Forage gathering system - using detachable reservoir mounted on trailer and including hermetically sealable removable closure plate

摘要

A storage reservoir is rotatable on a transport vehicle about a vertical axis, the vehicle including a lifting carriage on which is mounted either a compression cylinder received in the reservoir or a device to lift the reservoir wall. The storage reservoir pref. has a cylindrical wall, the front opening faces being hermetically sealed by removable covers. The face of the cover opposite its mounting point includes a forwardly projecting element. The ends of the reservoir wall are pref. surrounded by rails, the projecting element of each cover consisting of a bar of a similar shape. An annular sealing joint is positioned between the rail and bar.