORTIONS THEREOF ARE SPACED FROM SAID BLOWER HOUSING AND SAID FLOOR OF SAID BOX-LIKE HOUSING, A CHUTE ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE UPPER END PORTION OF SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF SAID BLOWER HOUSING AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM IN AN ARCUATE MANNER, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF SAID BLOWER HOUSING AND COOPERABLE WITH SAID CHUTE TO ROTATE SAID CHUTE, AN ADJUSTABLE ENSILAGE DEFLECTOR PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE OUTER END PORTION OF SAID CHUTE, A ROUND AND ELONGATED FRAME MEMBER SECURED TO THE OUTER END PORTION OF THE UPPER ONE OF SAID U-SHAPED FRAME MEMBERS AND EXTENDING TO EACH SIDE THEREOF, A DRIVE SHAFT JOURNALED IN AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID UPPER ONE OF SAID U-SHAPED FRAME MEMBERS AND EXTENDING TO EACH SIDE THEREOF, THREE SPROCKETS SECURED TO SAID DRIVE SHAFT TO TURN THEREWITH, ONE OF SAID LAST-NAMED SPROCKETS BEING MOUNTED AT EACH END PORTION OF SAID DRIVE SHART AND THE OTHER OF SAID LAST-NAMED SPROCKETS BEING SECURED TO SAID DRIVE SHAFT ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF SAID UPPER ONE OF SAID U-SHAPED FRAME MEMBERS, OTHER FRAME MEANS CONNECTING THE SIDES OF SAID UPPER ONE OF SAID U-SHAPED FRAME MEMBERS AND THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID TUBULAR FRAME MEMBER, MOUNTING MEANS POSITIONED BETWEEN AND CARRIED BY SAID UPRIGHT SUPPORT MEMBERS, A SERVO MOTOR PIVOTALLY SECURABLE IN ONE END PORTION TO SAID MOUNTING MEANS, THE OTHER END PORTION OF SAID SERVO MOTOR BEING PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID OTHER FRAME MEANS, ARMS SECURED IN ONE END PORTION TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID TUBULAR FRAME MEMBER, A SECOND CONVEYOR SHAFT ROTATABLY SECURED IN ITS END PORTIONS TO THE OTHER END PORTION OF SAID ARMS, TWO SPIRAL FLIGHTS COAXIALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SECOND CONVEYOR SHAFT, SAID LAST-NAMED FLIGHTS MEETING AT THE CENTER OF SAID SECOND CONVEYOR SHAFT AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM TO SAID END PORTIONS OF SAID CONVEYOR SHAFT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND WITH A COMMON PITCH, SAID LASTNAMED FLIGHTS HAVING TEETH FORMED ON THE RADIAL OUTER EDGES THEREOF, SPROCKETS MOUNTED ON THE END PORTIONS OF SAID CONVEYOR SHAFT, CHAIN MEANS CONNECTING SAID SPROCKETS ON THE END PORTION OF SAID SECOND CONVEYOR SHAFT WITH SAID SPROCKET ON THE END PORTIONS OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT, A POWER SHAFT JOURNALED ON SAID SHELF AND CONNECTABLE TO SAID POWER TAKE-OFF MEANS ON SAID TRACTOR, A GEAR BOX MOUNTED ON SAID SHELF, SAID GEAR BOX HAVING AN INPUT SHAFT AND AN OUTPUT SHAFT, PULLEYS MOUNTED ON SAID POWER SHAFT, SAID BLOWER FAN SHAFT AND SAID INPUT SHAFT OF SAID GEAR BOX, BELTS CONNECTING SAID PULLEYS SO THAT AS SAID POWER SHAFT IS TURNED, SAID BLOWER FAN DRIVE SHAFT WILL BE ROTATED AND SAID INPUT SHAFT AND SAID OUTPUT SHAFT OF SAID GEAR BOX WILL BE TURNED, SAID OUTPUT SHAFT OF SAID GEAR BOX EXTENDING OVER SAID SHELF AND HAVING A SPROCKET AT THE END THEREOF, CHAIN MEANS CONNECTING SPROCKET ON SAID OUTPUT SHAFT OF SAID GEAR BOX WITH SAID DRIVE SHAFT ON SAID UPPER ONE OF SAID U-SHAPED FRAME MEMBERS TO TURN SAID DRIVE SHAFT AND ROTATE THE AUGERS OF SAID SECOND CONVEYOR SHAFT, AND OTHER CHAIN MEANS CONNECTING SAID OUTPUT SHAFT OF SAID GEAR BOX WITH SAID SPROCKET ON SAID FIRST-NAMED SHAFT TO ROTATE SAID AUGERS AND SAID PADDLES OF SAID FIRSTNAMED SHAFT, SAID DEVICE BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ADAPTED SO THAT SAID AUGERS OF SAID SECOND CONVEYOR SHAFT CAN BE ROTATED, SAID AUGERS AND PADDLES OF SAID FIRST CONVEYOR SHAFT CAN BE ROTATED AND SAID BLOWER OPERATED THROUGH SAID POWER TAKE-OFF, AND SAID SECOND CONVEYOR SHAFT MOVED IN AN ARCUATE DIRECTION BY SAID SERVO MOTOR ACTING ON SAID OTHER FRAME MEANS, AND SO THAT SAID AUGERS AND SAID PADDLES OF SAID FIRST-NAMED SHAFT WILL RECEIVE ENSILAGE AND THE LIKE LOOSENED BY SAID UPPER OF SAID AUGERS AND DELIVER SAME TO SAID BLOWER HOUSING AND DISCHARGE SAME THEREFROM THROUGH SAID CHUTE ONTO A NEARBY VEHICLE.