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US 2016/0165804 A1Published application
Rectangular Baler
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorJohan Tack
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Abstract
An agricultural baler has a plunger for compressing harvested material to a bale in a chamber, a crank mechanism connected to the plunger for the purpose of driving the plunger, wherein the crank mechanism comprises at least one first crank and at least one second crank, a drive mechanism for driving the first crank and the second crank, wherein the drive mechanism is configured such that, when the first and second crank are driven, the first crank and the second crank rotate in opposite directions.
Claims14
Agricultural baler, comprising:
- a plunger for compressing harvested material to a bale in a chamber;
- a crank mechanism connected to the plunger for the purpose of driving the plunger, the crank mechanism comprises:
- at least one first crank and at least one second crank and a drive mechanism for driving the first crank and the second crank;
- wherein the drive mechanism is configured such that, when the first and second crank are driven, the first crank and the second crank rotate in opposite directions.
1 more element
Method for driving a plunger of an agricultural baler, comprising of:
- moving the plunger reciprocally along a linear path by a crank mechanism comprising at least one first crank and at least one second crank,
- wherein the first crank and the second crank are rotated in opposite directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.