Machine for receiving and compressing agricultural harvested crops

A machine for receiving and compressing an agricultural harvested crop comprising:

• a chassis support means;
• bale conveyor means carried by said chassis support means and having two conveyor parts spaced from one another to define a bale-forming space between said two conveyor parts;
• movable means for moving one of said conveyor parts relative to the other conveyor part;
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• a crop conveyor means carried by said chassis support means and juxtaposed to said bale-forming space, said crop conveyor means comprising pivotal cutting tool means pivotably movable between an initial position juxtaposed to said bale-forming space and a cutting position disposed within said bale-forming space, said pivotal cutting tool means comprising cutting tool holders and cutting tools mounted on said cutting tool holders, said crop conveyor means comprising a conveyor roller having annular receiving spaces which accommodate said cutting tool holders.

A machine for receiving and comprising an agricultural harvested crop comprising:

• a chassis support means;
• bale conveyor means carried by said chassis support means and having two conveyor parts spaced from one another to define a bale-forming space between said two conveyor parts;
• movable means for moving one of said conveyor parts relative to the other conveyor part;
• and
• a crop conveyor means carried by said chassis support means and juxtaposed to said bale-forming space, said crop conveyor means comprising pivotal cutting tool means pivotally movable between an initial position juxtaposed to said bale-forming space and a cutting position disposed within said bale-forming space, said pivotal cutting tool means comprising cutting tool holders and cutting tools mounted on said cutting tool holders, said pivotal cutting tool means further comprising a pivotal support on said chassis support means which pivotally supports said cutting tool holders for movement between said initial and said cutting positions, said pivotal cutting tool means further comprising control mens for pivoting said cutting tool holders, said control means pivoting said cutting tool holders to said initial position, said pivotal cutting tool means further comprising biasing means biasing said cutting tool holder toward said cutting position.

A machine for receiving and compressing an agricultural harvested crop comprising:

• a chassis support means;
• bale conveyor means carried by said chassis support means and having two conveyor parts spaced from one another to define a bale-forming space between said two conveyor parts;
• movable means for moving one of said conveyor parts relative to the other conveyor part;
• a crop conveyor means carried by said chassis support means and juxtaposed to said bale-forming space, said crop conveyor means comprising pivotal cutting tool means pivotally movable between an initial position juxtaposed to said bale-forming space and a cutting position disposed within said bale-forming space;
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• actuatable operating means operable to effect pivoting of said pivotal tool cutting means, said actuatable operating means being actuated by said bale conveyor means when the bale being formed in said bale-forming space reaches a predetermined size.

A machine for receiving and compressing an agricultural harvested crop comprising:

• a chassis support means;
• bale conveyor means carried by said chassis support means and having two conveyor parts spaced from one another to define a bale-forming space between said two conveyor parts, said bale conveyor means comprising a first endless conveyor and a second endless conveyor with said first endless conveyor including said first conveyor part and said second endless conveyor including said second conveyor part, said bale conveyor means further comprising tensioning means for tensioning said first and second endless conveyors and operable to provide a progressively increasing bale-forming space as the bale formed in said bale-forming space progressively increases in size, said tensioning means having an actuating part which is movable to an actuating position as said bale-forming space increases in size;
• movable means for moving one of said conveyor parts relative to the other conveyor part;
• a crop conveyor means carried by said chassis support means and juxtaposed to said bale-forming space, said crop conveyor means comprising pivotal cutting tool means pivotally movable between an initial position juxtaposed to said bale-forming space and a cutting position disposed within said bale-forming space;
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• control means actuated by said actuating part for controlling the pivotable movement of said pivotal cutting tool means such that when said actuating part reaches said actuating position, said pivotal cutting tool means is pivoted from said initial position to said cutting position.