Balers
Abstract
Abstract A PICK-UP BALER WHICH, AS IT TRAVELS OVER A FIELD, AUTOMATICALLY PICKS UP A CROP, SUCH AS STRAW OR HAY, AND DELIVERS IT IN SMALL BUNDLES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT END OF A CHAMBER, WHICH IS THE SIZE OF EACH BALE TO BE FORMED. THE BUNDLES ARTE DELIVERED BY CIRCULATING PACKING FINGERS AND ACCUMULATE IN LOOPS OF TWINE THAT ARE EXPANDED BY THE INCREASING QUANTITY OF CROP IN THE CHAMBER, THE CROP GRADUALLY BEING COMPRESSED BY A RECIPROCATING PACKING PLATE MOUNTED TO UNDERGO A COMPARATIVELY SHORT STROKE AT THE FRONT OF THE CHAMBER. WHEN THE CHAMBER IS FULL, THE TWINES ARE TIED ROUND THE BALE BY KNOTTING MECHANISM INCLUDING NEEDLES MOUNTED TO TRAVERSE ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE RELATIVELY TO THE SIZE OF THE FRONT FACE OF THE BALE. AS THE NEEDLES RETURN TO THEIR INOPERATIVE POSITIONS, THEY CAUSE THE UNLATCHING OF A TAIL GATE THROUGH WHICH THE COMPLETED BALE IS DISCHARGED ON TO THE GROUND.
Inventors
- 👤 Patrick Anthony Molteno Murray
- 👤 David Craig
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