Load transfer and elevating device

Claim 1

APPARATUS INCLUDING A BALE TRANSFER AND ELEVATING DEVICE ADAPTED TO CONVEY BALES BETWEEN A BALE PRESS AND A CONVEYOR SPACED FROM THE PRESS WITH THE PRESS AND CONVEYOR PROVIDING VARIED ELEVATIONAL BALE SUPPORT SURFACES, COMPRISING A CARRIER MEMBER; FIRST POWERED MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIER MEMBER FOR SELECTIVE RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT OF THE CARRIER MEMBER ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH OF TRAVEL BETWEEN THE PRESS AND THE CONVEYOR; A BALE SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING AN INCLINED BALE TRANSPORTING SURFACE PROVIDING A BALE RECEIVING END DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE LEVEL OF SAID PRESS AND AN OPPOSITE BALE DISCHARGING END DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE LEVEL OF THE CONVEYOR; AND SECOND POWERED MEANS MOUNTED ON THE CARRIER MEMBER AND CONNECTED IN DRIVING RELATION TO SAID BALE SUPPORT MEMBER FOR TRAVELING SAID BALE TRANSPORTING SURFACE THEREOF IN A DIRECTION FROM SAID RECEIVING END TO SAID DISCHARGING END OF SAID BALE SUPPORT MEMBER SO AS TO TRANSFER SAID BALES FROM THE PRESS TO THE CONVEYOR INCIDENT TO MOVEMENT OF THE CARRIER MEMBER TOWARD THE CONVEYOR.