Material or article handling – Round hay bale handling – Unrolling
Patent
1981-07-27
1983-03-15
Paperner, Leslie J.
Material or article handling
Round hay bale handling
Unrolling
2411017, 414111, 414501, 414911, A01D 8712
Patent
active
043766072
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 mechanism, the bale distributing portion including a generally horizontal bale supporting surface, the bale supporting surface being disposed below the upper end of the ramp section, a retainer associated with portions of the periphery of the frame section remote from the ramp section; the control portion including mechanism for driving the conveying mechanism and the bale rotating mechanism.
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Paperner Leslie J.
Urban Arthur L.
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