Daniel J Bender

US Patent:

20120168545, Jul 5, 2012

Filed:

Dec 30, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/341296

Inventors:

Daniel Bender - Garfield AR, US

International Classification:

B02C 21/02
B02C 13/30
B02C 13/02

US Classification:

24110171, 241195

Abstract:

A litter management device, such as a device configured to disintegrate and/or de-cake caked litter from poultry is described. In some embodiments, the litter management device includes a litter de-caking mechanism contained within a housing, which is supported by a movable frame. The litter de-caking mechanism includes one or more hammers flexibly attached, such as via chains, to a rotation bar, enabling the hammers to rotate in a circular motion around the rotation bar and within the housing. The rotation of the hammers causes the hammers to strike, often at high speeds, caked litter within a target area, which disintegrates the caked litter, allowing for the removal of the caked litter from an area generally used by poultry, among other benefits.