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US 11,039,575 B2Granted
External belt guide for round baler
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsSteven R. Pilcher, Henry D. Anstey
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Abstract
A belt guide for a baler having a bale forming chamber with at least one belt to form a bale of crop material includes a guide. The guide includes a guide protrusion that extends inwardly toward the bale forming chamber proximate an edge of the at least one belt. The belt guide is coupled to the baler external to the bale forming chamber.
Claims20
A belt guide for a baler having a bale forming chamber with at least one belt to form a bale of crop material and having a wrap feed system, the belt guide comprising:
- a guide body including a belt- or wrap material-contacting guide surface and a guide including a guide protrusion that extends through an opening in the guide body inwardly toward the bale forming chamber proximate an edge of the at least one belt;
- wherein the belt guide is coupled to the baler external to the bale forming chamber;
- and
- wherein, when the wrap feed system is supplying wrap material into the bale forming chamber, the belt guide is configured so that the wrap material extends over the guide protrusion between the guide protrusion and the edge of the at least one belt.
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A baler comprising:
- a bale forming chamber having at least one belt to form a bale of crop material;
- a wrap feed system;
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- a belt guide coupled to the baler so as to be external to the bale forming chamber, the belt guide including a guide body including a belt- or wrap material-contacting guide surface and a guide with a guide protrusion that extends through an opening in the guide body inwardly toward the bale forming chamber proximate an edge of the at least one belt;
- wherein, when the wrap feed system is supplying wrap material into the bale forming chamber, the wrap material extends over the guide protrusion between the guide protrusion and the edge of the at least one belt.
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A baler comprising:
- a bale forming chamber having a plurality of belts to form a bale of crop material, the plurality of belts supported on at least one belt support member, with a gap defined between adjacent belts of the plurality of belts;
- a wrap feed system;
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- a belt guide coupled to the baler, the belt guide coupled to the baler external to the bale forming chamber, the belt guide including:
- a guide including a guide protrusion that extends into one of the gaps defined between adjacent belts of the plurality of belts and inward toward the bale forming chamber, the guide proximate edges of the respective adjacent belts of the plurality of belts;
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- a guide body having a belt- or wrap material-contacting guide surface positioned proximate the respective adjacent belts of the plurality of belts opposite the bale forming chamber, the guide protrusion extends through an opening in the guide body a distance above the guide surface;
- wherein, when the wrap feed system is supplying wrap material into the bale forming chamber, the wrap material extends over the guide surface and extends over the guide protrusion within the gap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.