Harvesters – Motorized harvester – Having driven means for handling or treating crop
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-29
2001-06-05
Pezzuto, Robert E. (Department: 3671)
Harvesters
Motorized harvester
Having driven means for handling or treating crop
C056S341000, C100S088000, C414S024500
Reexamination Certificate
active
06240712
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a bale collector according to the preamble of claim
1
. The bale delivery device behind which the bale collector is connected is, for example, a baler or a wrapping device for wrapping each bale in a film.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A bale collector of this type is known, for example, from European Patent Application EP-A-0,622,011. The known collector is used for collecting several round bales which, after collection thereof on the collector, can be deposited at a suitable point on the ground.
The known bale collector has the disadvantage that it is complex and therefore susceptible to breakdown, and is expensive. Furthermore, the known bale collector is large both in length and height, which limits its manoeuvrability, and this makes working with it difficult and can cause unsafe situations both on the land and on the public highway. The large dimensions of the known bale collector are also a disadvantage for the periods during which the collector has to be stored when not in use, when it takes up a large amount of valuable space.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to eliminate the disadvantages of the known bale collector.
In addition, the inventor realized the desirability of a compact, simple and cheap bale collector, by means of which round bales can be deposited at desired points on the land with the greatest possible usable margin between the point where the bale is ready and the point where the bale is to be deposited on the ground.
The above objectives are achieved according to the invention by means of the bale collector according to claim
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.
The bale collector according to the invention provides a storage place for a single round bale, which can be deposited at a desired point on the land while the bale delivery device is preparing the next bale. The desired point can lie within a margin of more or less half the distance which there would be between bales deposited directly from the baler onto the land. On the other hand, if depositing a bale on the ground is delayed until the bale delivery device has the next bale almost ready, and if these two bales are subsequently deposited on the ground shortly after one another, pairs of bales can be deposited on the ground at twice the above distance from each other. This means that it is possible to deposit the bales on the land within a large mutual distance range and according to a desired formation, in such a way that subsequent loading of the bales onto a transport vehicle is facilitated.
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Deveau Todd
Meijer Ten Post Beheer B.V.
Pezzuto Robert E.
Troutman Sanders LLP
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