US 3,941,266 AGranted

Bale loading and stacking apparatus

OwnerAllan R. Havensinventor

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Abstract

Bale loading apparatus for loading and stacking hay bales in combination with a wagon, which is drawn therebehind and has a pluarality of longitudinal stripping fingers on the front end thereof, comprising a mobile frame adapted to be drawn forwardly by a draft vehicle, a bale support rack on said frame provided with a plurality of open ended openings in longitudinal alignment with the wagon stripping fingers and being movable between a raised bale stack receiving position and a lowered bale depositing position, lost motion draft bar connection means coupling said wagon to said frame for forward movement therewith when the frame is moved forwardly and for limited movement relative thereto when the frame is moved rearwardly and means for vertically moving the bale support rack between the raised and lowered positions when the frame is moved rearwardly to transfer the row of stacks from the rack to the wagon supported stripping fingers.

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Bale loading and stacking apparatus comprising:

a mobile platform, such as a wagon or the like, for supporting stacks of bales and adapted to be moved forwardly in a longitudinal path of travel, said platform having a plurality of longitudinally extending, laterally spaced apart stripping fingers thereon;
a portable framework adapted to be moved forwardly in a longitudinal path;
a plurality of longitudinally extending, laterally spaced support members on said framework having rearwardly opening, open-ended slots therebetween longitudinally aligned with the stripping fingers;
draft bar connection means connecting said platform to said framework for longitudinal forward movement therewith but permitting relative movement of said platform and said framework between spread and less spread positions to move said fingers and said support members between longitudinally spaced and generally superposed positions;
means for delivering a plurality of stacks of bales to said support members to form a row of bale stacks thereon when the platform and framework are in said longitudinally spread positions;
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means for vertically moving at least one of said support members and said fingers relative to the other to pass said support members through the openings on said framework and transfer said row of stacked bales from said support members to said fingers when said wagon and said support members are in said superposed positions.

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