Square baler with a star wheel sensor
US8677896B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 8, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01F2015/0866
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A square baler has a baling chamber with slots in the top of the baling chamber for receiving twines to tie bales, and a star wheel sensor having a housing mounted on the exterior of the baling chamber and a star wheel in the housing and passing through one of the slots to contact the crop material of the bale being formed in the baling chamber. A deflector is mounted on the baling chamber to extend through the same slot as the star wheel sensor. The deflector has a region inclined relative to the slot to deflect the twine away from the star wheel.
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