Packing machine for packing bales of straw fodder
AssigneeTellefsdal A/S
InventorKnud Skole
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Abstract
In machine, optionally an attachment for a packing machine, for packing bales of straw fodder of a "rectangular" form, plastic sheeting is deposited in layers or overlapping around the straw fodder bale. The packing machine has two drive rollers which rotate the bale around a substantially horizontal axis. Each drive roller is connected operationally to two auxiliary rollers, both of which are able to engage with the fodder bale. The three rollers are mounted in a roller unit in such a way that each roller is in a predetermined spaced relationship to the others. The roller units are mounted on the center axis of the drive roller so as to be revolvable, and two such spaced apart roller units when in operation are able to turn a rectangular bale of straw fodder through 360.degree. around the horizontal axis.
Claims9
A packing machine apparatus for packing a bale of straw fodder of parallelepipedic form, wherein plastic sheeting is disposed in layers or overlapping around said straw fodder bale, comprising:
- two drive rollers which are mounted to rotate a parallelepipedic bale of straw fodder around a substantially horizontal axis;
- each drive roller having a center axis and being operationally connected to a respective two auxiliary rollers, both of which have outer peripheral surfaces for engaging said fodder bale, each said driver roller and respective two operationally connected auxiliary rollers being mounted in a respective roller unit in such a way that each roller of the respective unit is in a predetermined spaced relationship to the other said rollers of the same said unit, means for rotatably prestressing and mounting each said unit on the center axis of the respective drive roller so as to be revolvable, said roller units being spaced apart when in operation and arranged to turn said bale through 360.degree. around said substantially horizontal axis;
- and means for applying plastic sheeting upon said bale.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.