Material or article handling – Round hay bale handling
Patent
1994-04-25
1996-04-30
Terrell, William E.
Material or article handling
Round hay bale handling
414111, A01D 8500
Patent
active
055119212
ABSTRACT:
Bale collector, includes a frame provided with wheels, bale-carrying rollers, coupling elememt suitable for coupling the frame to a mobile baler in order to receive bales onto the carrying rollers from a bale outlet of the baler via a front end--viewed in the direction of travel--of the carrying rollers, and also control mechanism for taking the carrying rollers into a collecting state or into an unloading state, for collecting bales on the carrying rollers or unloading collected bales from the carrying rollers and depositing them on the ground. The carrying rollers have parallel horizontal axes, and the rollers are suitable for collecting a row of two or more bales thereon between the front end and a rear end of the carrying rollers. In one embodiment the carrying rollers form a two-part bottom which can be swung downwards, and which, after a complete row of bales has collected thereon, in order to allow the row of bales to pass between the bottom parts and be deposited on the ground. In another embodiment, after initiation of the unloading state, the rollers are driven in order to convey the bales backwards and deposit them on the ground.
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Morse Gregory A.
Terrell William E.
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