Bale discharge mechanism for plunger type agricultural balers
AssigneeFord New Holland, Inc.
InventorAdrianus Naaktgeboren
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Abstract
An agricultural baler comprising a bale case and a plunger reciprocable in the bale case for, in use of the baler, forming crop material into bales and moving bales along the bale case towards the discharge end thereof for ultimate discharge therefrom. A pair of slides in the bale case are operable to engage a formed or partially formed bale in the bale case and move it therealong towards the discharge end thereof independently of the operation of the plunger. Tines pivotally mounted on the slides are urged by springs into an operative position to engage bales in the bale case. The times may be retracted to an inoperative position.
Claims14
In an agricultural baler comprising a bale case having a discharge end and a plunger reciprocable in the bale case for, in use of the baler, forming crop material into bales and moving said bales along the bale case towards the discharge end thereof for ultimate discharge therefrom, an improvement which comprises:
- bale-discharge means associated with the bale case and operable to engage a formed or partially formed bale in the bale case and move it therealong towards the discharge and thereof independently of the operation of the plunger;
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- wherein the bale-discharge means comprises reciprocable and retractable bale-engaging means associated with at least one wall of the bale case and which are operable, during one stroke of reciprocation, in an operative mode to engage a formed or partially formed bale in the bale case and move it therealong towards the discharge end thereof and, in an inoperative mode, to disengage said bale.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.