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US 3,943,845 AGranted
Replaceable feeder fingers for a baler
AssigneeInternational Harvester Company
InventorsCharles D. Mecklin, Edward L. Robinson, Jr.
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AssigneeInternational Harvester Company
InventorsCharles D. Mecklin, Edward L. Robinson, Jr.
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A hay baler including a mobile chassis having a bale chamber and a power-driven plunger reciprocably mounted in the chamber for cyclically compressing hay in the chamber. A pickup lifts the windrowed hay from the ground and a feeding mechanism is reciprocably powered from the plunger to feed the hay into the bale chamber. The feeding mechanism includes a carriage mounted for reciprocation on a horizontal wall structure. A plurality of hay engaging fingers is pivotally suspended from the carriage beneath the wall structure for moving the hay from the pickup to the bale chamber. Each of the hay feeder fingers is removably secured to the carriage by a clamp disposed above the respective fingers. Openings are defined through the wall structure through which the clamps and the fingers are successively removable to facilitate replacement of worn or damaged fingers.
In a hay baler having a bale chamber, a feed chamber communicating with the bale chamber, a wall structure defining the top of the feed chamber, a carriage reciprocably mounted on the wall structure for movement toward and away from the bale chamber, at least one feeder finger suspended from the carriage beneath the wall structure and extending into the feed chamber for moving hay toward the bale chamber, structure facilitating the replacement of the feeder finger comprising:
In a hay baler having a bale chamber, a feed chamber communicating with the bale chamber, a wall structure defining the top of the feed chamber, a carriage reciprocably mounted on the wall structure for movement toward and away from the bale chamber, at least one feeder finger suspended from the carriage beneath the wall structure and extending into the feed chamber for moving hay toward the bale chamber, structure facilitating the replacement of the feeder finger comprising:
In a hay baler having a bale chamber, a feed chamber communicating with the bale chamber, a wall structure defining the top of the feed chamber, a carriage reciprocably mounted on the wall structure for movement toward and away from the bale chamber, at least one feeder finger suspended from the carriage beneath the wall structure and extending into the feed chamber for moving hay toward the bale chamber, wherein the improvement resides in structure for releasably retaining the finger on the carriage comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.