Bale wrapping system
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsMartin J. Roberge, Jonathan E. Ricketts, Jason Douglas McAuley Cousins
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Abstract
A bale wrapping system that includes a belt that rotates to form and drive rotation of a bale of an agricultural product. The bale is configured to be wrapped with a wrapping layer of a bale wrap while rotating on the belt. A first portion of the wrapping layer overlaps a second portion of the wrapping layer while disposed on the belt. A glue system sprays a layer of glue onto the wrapping layer. The layer of glue enables the first portion of the wrapping layer to couple to the second portion of the wrapping layer.
Claims24
An agricultural implement, comprising:
- a baler configured to bale an agricultural product, the baler comprising:
- a belt configured to rotate to form a bale out of the agricultural product, and wherein the belt rotates the bale within the baler;
- a bale wrapping system configured to wrap the bale with a wrapping layer of a bale wrap, the bale wrapping system comprising:
- a glue system configured to spray a layer of glue onto the wrapping layer, wherein the layer of glue enables a first portion of the wrapping layer to couple to a second portion of the wrapping layer;
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- a bale wrap treatment system configured to spray a fluid onto the wrapping layer to form a coating on the wrapping layer;
- wherein the glue system comprises a wrap guide configured to spray the layer of glue onto the wrapping layer, and the wrap guide is configured to change position to drive the bale wrap into contact with the bale to enable the bale to grip the bale wrap, such that rotation of the bale draws the bale wrap around the bale.
A bale wrapping system, comprising:
- a belt configured to rotate to form and drive rotation of a bale of agricultural product, wherein the bale is configured to be wrapped with a wrapping layer of a bale wrap while rotating on the belt, such that a first portion of the wrapping layer overlaps a second portion of the wrapping layer while disposed on the belt;
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- a glue system configured to spray a layer of glue onto the wrapping layer, wherein the layer of glue enables the first portion of the wrapping layer to couple to the second portion of the wrapping layer;
- wherein the glue system comprises a wrap guide configured to spray the layer of glue onto the wrapping layer, and the wrap guide is configured to change position to drive the bale wrap into contact with the bale to enable the bale to grip the bale wrap, such that rotation of the bale draws the bale wrap around the bale.
A bale wrap treatment system, comprising:
- a bale carrier configured to receive a bale wrapped with a bale wrap from a bale wrapping system;
- a bale roller configured to rotate the bale on the bale carrier;
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- a sprayer configured to spray a fluid onto the bale wrap to form a coating on the bale wrap as the bale rotates on the bale carrier;
- wherein the bale wrap comprises one or more chemicals that react with the fluid to form the coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.