US 12,364,204 B2Granted

Bale bundling system, bale bundling machine and procedure for forming bundles of bales of hay or similar material

AssigneeArcusin S.A.

InventorManuel Cusine Barber

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Abstract

It comprises a bundling chamber (2) and a bale conveying device (5), wherein the bundling chamber (2) includes; a first enclosure (2a) to form a first bundle (B1) of bales inside the bundling chamber (2), and a second enclosure (2b) to form a second bundle (B2) of bales inside the bundling chamber (2), wherein said bale conveying device (5) is arranged to convey a first incoming bale (3B1) to a first bale loading position (P1) and a second incoming bale (3B2) to a second bale loading position (P2). The system further includes at least one bale pushing device (8a, 8b) to displace said first and second incoming bales (3B1, 3B2) from the first and second bale loading positions (P1, P2) into the respective first and second enclosures (2a, 2b), and processing and control means configured to successively send a control signal to said at least one bale pushing device (8a, 8b) for said bale pushing device (8a, 8b) to successively displace a number of new incoming bales (3B1, 3B2) into the respective first and second enclosures (2a, 2b).

Claims24

Dependent claims

A bale bundling system for a bale bundling machine of a type to be towed by a tractor or similar vehicle, comprising a bundling chamber and a bale conveying device to convey bales to a bale entrance of the bundling chamber,

wherein the bundling chamber includes
a first enclosure inside the bundling chamber made and arranged to be able to form a first bundle of bales inside the bundling chamber, wherein said first bale bundle comprises a plurality of layers of bales, and
a second enclosure inside the bundling chamber made and arranged to be able to form a second bundle of bales inside the bundling chamber, wherein said second bundle of bales comprises a plurality of layers of bales,
wherein said bale conveying device is arranged to convey a first incoming bale to a first bale loading position and a second incoming bale to a second bale loading position,
the system further comprising:
at least one bale pushing device arranged to displace said first and second incoming bales from the first and second bale loading positions into the respective first and second enclosures,
a processing and control unit configured to successively send a control signal to said at least one bale pushing device for said bale pushing device to successively displace a number of new incoming bales from the respective bale loading positions into the respective first and second enclosures to form one of said plurality of bale layers within the respective first and second enclosures,
at least one bale pressing device arranged to displace said bale layer formed within the first and second enclosures to clear respective volume portions within the first and second enclosures for said volume portions to be able to receive a number of new incoming bales to form new respective bale layers within the respective first and second enclosures,
wherein said processing and control unit is further configured to send a control signal to said at least bale pressing device for said bale pressing device to successively displace a number of new formed bale layers within the respective first and second enclosures to be able to form said first and second bale bundles within the bundling chamber.

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A method for forming a first bale bundle and a second bale bundle within a bundling chamber of a bale bundling machine to be towed by a tractor or similar vehicle, wherein each of said first and second bale bundles comprises a plurality of bale layers, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

(a) conveying a first incoming bale to a first bale loading position and a second incoming bale to a second bale loading position located at a bale entrance of the bundling chamber;
(b) displacing said first and second incoming bales from the first and second bale loading positions into respective first and second enclosures arranged inside the bundling chamber;
(c) forming one bale layer of said plurality of bale layers within the respective first and second enclosures by successively displacing a number of incoming bales from the respective bale loading positions into the respective first and second enclosures;
(d) displacing a bale layer formed within the respective first and second enclosures to clear respective volume portions within the first and second enclosures;
(e) receiving a number of new incoming bales within the cleared volume portions of the first and second enclosures to successively form new respective bale layers within the respective first and second enclosures;
(f) forming the first and second bale bundles by successively displacing a number of said bale layers formed within said respective first and second enclosures;
and
(g) simultaneously or sequentially unloading said first and second bale bundles from the respective first and second enclosures of the bundling chamber.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/993,375Filed 29 Apr 2024
Priority: EP 2338239227 Apr 2023
Published: US 2025/0160256 A122 May 2025
Granted: 22 Jul 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A01D 85/002
Making or setting stacks of cereals or grass, e.g. rack formers, fixed haystacks: with binding equipment, e.g. binding groups of bales
A01D 85/005
Arrangements for making or setting stacks: forming groups of bales, e.g. bale sledges
A01D 85/004
Making or setting stacks of cereals or grass, e.g. rack formers, fixed haystacks: with pressing equipment, e.g. vehicles for forming stacks
A01D
Harvesting