Apparatus for making round bales
AssigneeNew Holland North America, Inc.
InventorsJohan Adolf Eric Vande Ryse, Cyriel Richard Jozef De Busscher, Danny Noel Oscar Claeys, Dirk Andre Rene Vandamme
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Abstract
A round baler comprising a baling chamber mounted on a main frame for forming cylindrical packages of crop material therein, the baling chamber being at least partially defined by a pair of side walls and an apron assembly having an inner run which is guided at the inside of a cylindrically shaped continuous wall, and an outer run which is guided at the outside of said continuous wall. The continuous wall is provided with an opening for the recuperation into the chamber of crop material which has been entrained by the apron assembly when the latter left the baling chamber and entered its outer run.
Claims5
A baler for forming crop material into cylindrical bales, said baler comprising a main frame and a baling chamber mounted on said main frame for forming cylindrical packages of crop material therein;
- said baling chamber being at least partially defined by a pair of side walls and an apron assembly having an inner run which is guided at the inside of a cylindrically shaped continuous wall, and an outer run which is guided at the outside of said continuous wall;
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- said continuous wall further comprising an opening for the recuperation into said chamber of crop material which has been entrained by said apron assembly when the latter left said baling chamber and entered its outer run
- wherein said opening extends over substantially the full width of the baling chamber
- wherein said apron assembly further comprises a pair of parallel support chains interconnected by equidistant slats;
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- said opening further comprises a circumferential length which is substantially equal to the distance between two consequent slats.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.