Harvesters – Raking and bundling
Patent
1993-07-12
1995-04-25
Melius, Terry Lee
Harvesters
Raking and bundling
56 102R, 56DIG2, A01D 3900, A01F 1507
Patent
active
054088178
ABSTRACT:
A method of forming bales in a round baler having a crop pickup and a bale forming chamber which is either fixed or expandable during bale formation. In one baler in which the method is readily carried out, the chamber is defined by a flexible apron comprising a plurality of side by side elongated belts trained about a plurality of rolls, a series of transverse crop engaging rolls and a floor roll. The method includes the steps of positioning the round baler to pick up crop material with the pickup, feeding the picked up crop material into the expandable bale forming chamber, sensing the compaction of the crop material in one or more regions during its formation in the bale forming chamber, generating a signal indicative of the level of compaction of the crop material in the region or regions, and repositioning the round baler in response to variations in the signal during expansion of the chamber to maintain the compaction at a predetermined level.
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Melius Terry Lee
Miller Larry W.
New Holland North America Inc.
Seemar Frank A.
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