Material or article handling – Vehicle-carried bale accumulator
Patent
1998-05-15
2000-10-03
Morse, Gregory A.
Material or article handling
Vehicle-carried bale accumulator
414555, A01D 8712
Patent
active
061263745
ABSTRACT:
The invention is a bale loading arm that is used in combination with a tilt bed wagon or truck. The arm is mounted in front of the wagon bed on the wagon tongue. A bottom boom lift assembly, attached to the base frame on the tongue, pivots vertically by means of a hydraulic cylinder. An L-shaped rotating lift arm assembly is attached to the top of the boom lift, and pivots horizontally by means of a worm drive gearbox at the top of the boom lift. The lift arm extends perpendicularly away from the boom lift, and by means of another hydraulic cylinder, enables the bale lift assembly to reversibly engage bales. The bale arm assembly boom lift pivots down to engage a bale with the clamp assembly, then pivots up to elevate the bale. The lift arm assembly then rotates the bale over the wagon bed and deposits the bale on the bed or atop other bales on the bed. The combined pivoting and rotating of the two assemblies allow the operator a high degree of control in stacking the bales on the wagon bed. Once a stack of bales is formed, the tilt bed is elevated and the stack slides to the rear of the wagon. An additional stack of bales can then be place on the bed by means of the bale loading arm assembly.
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Morse Gregory A.
Randall Tipton L.
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