Bale wagon

Claim 1

A MACHINE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING IN A BALE PROGRESSING SERIES FOUR BALE HANDLING AND PROGRESSING MECHANISMS ADAPTED TO PROGRESS BALES FROM PRECEDING TO SUCCEEDING MECHANISMS OF THE SERIES: THE FIRST MECHANISM BEING FOR INDIVIDUAL BALES, THE SECOND MECHANISM BEING FOR ROWS OF BALES, THE THIRD MECHANISM BEING FOR LAYERS OF BALES COMPRISED OF A PLURAL NUMBER OF ROWS, AND THE FOURTH MECHANISM BEING FOR STACKS OF BALES COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE LAYERS; SAID FIRST MECHANISM INCLUDING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY UPENDING BALES TO TWO DIFFERENT HEIGHTS, MEANS FOR TURNING BALES ON SIDE FROM THE LOWER HEIGHT TO ON SIDE POSITIONS, MEANS FOR PUSHING BALES FROM THE UPPER HEIGHT OVER TO THE SECOND MECHANISM WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR UP ENDED ATTITUDE, AND MEANS FOR FREEING BALES FROM SAID UP ENDING MEANS BEFORE MOVEMENT TO THE SECOND MECHANISM; SAID SECOND MECHANISM INCLUDING TWO SEPARATE MEANS FOR PREVENTING THE TOPPLING OVER OF BALES ON END, THE ONE FROM TOPPLING TOWARD ITS FRONT AND THE OTHER FROM TOPPLING TOWARD THE REAR, CONVEYING MEANS FOR ON SIDES BALES, AND MEANS TO PROGRESS ROWS TO SAID THIRD MECHANISM; THE THIRD MECHANISM INCLUDING A ROW PUSHING DEVICE ADAPTED TO PUSH A ROW OF BALES REARWARDLY TO ACCUMULATE A LAYER OF ROWS OF BALES, MEANS TO PROGRESS LAYERS TO THE FOURTH MECHANISM, A LAYER COUNTING DEVICE WHICH COUNTS LAYERS PROGRESSED TO THE FOURTH MECHANISM BY THE THIRD, AND MEANS ACTIVATED BY SAID LAYER COUNTING DEVICE CONTROLLING (A) MEANS FOR PREVENTING ACTION OF SAID CONVEYING MEANS OF THE SECOND MECHANISM, (B) SAID TURNING MEANS AND SAID PUSHING MEANS OF THE FIRST MECHANISM, (C) SAID ROW PUSHING DEVICE OF THE THIRD MECHANISM, AND (D) SAID ROW AND LAYER PROGRESSING MEANS OF THE SECOND AND THIRD MECHANISMS RESPECTIVELY.