High capacity baler
AssigneeGreat Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsBrian Olander, Taylor Bozarth
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Abstract
A high capacity square baler comprising a pickup mechanism configured to pick up a single windrow of crop material off the ground. The baler additionally comprises one or more stuffer chutes each configured to receive at least a portion of the crop material picked up by the pickup mechanism. The baler additionally comprises one or more stuffer assemblies each configured to push crop generally upward through one of the stuffer chutes. The baler further comprises a plurality of separate bale-forming chambers each configured to receive crop material from one or more of the stuffer chutes and to form a bale of crop material therein.
Claims20
A high capacity square baler comprising:
- a pickup mechanism configured to pick up a single windrow of crop material off the ground;
- one or more stuffer chutes each configured to receive at least a portion of the crop material picked up by said pickup mechanism;
- one or more stuffer assemblies each configured to force crop material generally upward through one of said stuffer chutes;
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- a plurality of separate bale-forming chambers each configured to receive crop material from one or more of said stuffer chutes and to form a bale of crop material therein.
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) providing the crop material to one or more stuffer chutes for pre-compression;
- (c) using one or more stuffer assemblies to transfer the crop material from the one or more stuffer chutes to a plurality of separate bale-forming chambers;
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- (d) simultaneously forming a bale of crop material within each of the bale-forming chambers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.