Rotor for a high capacity baler
AssigneeGreat Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsTaylor Bozarth, Brian Olander
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Abstract
A square baler comprising square baler comprising a pickup mechanism configured to pick up crop material from a single windrow on the ground, and a rotor configured to receive crop material picked up by the pickup mechanism. The rotor comprises a first toothed section, a second toothed section, and an interior auger flighted section located between the first toothed section and the section toothed section, wherein said rotor is configured to separate crop material into two streams of crop material.
Claims25
A square baler comprising:
- a pickup mechanism configured to pick up crop material from a single windrow on the ground;
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- a rotor configured to receive crop material picked up by said pickup mechanism,
- wherein said rotor comprises a first toothed section, a second toothed section, and an interior auger flighted section located between said first toothed section and said section toothed section, wherein said rotor is configured to separate crop material into two streams of crop material.
A method of forming a plurality of bales of crop material with a high capacity square baler, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) picking up crop material from a single windrow;
- (b) separating the crop material into at least two streams of crop material;
- (c) providing the crop material to at least two bale forming chambers;
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- (d) forming bales of crop material within each of the bale forming chambers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.