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US 7,065,942 B2Granted
Arrangement for wrapping a bale with wrapping material
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorJean Viaud
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Abstract
An arrangement proposed for the wrapping of a bale with a wrapping material is provided with a drive element that is driven only briefly at the beginning of the wrapping process over a clutch arrangement and which permits the bale to carry the wrapping material along during the remainder of the wrapping process.
Claims9
In a wrapping arrangement for wrapping a bale located in a baling chamber with a wrapping material withdrawn from a wrapping material supply roll by a drive element located for selective driven engagement with said wrapping material supply roll, the improvement comprising:
- a drive arrangement for said drive element including a clutch arrangement for establishing a drive connection with said drive element for a brief time interval at the beginning of the wrapping process and thereafter permits control of the speed of the drive element in order to stretch the wrapping material while it is pulled by the bale during the remainder of the wrapping process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.