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US 4,392,275 AGranted
Apparatus for supporting fiber bales
AssigneeTrutzschler GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsFerdinand Leifeld, Hans-Jurgen Marx, Rolf Scheuermann
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Abstract
A bale supporting apparatus for stabilizing fiber bales during opening of the fiber bales from the top includes a support element arranged to engage a vertical end face of a bale and further arranged for stepwise, vertically downwardly oriented motion as the bale height decreases during the bale opening process. The support element is mounted on a stationary carrier structure which is situated horizontally adjacent the space occupied by the fiber bales undergoing opening.
Claims17
In a bale supporting apparatus for stabilizing fiber bales during opening of the fiber bales from the top;
- the apparatus including a support element arranged to engage a vertical end face of a bale and further arranged for stepwise, vertically downwardly oriented motion as the bale height decreases during the bale opening process;
- the improvement comprising a stationary carrier structure situated horizontally adjacent the space occupied by the fiber bales undergoing opening and mounting means for movably securing said support element to said carrier structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.