Tier pattern selection and formation for a bale wagon
AssigneeSperry Rand Corporation
InventorsJames A. Olsen, Lee D. Butler
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Abstract
A bale wagon has improved means for facilitating tier pattern selection and formation on a table of the wagon. A plurality of paddles are mounted on the table for sensing bale presence at any of a plurality of locations thereon and, upon sensing a bale, actuating some of a plurality of operable means associated with the table for arranging bales into a plurality of tier patterns on the table. A cam acts upon a plurality of links, being associated therewith and coupled with respective paddles, for selecting which of the paddles will actuate the operable means and in such manner thereby selects which of the tier patterns will be formed. The cam may be moved between different positions for selecting different ones of the paddles.
Claims17
In a bale wagon having means for accumulating bales and being movable between bale accumulating and non-accumulating positions and means for successively delivering a predetermined number of bales in a predetermined arrangement to said bale-accumulating means when it is at its accumulating position for forming a first tier pattern of bales, the improvement which comprises:
- at least one element arranged on said bale-accumulating means for sensing bale presence at a predetermined location on said means;
- first means disposed in a first, inoperative position and movable between said first position and a second, operative position for rearranging some of said bales on said bale-accumulating means;
- second means actuatable between a first, inoperative condition and a second, operative condition for moving said bale-accumulating means between its positions, said first means and second means, when in their respective operative position and condition, being capable of coordinated operation in at least one mode for forming successively-delivered bales into a second tier pattern;
- means for selecting an inoperative mode, or said operative mode, for said first means and second means to thereby respectively select said firsts tier pattern or said second tier pattern;
- means coupled with said selecting means for controlling the position of said first means according to the mode selected by said selecting means, said control means maintaining said first means in its first position upon selection of said inoperative mode and allowing movement of said first means between its positions during its coordinated operation with said second means in said operative mode;
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- means coupled with said element, said means being activated by said selecting means upon selection of said operative mode to render said second means responsive to said one element and thereby actuated to its operative condition for moving said bale-accumulating means between its said positions when said one element senses the presence of a bale, said means being deactivated by said selecting means upon selection of said inoperative mode to render said second means non-responsive to said one element.
In a bale wagon having means for accumulating bales and being movable between bale accumulating and non-accumulating positions and a plurality of operable means associated with said bale-accumulating means for delivering bales thereto and arranging bales into a plurality of different tier patterns, the improvement which comprises:
- means associated with said bale-accumulating means for sensing bale presence at any of a predetermined number of locations;
- means for selecting at which of said locations bale presence will be sensed by said sensing means;
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- actuatable means for moving said bale-accumulating means between its said positions, said actuatable means capable of being rendered responsive to said sensing means by said selecting means such that, when at least a predetermined one of said locations has been selected for sensing bale presence and upon the presence of a bale being sensed at said location prior to completion of the delivering and arranging of bales into at least one of said plurality of different tier patterns by some of said plurality of operable means, said actuatable means responds to said sensing means to cause said bale-accumulating means to move between its said positons for facilitating further delivering and arranging of bales by said some of said plurality of operable means to complete said one of said different tier patterns.
In a bale wagon having means for accumulating bales and being movable between bale accumulating and non-accumulating positions and a plurality of operable means associated with said bale-accumulating means for delivering bales thereto and arranging bales into a plurality of different tier patterns, the improvement which comprises:
- means associated with said bale-accumulating means for sensing bale presence at any of a predetermined number of locations;
- means for selecting at which of said locations bale presence will be sensed by said sensing means, said selecting means being movable between a plurality of different positions each respectively representing a different one of said plurality of tier patterns;
- actuatable means for moving said bale-accumulating means between its said positions, said actuatable means capable of being rendered responsive to said sensing means by said selecting means such that, when at least a predetermined one of said locations has been selected for sensing bale presence and upon the presence of a bale being sensed at said location prior to completion of the delivering and arranging of bales into at least one of said plurality of different tier patterns by some of said plurality of operable means, said actuatable means responds to said sensing means to cause said bale-accumulating means to move between its said positions for facilitating further delivering and arranging of bales by said some of said plurality of operable means to complete said one of said different tier patterns;
- means for storing a predetermined sequence of said plurality of tier patterns, said means defining a plurality of successively-displaced positions which each represent one of said tier patterns;
- means movably coupled to said selecting means and associated with said storing means, said coupled and associated means responsive to each of said storing means positions to cause said selecting means to become disposed at one of its positions;
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- means for successively disposing said coupled and associated means at each of said storing means positions.
In a bale wagon having means for accumulating bales and being movable between bale accumulating and non-accumulating positions and operable means associated with said bale-accumulating means for delivering bales thereto and arranging bales into at least one tie tier pattern, the improvement which comprises:
- means associated with said bale-accumulating means for sensing bale presence at least at one predetermined location on said means;
- means for selecting when bale presence will be sensed by said sensing means;
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- actuatable means for moving said bale-accumulating means between its said positions, said actuatable means capable of being rendered responsive to said sensing means by said selecting means such that, when said at least one predetermined location has been selected for sensing bale presence and upon the presence of a bale being sensed at said location prior to completion of the delivering and arranging of bales into said at least one tie tier pattern by said operable means, said actuatable means responds to said sensing means to cause said bale-accumulating means to move between its said positions for facilitating further delivering and arranging of bales by said operable means to complete said tie tier pattern.
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