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US 4,393,764 AGranted
Round baler with a discharge gate for rearwardly moving a bale
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorJean Viaud
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Abstract
A baler is comprised of a plurality of reversibly driven belts or chains supported on a plurality of transverse rollers and defining an expendable bale-forming chamber. A bale discharge gate is provided for opening the chamber and discharging a bale therein onto the ground. The gate includes at least a portion of the belts or chains and a motor for driving the belts or chains in a direction opposite to that used for bale formation and is further operable to bring a portion of the belts or chains into contact with a discharged bale and to displace the bale rearwardly from the baler along the ground.
Claims6
In a round baler comprising:
- a plurality of transverse rollers;
- means supported on said rollers and defining a bale forming chamber for forming a bale of generally cylindrical shape;
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- a bale discharge gate means for opening said chamber and discharging said bale on the ground;
- the improvement comprising:
- said gate means further comprising bale drive means for contacting a bale discharged on the ground and for displacing said bale along the ground away from said baler.
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