Agricultural baler
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorsTracy Alan Jahay, Patrick L. Cherney
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Abstract
In a high capacity baling apparatus concurrently formed first formed bales and second formed bales are discharged from respective bale forming regions to a discharge chute arrangement. The disclosed discharge chute arrangement comprises a first bale support surface, a second bale support surface adjacent to the first bale support surface and disposed at an angle to the first bale support surface, an impeller located at a downstream end of the second bale support surface and a displacement apparatus adapted to move between a first position at one side of the first bale support surface and a second position.
Claims9
An agricultural baling apparatus comprising a first baling chamber, a second baling chamber and a discharge chute arrangement adapted to receive concurrently formed first formed bales and second formed bales discharged from the respective first and second baling chambers and to discharge the first formed bales and second formed bales consecutively, in which the discharge chute arrangement comprises a first bale support surface, a second bale support surface adjacent to the first bale support surface and disposed at a downward angle with respect to the first bale support surface, a drive roller provided with a drive apparatus located at a downstream end of the second bale support surface and a displacement apparatus comprising a moveable member adapted to be displaced across the first bale support surface between a first position at a first side of the first bale support surface furthest from the second bale support surface and a second position away from the first side of the first bale support surface and adjacent the second bale support surface.
A method of operation of an agricultural baling apparatus having a first baling chamber, a second baling chamber and a discharge chute arrangement adapted to receive concurrently formed first formed bales and second formed bales discharged from the respective first and second baling chambers and to discharge the first formed bales and second formed bales consecutively, in which the discharge chute arrangement comprises a first bale support surface, a second bale support surface adjacent to the first bale support surface and disposed at an angle to the first bale support surface, a drive roller provided with a drive apparatus located at a downstream end of the second bale support surface and a displacement apparatus adapted to move between a first position at a first side of the first bale support surface and a second position, the method comprising:
- concurrently forming a first formed bale and a second formed bale;
- advancing the first formed bale from the first bale forming region to the second bale support surface and simultaneously advancing the second formed bale to the first bale support surface;
- and with the first formed bale on second bale support surface and the second formed bale on the first bale support surface;
- using the drive roller to first remove the first formed bale from the second bale support surface;
- using the displacement apparatus to move the second formed bale from the first bale support surface to the second bale support surface;
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- then using the drive roller to remove the second formed bale from the second bale support surface.
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