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US 3,941,265 AGranted
Loading apparatus for round bales
OwnerMarion Diehl Nunnally, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for loading and unloading round bales of hay and other feed comprising a set of lifting forks which lift the bale off the ground and onto the floor of a wagon. The floor is moveable to an inclined plane such that the round bales will roll off the incline toward the forks and may be deposited on the ground. The apparatus has a tailgate which will trap the round bale within an opening in the wagon and against the ground so as to distribute the hay on the ground as the wagon is pulled forward.
Claims6
Bale handling apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle having a front end and a rear end;
- a floor;
- means pivotally securing the rear end of said floor to said vehicle;
- said floor terminating intermediate the front and rear ends of the vehicle;
- elevating means secured between said vehicle and the front end of said floor;
- spaced forks;
- means pivotally securing said forks to said vehicle adjacent the rear end of the floor;
- actuating means secured between said vehicle and said forks, said actuating means being adapted to pivot said forks between a first position wherein ends of said forks are adjacent the ground and a second position wherein ends of said forks are at an elevation above said floor;
- bale engaging means;
- and means securing said bale engaging means to the rear end of said vehicle, said bale engaging means extending transversally of said vehicle and rearwardly of ends of said forks such that an opening is formed between the rear end of the floor and the bale engaging means, said forks being movable through said opening.
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Bale handling apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle having a front end and a rear end;
- a floor;
- means securing said floor to said vehicle;
- said floor terminating intermediate the front and rear ends of the vehicle;
- spaced forks;
- means pivotally securing said forks to said vehicle adjacent the rear end of the floor;
- actuating means secured between said vehicle and said forks, said actuating means being adapted to pivot said forks between a first position wherein ends of said forks are adjacent the ground and a second position wherein ends of said forks are at an elevation above said floor;
- spaced posts;
- a tailgate having said posts secured thereto;
- and means secured to said vehicle and to said tailgate arranged to position lower ends of said posts below said floor and intermediate the front and rear ends of said vehicle such that said posts are inclined relative to a vertical plane, said tailgate extending transversally of said vehicle and rearwardly of ends of said forks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.