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US 10,588,269 B2Granted
Baler with rotatable compression surface
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorTimothy J. Kraus
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Abstract
A baler including a frame, a feed system coupled to the frame, a baling chamber defining an axis therethrough, a crank arm, and a plunger being at least partially positioned within and movable with respect to the baling chamber. Where the plunger includes a compression surface and defines a compression plane and fixed with respect to the compression surface, where the compression plane defines a compression angle with respect to the axis of the baling chamber, and wherein the compression angle is adjustable independently of the rotation of the crank arm.
Claims18
A baler comprising:
- a frame;
- a feed system coupled to the frame;
- a baling chamber defining an axis therethrough;
- a crank arm;
- a plunger being at least partially positioned within and movable with respect to the baling chamber, the plunger having a compression surface and defining a compression plane fixed with respect to the compression surface, wherein the compression plane defines a compression angle with respect to the axis of the baling chamber;
- at least one connecting rod extending between and coupled to both the crank arm and the plunger;
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- wherein the compression angle of the compression surface is adjustable to a different angle by the at least one connecting rod, independently of the rotation of the crank arm.
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A baler comprising:
- a frame;
- a feed system coupled to the frame;
- a baling chamber defining an axis therethrough;
- a crank arm defining a crank throw length;
- a plunger positioned within and moveable with respect to the baling chamber, the plunger having a compression surface and defining a compression plane fixed with respect to the compression surface, wherein the compression plane defines a compression angle with respect to the axis of the baling chamber, wherein the compression angle is adjustable, and wherein the plunger defines a plunger stroke length;
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- wherein the plunger is configured to produce more than one compression angle for a given crank arm position by at least one connecting rod, and wherein the compression angles are different from one another.
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A baler comprising:
- a frame;
- a feed system coupled to the frame;
- a baling chamber defining an axis therethrough;
- a crank arm having a first crank mounting point;
- a plunger positioned within and moveable with respect to the baling chamber, the plunger having a compression surface and defining a compression plane fixed with respect to the compression surface, wherein the compression plane defines a compression angle with respect to the axis of the baling chamber, and wherein the compression angle is adjustable;
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- a first connecting arm extending between and coupled to the plunger closer to a top edge of the compression surface than to a bottom edge of the compression surface and the crank arm at the first crank mounting point;
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- a second connecting arm extending between and coupled to the plunger closer to the bottom edge of the compression surface than to the top edge of the compression surface and the crank arm at the first crank mounting point;
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- wherein the first connecting arm defines a first connector length, wherein the second connecting arm defines a second connector length, and wherein the first connector length is adjustable independent of the second connector length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.