Baler feeder

Claim 1

A DEVICE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, COMPRISING A BOX HAVING A BOTTOM, SIDE WALLS, AND AN OPEN FRONT END, A HOUSING MOUNTED ON SAID EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID FRONT END, SAID HOUSING OPENING INTO SAID OPEN FRONT END, SAID HOUSING HAVING A FRONT WALL SPACED FORWARDLY FROM THE BOX AND SIDE WALLS, A CLOSED CASING SUPPORTED BENEATH SAID HOUSING, A TRANSVERSE SHAFT JOURNALED AT ITS ENDS IN WALLS OF SAID CASING, SAID TRANSVERSE SHAFT HACING A WORMWHEEL FIXED THEREON, A LONGITUDINAL DRIVEN SHAFT SUPPORTED ON THE BOX AND JOURNALED THROUGH THE HOUSING ABOVE THE WORMWHEEL, SAID DRIVEN SHAFT HAVING A WORM IN MESH WITH SAID WORMWHEEL, UPPER AND LOWER TRANSVERSE ROLLERS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TOGETHER, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE DRIVEN SHAFT TO THE LOWER ROLLER, A TRANSVERSE CONVEYOR ASSEMBLY SUPPORTED BENEATH THE SAID CASING, SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A CONVEYOR BELT, UPPER AND LOWER ROTARY MEMBERS CARRYING SAID CONVEYOR BELT, SAID DRIVEN SHAFT BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED AT ITS FORWARD END TO THE UPPER CONVEYOR BELT MEMBER, A LONGITUDINAL WORM SHAFT SUPPORTED IN MESH WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID WORMWHEEL, AND CHANGE SPEED MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED BETWEEN THE WORM SHAFT AND SAID DRIVEN SHAFT.