Material or article handling – Vehicle-carried bale accumulator
Patent
1997-05-16
1998-09-29
Young, Karen M.
Material or article handling
Vehicle-carried bale accumulator
4147897, 414409, A01D 9008
Patent
active
058138145
ABSTRACT:
The invention is an apparatus for safely and efficiently loading, transporting and unloading bales, such as bales of hay. The invention includes a wheeled frame upon which a cab and bed are mounted for self-propelled locomotion across fields, lots, and roads. A bale carriage includes a pair of bale grabber arms which pivot to securely grab or clamp, and release, a bale. The bale carriage is powered for movement along an immobile carriage track overarching the cab, so that the bale may be grabbed and safely and reliably lifted along the carriage track from a position in front of the cab and deposited upon the bed in back of the cab. A push pan pushes successively deposited bales from the front of the bed toward the back of the bed to allow room for later-loaded bales. The entire bed is pivotal from a horizontal position to a vertical position. Powered side arms pivotally attached to the bed function selectively to grip and release the bales placed upon the bed, so that the bed may be pivoted between the vertical and the horizontal positions while the bales are held thereon to permit stacked bales to be loaded and unloaded en mass.
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Hess Douglas
Justice Enterprises, Inc.
Reilly John E.
Young Karen M.
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