Bale handling apparatus
US4376607A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 27, 1981 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S414/124
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Bale handling apparatus including a base portion, a bale moving portion, a bale distributing portion and a control portion; the base portion including a frame section, a wheeled carriage supporting the frame section, a hitch member disposed at one end of the frame section, a ramp section having a lower receiving end and an upper discharge end, the lower end of the ramp section being adjacent the end of the frame section remote from the hitch member, the ramp section extending upwardly from the end of the frame section toward the hitch member a distance more than one-half the length of the base portion, a closure located adjacent the lower end of the ramp section, a retainer associated with the longitudinal edges of the ramp section; the bale moving portion including conveying mechanism disposed longitudinally of the ramp section and between the longitudinal edges thereof; the bale distributing portion being disposed on the base portion adjacent the raised end of the ramp section, the bale distributing portion including a frame section, bale rotating mechanism extending between members of the frame section, the bale rotating mechanism being oriented transversely of the conveying mec…
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