Bale bagging apparatus
OwnerGerald Brodrechtinventor
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Abstract
A bale bagging apparatus for bagging round bales in tubes of plastic film includes a hoop and an annular flexible tube support projecting to the rear of the hoop. The tube support conforms to the shape and size of the bales being bagged, so that a tubing may be used that is fairly close in size to the size of the bales. This reduces the amount of air inside the bag and the ultimate looseness of the bagging tube on the bale, which affects its wind resistance and allows the bagging of bales in smaller tubes, which significantly reduces the cost of plastic film.
Claims19
A bale bagging apparatus comprising:
- a hoop of fixed size and configuration;
- a tube support comprising an annular, pliant, contractable sleeve with an inlet end and an outlet end, the tube support being secured at the inlet and thereof to the hoop;
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- sustaining means for sustaining the outlet end of the tube support in an annular configuration with a smaller circumference than the hoop.
In a bale bagging apparatus of the type having an annular tube support comprising a sleeve with an inlet end and an outlet end, the tube support being sized to pass a bale to be bagged therethrough from the inlet end to the outlet end, and means for releaseably retaining a bagging tube on the sleeve so that the tube may be withdrawn progressively from the outlet end of the tube support onto a bale passing through the tube support, the improvement wherein:
- the tube support is pliant and contractable in use so as to conform with the shape and size of a bale passing therethrough, and the apparatus comprises means for maintaining the inlet end of the tube support in a predetermined annular configuration and size large than the size of the outlet end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.