Hay baling apparatus

Claim 1

HAY BALING APPARATUS COMPRISING A FRAME CAPABLE OF BEING ATTACHED TO A TRACTOR FOR BEING DRAWN THEREBY, GROUND WHEELS SUPPORTING SAID FRAME, AN ENDLESS FLEXIBLE RAKING MEMBER, THREE ROTATABLE MEMBERS HAVING SAID RAKING MEMBER EXTENDING THEREAROUND, ONE OF SAID ROTATABLE MEMBERS BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, A FIRST PAIR OF ARMS HAVING ONE END PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND A SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE OTHER END THEREOF, RESILIENT MEANS TENDING TO RETAIN SAID ARMS EXTENDING IN AN UPWARDLY INCLINED POSITION, A SECOND PAIR OF ARMS HAVING ONE END PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME AND A THIRD ROTATABLE MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE OTHER END THEREOF, RELEASEABLE LOCKING MEANS RETAINING SAID SECOND PAIR OF ARMS IN A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED POSITION, SAID ROTATABLE MEMBERS BEING POSITIONED EACH AT A CORNER OF A TRIANGLE GIVING SAID ENDLESS RAKING MEMBER A TRIANGULAR CONFIGURATION WHEN VIEWED IN SIDE ELEVATION WITH THE BASE THEREOF BETWEEN SAID THIRD AND FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBERS BEING POSITIONED CLOSE TO THE GROUND FOR CONTACTING HAY LYING ON THE GROUND AND ROLLING SAID HAY TO FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL BALE WHICH REMAINS IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AT ALL TIMES, WHILE THE BASE OF SAID ENDLESS RAKING MEMBER ASSUMES A SUBSTANTIALLY CONCAVE CONFIGURATION AROUND THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BALE MOVING SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS DOWNWARDLY AGAINST SAID RESILIENT MEANS, MEANS COUPLING SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS TO SAID RELEASEABLE LOCKING MEANS TO RELEASE SAID SECOND PAIR OF ARMS UPON THE DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS TO A PREDETERMINED EXTENT PERMITTING SAID BALE TO MOVE FROM UNDER SAID SECOND PAIR OF ARMS AND MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER FOR MOVING SAID ENDLESS RAKING MEMBER THEREWITH.