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US 4,047,628 AGranted
Method of loading and stacking bales
OwnerAllan R. Havensinventor
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Abstract
A method of loading and stacking bales comprising the steps of vertically stacking the bales at a stacking station, laterally transferring the bales to form a row of stacks and moving the row of stacks rearwardly and downwardly while stripping the stacks of bales from the rack to transfer them to a remote location.
Claims4
A method of loading and stacking bales comprising:
- lifting bales off the ground and transferring them rearwardly in a longitudinal path of travel to a stacking station;
- vertically stacking the bales at said stacking station;
- sequentially laterally transferring the stacks of bales at the stacking station to form a row of stacks on a stack support rack;
- moving the stacking support with the row of stacks rearwardly and then downwardly while maintaining the horizontal orientation of said stacks of bales substantially constant relative to said forward path of travel and then continuing to move the row of stacks downwardly while stripping the stacks of bales from the rack to transfer them to a remote location.
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