Bale weighing system
AssigneeMarathon Equipment Company
InventorsBradley Michael Agoston, Daniel Robert Overstreet, Jeremy Wayne Woodruff
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Abstract
A baling system includes a baler and an anchor. The baler includes a baler base with a laterally-extending flange; a waste container adapted to hold a quantity of material to be baled; a compression ram positioned to compress material within the waste container to form a bale; and a scale responsive to a weight of the waste container, the ram, and material in the waste container. The anchor is adapted to constrain movement of the baler with respect to a support surface on which the baler rests. The anchor defines a recess adapted to receive a structural feature of the baler base spaced laterally from the scale.
Claims21
A baling system, comprising:
- a baler comprising:
- a baler base with a laterally-extending flange;
- a waste container adapted to hold a quantity of material to be baled;
- a compression ram positioned to compress material within the waste container to form a bale;
- and
- a scale responsive to a weight of the waste container, the ram, and material in the waste container;
- and
- an anchor adapted to constrain movement of the baler with respect to a support surface on which the baler rests,
- wherein:
- the scale comprises a shear beam load cell having a first end extending over and rigidly secured to the flange, and a second end supported on a foot resting on the support surface, the shear beam load cell extending away from and orthogonal to a side wall of the baler;
- and
- the anchor defines a recess adapted to receive a structural feature of the baler base spaced laterally from the scale.
A baling system, comprising:
- a baler comprising:
- a baler base with a laterally-extending flange;
- a waste container adapted to hold a quantity of material to be baled;
- a compression ram positioned to compress material within the waste container to form a bale;
- and
- a scale responsive to a weight of the waste container, the ram, and material in the waste container;
- an anchor adapted to constrain movement of the baler with respect to a support surface on which the baler rests, and
- a stand having a pair of opposing, lateral walls and opposing top and base walls, the base wall adapted to rest on the support surface,
- wherein:
- the anchor defines a recess adapted to receive a structural feature of the baler base spaced laterally from the scale;
- and
- the flange defines a wall recess adapted to receive a wall of the pair of opposing, lateral walls of the stand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.