Abstract 1,082,392. Delivering bales. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. Jan. 26, 1965 [April 30, 1964], No. 3332/65. Heading B5F. Bales discharged from a bale chamber are turned through 90 degrees about their longitudinal axis and aligned with the direction of travel of the baler by means of a bale turner and aligner assembly comprising a loop member 11 supported in a vertical plane to one side of the bale chamber by a bracket 12, and a horizontal extension 21 of one half of the base of the bale chamber. The assembly may be arranged to discharge bales laterally to the right (Fig. 3) or to the left (Fig. 4, not shown). To discharge to the rear the loop member 11 is is removed and a second half extension (22) attached (Fig. 2, not shown).
A BALE TURNER AND ALIGNER ASSEMBLY FOR A BALER HAVING A BALE CHAMBER, SAID BALE CHAMBER HAVING A DESIGNATED WIDTH, A LOWER, BALE-SUPPORTING SURFACE, AND A BALE DISCHARGE, A BALE DISCHARGE CHUTE ATTACHED TO SAID BALER AT SAID BLADE DISCHARGE, SAID BALE CHUTE HAVING A WIDTH LESS THAN SAID DESIGNATED WIDTH OF SAID BALE CHAMBER, SAID BALE CHUTE ALSO HAVING A DESIGNATED LENGTH AND A REAR END, SAID BALE CHUTE FORMING A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL EXTENSION OF SAID BALE-SUPPORTING SURFACE AT ONE SIDE OF SAID BALE CHAMBER, SAID BALE TURNER AND ALIGNER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED MEMBER FOR TURNING AND ALIGNING BALES, SAID ELONGATED MEMBER HAVING A CONSIDERABLY GREATER LENGTH THAN SAID DESIGNATED LENGTH OF SAID BALE CHUTE, SAID ELONGATED MEMBER ALSO HAVING A REAR END, MEANS ON SAID ELONGATED MEMBER FOR ATTACHING SAID ELONGATED MEMBER TO SAID BALER AT SAID BALE DISCHARGE WITH SAID ELONGATED MEMBER EXTENDING ALONGSIDE SAID CHUTE AND SPACED THEREFROM AND WITH SAID REAR END OF SAID ELONGATED MEMBER LOCATED A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE TO THE REAR OF SAID REAR END OF SAID BALE CHUTE.
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A BALE TURNER AND ALIGNER ASSEMBLY FOR A BALER HAVING A BALE CHAMBER, SAID BALE CHAMBER HAVING A DESIGNATED WIDTH, A LOWER, BALE-SUPPORTING SURFACE, AND A BALE DISCHARGE, A BALE DISCHARGE CHUTE ATTACHED TO SAID BALER AT SAID BLADE DISCHARGE, SAID BALE CHUTE HAVING A WIDTH LESS THAN SAID DESIGNATED WIDTH OF SAID BALE CHAMBER, SAID BALE CHUTE ALSO HAVING A DESIGNATED LENGTH AND A REAR END, SAID BALE CHUTE FORMING A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL EXTENSION OF SAID BALE-SUPPORTING SURFACE AT ONE SIDE OF SAID BALE CHAMBER, SAID BALE TURNER AND ALIGNER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED MEMBER FOR TURNING AND ALIGNING BALES, SAID ELONGATED MEMBER HAVING A CONSIDERABLY GREATER LENGTH THAN SAID DESIGNATED LENGTH OF SAID BALE CHUTE, SAID ELONGATED MEMBER ALSO HAVING A REAR END, MEANS ON SAID ELONGATED MEMBER FOR ATTACHING SAID ELONGATED MEMBER TO SAID BALER AT SAID BALE DISCHARGE WITH SAID ELONGATED MEMBER EXTENDING ALONGSIDE SAID CHUTE AND SPACED THEREFROM AND WITH SAID REAR END OF SAID ELONGATED MEMBER LOCATED A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE TO THE REAR OF SAID REAR END OF SAID BALE CHUTE.