Infeed means for round baler
US4319446A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 23, 1980 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01F2015/078
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
This invention relates to the inlet throat of a machine for forming large round bales of fibrous agricultural material. The machine includes a single axle chassis and a tongue enabling it to be towed along a windrow by a tractor. On top of the chassis is a generally cylindrical housing containing a baling chamber of fixed size having a horizontal axis. Around the periphery of the baling chamber is a plurality of serially arranged conveying elements. The rear portion of the housing swings upward from a hinge point at the top to enable rearward discharged of a completed bale. A pickup mechanism is transversely mounted across the lower front of the chassis. Behind the topside of the pickup mechanism there is a conveyor which forms the bottom of the front part of the baling zone. The conveyor consists of a plurality of side-by-side belts entrained on four parallel rollers which extend horizontally across the entire bottom of the machine. The rollers are fixedly journalled to the housing frame with the three rearmost rollers being generally on the circumference of the baling zone and the front roller positioned such that a plane tangent with the top of both the pickup reel and the top o…
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