Gathering apparatus for selectively bringing together a film at the sides for wrapping around a bale
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsJONATHAN LEBEAU, PASCAL GRESSET, FREDERIC PERROTIN
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Abstract
A gathering apparatus for selectively bringing together edges or sides of a film for wrapping around a bale includes a pair of gathering elements which cooperate with a respective edge of the film and which are movable by a drive. The drive is actuated by a motor and a reduction gear. The gathering elements are moved relative to the film in a lateral direction between an out-of-operation position and an operating position, in order to gather the film as required. A holding apparatus serves the gathering elements in the operating position.
Claims22
A gathering apparatus for a round baler, the gathering apparatus comprising:
- a strut spanning a width;
- a first gathering element supported by the strut and moveable relative to the strut between an operating position in which a first lateral side of a bale wrap material is gathered toward a longitudinal center of the bale wrap material and an out-of-operation position in which the first lateral side of the bale wrap material is not gathered toward the longitudinal center of the bale wrap material;
- a drive coupled to and operable to move the first gathering element between the operating position and the out-of-operation position;
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- a holding apparatus coupled to either the first gathering element or the drive and operable to secure the first gathering element relative to the strut in the operating position.
A round baler comprising:
- a baling chamber operable to form a bale having a cylindrical shape;
- a wrap supply apparatus operable to feed a bale wrap material into the baling chamber for wrapping a formed bale;
- a gathering apparatus operable to gather lateral sides of the bale wrap material together for feeding the wrap material into the baling chamber or for cutting the bale wrap material once wrapped around the bale in the baling chamber, the gathering apparatus including:
- a first gathering element moveable between an operating position in which a first lateral side of a bale wrap material is gathered toward a longitudinal center of the bale wrap material and an out-of-operation position in which the first lateral side of the bale wrap material is not gathered toward the longitudinal center of the bale wrap material;
- a second gathering element moveable between the operating position in which a second lateral side of the bale wrap material is gathered toward the longitudinal center of the bale wrap material and an out-of-operation position in which the second lateral side of the bale wrap material is not gathered toward the longitudinal center of the bale wrap material;
- a drive operable to move the first gathering element and the second gathering element between the operating position and the out-of-operation position;
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- a holding apparatus engageable with at least one of the first gathering element, the second gathering element, or the drive, and operable to secure at least one of the first gathering element and the second gathering element in the operating position.
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