Material or article handling – Round hay bale handling
Patent
1998-06-12
1999-05-11
Krizek, Janice L.
Material or article handling
Round hay bale handling
298 18, 414470, B60P1/24
Patent
active
059020873
ABSTRACT:
A trailer is designed to receive, transport and unload large cylindrical bales of agricultural products such as hay, including bales which may be out-of-round due to a flat side caused by settlement during storage or transport. The trailer has a wheel-mounted frame extending the full length of the trailer and a plurality of cradles mounted on the frame to receive and support the bales. Each cradle has a latch by which the cradle may be released from its normally horizontal position to rotate under the force of gravity to an unload position. During rotation of the cradles to the unload position, pusher or kicker members contact and propel the bales outwardly from the cradles to insure that the bales land and/or come to rest on the ground in the desired position with their round sides in contact with the ground. In a first embodiment, a kicker mechanism moves relative to the rotating cradle, while in a second embodiment the kicker is a stationary member rigidly attached to the frame. The cradles may be oriented on the trailer either with the bales' longitudinal axes transverse to the trailer frame to provide for an end-over-end unload of the bales, or with the bales' longitudinal axes parallel to the trailer frame to provide for a rolling unload of the bales.
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Krizek Janice L.
Mulrooney John J.
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