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US 10,517,222 B2Granted
Drive arrangement for powering the plunger of an agricultural baler
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorDarin L Roth
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Abstract
An agricultural baler including a base unit, a plurality of ground engaging devices and a transmission. The plurality of ground engaging devices support the base unit. The transmission is mounted on the base unit. The transmission includes an input shaft and an other shaft. The other shaft is separate from the input shaft. The other shaft is drivingly coupled to the input shaft. The other shaft is connected to a flywheel and/or a hydraulic pump. The other shaft is configured to operate at a different speed than the speed at which the input shaft operates.
Claims6
A method of powering an agricultural baler, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing shaft torque to an input shaft of a transmission, the transmission being mounted on a base unit of the agricultural baler;
- driving at least one of a flywheel and a hydraulic pump connected to a fixed speed shaft drivingly coupled to the input shaft, the fixed speed shaft being configured to operate at a higher speed than a speed at which the input shaft operates;
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- driving a plunger mechanism connected to a variable speed shaft drivingly coupled to the input shaft, the variable speed shaft configured to operate at a different speed than the speed at which the fixed speed shaft operates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.