Hay waferizer

Claim 1

A THREE-STAGE MACHINE FOR WAFERIZING HAY COMPRISING A FIRST-STAGE UNIT INCLUDING AUGER MEANS FOR COMPACTING HAY TO BALE DENSITY, SAID FIRST-STAGE UNIT HAVING A HAY INLET AND HAY OUTLET; A SECOND STAGE UNIT INCLUDING A HOUSING HAVING AN INTERIOR CHAMBER, A VANE DRUM ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID CHAMBER, SAID VANE DRUM AND SAID CHAMBER DEFINING AN ELONGATE SECOND-STAGE COMPACTION ZONE, SAID ZONE HAVING AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS AN INLET COMMUNICATING WITH SAID OUTLET OF SAID FIRST-STAGE UNIT AND AN OUTLET; A PLURALITY OF VANES IN SAID ZONE DRUM, EACH OF SAID VANES BEING MOVABLE THROUGH SAID ZONE ON ROTATION ON SAID VANE DRUM EACH OF SAID VANES BEING MOVABLE RADIALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID DRUM BETWEEN AN EXTENDED POSITION AND A RETRACTED POSITION; A THIRD-STAGE UNIT INCLUDING DIE MEANS HAVING AN INLET ALIGNED WITH SAID ZONE OUTLET FOR RECEIVING WAFERS FORMED IN SAID ZONE, SAID DIE MEANS BEING DIMENSIONED SO THAT WAFERS PASSING THERETHROUGH FRICTIONALLY ENGAGE SAID DIE MEANS THEREBY GENERATING SUFFICIENT HEAT TO IMPACT A "SET" TO SAID WATERS.