Baler stuffer selectively operable to provide partial stuffing strokes
US10881050B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01F2015/102
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An agricultural baler includes a baler chassis and a stuffer mechanism. The stuffer mechanism includes a fork and a motor. The fork is shiftably supported to move along a loading duct during each of a series of stuffing strokes. The fork is operable in a sweeping position, where the fork extends at least partly into the duct, to provide a full stuffing stroke by loading a charge of crop material from the loading duct into a baling chamber. The fork is shiftable by the motor from the sweeping position to a retracted position, where the fork is moved out of the duct. The fork is shiftable into the retracted position for at least part of a respective stuffing stroke where at least some of the charge of crop material in the loading duct is not loaded into the baling chamber.
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