Round baler and discharge means

Details Round baler and discharge means Round baler and discharge means

1981-07-13

1983-09-06

Swiatek, Robert P.

Harvesters

Raking and bundling

100 88, A01D 3900

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044021763

ABSTRACT:
A tractor drawn and powered machine is disclosed for forming large round bales of fibrous agricultural crops in a chamber of fixed size. The baling chamber consists of a lower and an upper section. The lower section includes a wheel mounted main frame, along with a pickup reel and a bottom conveyor comprising side by side belts entrained on four transversely extending rollers. The upper section is supported on a subframe which is hinge mounted along its front edge to the main frame allowing thereby the rear portion of the upper section to open as a rearward facing tailgate for discharge of a completed bale. Situated within the subframe of the upper section are all of the conveying elements which make up the rear, top and front of the generally cylindrical periphery of the baling zone. Each conveyor element in the upper section comprises a plurality of side by side belts entrained on spaced apart transversely mounted upstream and downstream rollers. A space between the last of the serially arranged conveying elements and the uppermost surface of the bottom conveyor provides an inlet into the baling chamber. During the bale forming operation a latch mechanism holds the tailgate closed. When a bale is ready for discharge the tractor is halted, the tailgate is opened by a hydraulic cylinder and the bale is conveyed out the rear of the machine. As soon as the bale falls to the ground, the tailgate can be reclosed making the machine ready for pickup of more crop material with which to form another bale.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4009653 (1977-03-01), Sacht
patent: 4244166 (1981-01-01), Hayward
patent: 4262478 (1981-04-01), Pentith

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