Apparatus for removing and baling plastic mulch
OwnerThomas W. Brooksinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for removing and baling plastic webs from agricultural fields including a carriage, a conveyer for receiving and conveying a plurality of plastic webs with sufficient force to remove the webs from the ground, a guide for guiding the webs to the conveyer while removing substantial amounts of dirt and debris therefrom, a hopper for receiving the plastic webs from the conveyer, a baler for compacting the plastic webs into bales, and an hydraulic drive for driving the conveyer and the baler.
Claims14
Apparatus for removing and baling plastic webs from agricultural fields while reducing the amount of dirt and debris removed with the plastic webs, said apparatus comprising
- a carriage adapted for movement over an agricultural field adjacent plastic web covered rows therein,
- conveyor means carried by said carriage for receiving at least one plastic web in one end thereof and for conveying the plastic web through and out of the other end thereof,
- guide means carried by said carriage adjacent said one end of said conveyor means for guiding the plastic web into said one end of said conveyor means,
- hopper means carried by said carriage below said other end of said conveyor means for receiving the plastic web from said conveyor means,
- baling means carried by said carriage below said hopper means for receiving plastic web from said hopper means and for compressing the plastic web into a dense bale, and
- hydraulic drive means for driving said conveyor means and said baling means in timed relation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.