US 4,091,943 AGranted

Method and apparatus for loading a vehicle with bales of crop material or similar units

OwnerNiels Bay-Schmithinventor

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Abstract

Bales of crop scattered on a field are loaded on a vehicle by means of a loading apparatus mounted thereon. The loading apparatus comprises a gripping device for successively gripping the bales on the ground and lifting them to a position on the platform of the vehicle. The movements of the gripping device between said positions are performed automatically and controlled by a programmable controlling device which may be programmed in accordance with the desired pattern of stacking the bales on the vehicle platform. While the gripping device is lifting a bale and placing it on the vehicle platform and returning to the bale engaging position the driver drives the vehicle to the next bale to be loaded. The loading apparatus may also be used for reloading the vehicle if the control device is provided with a suitable program.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A method for selectively loading and unloading a vehicle with successive bales of crop material or similar units by means of movable gripping means of a loading apparatus mounted on said vehicle, said method comprising

(a) automatically moving said gripping means during the loading mode in relation to said vehicle and said crop unit between unit engaging and unit discharging positions, gripping said units successively, transporting said units to a predetermined discharge position on said vehicle, and releasing said unit at said discharge position thereon,
(b) automatically moving said gripping means during the unloading mode in relation to said vehicle and said crop unit between unit engaging and unit discharging positions, gripping said units successively and transferring said units to a predetermined discharge position off said vehicle and releasing said unit at said discharge position,
(c) controlling the movement of the gripping means between said positions by means of programmable automatic control means, and
(d) selectively positioning said vehicle while said gripping means are being moved automatically between said positions.

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Facts

Application: 05/617,537Filed 29 Sep 1975
Priority: DK 5100/7427 Sep 1974
Granted: 30 May 1978
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Classification9 codes

A01D 90/08
Loading means: with bale-forming means additionally used for loading; with means for picking-up bales and transporting them into the vehicle
B60P 1/5433
Attached to the loading platform or similar: and having the first pivot on a vertical axis
B65G 57/04
From above: by suction or magnetic devices
B66C 23/54
Cranes comprising essentially a beam, boom, or triangular structure acting as a cantilever and mounted for translatory of swinging movements in…:…