Bale ejection arrangement for large square baler
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorJean-Yves Dubois
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AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorJean-Yves Dubois
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A baler having a baling chamber of rectangular cross section includes a bale ejection arrangement that is mounted adjacent a bottom wall of a rear section of the baling chamber. The bale ejection arrangement comprises a plurality of transversely spaced, upper and lower pairs of laths. The upper and lower pairs of laths are interconnected by triangular shaped conveyor elements that are retracted from the baling chamber when the upper and lower pairs of laths abut each other. An extensible and retractable hydraulic actuator is coupled for simultaneously effecting longitudinal shifting movement of each of the lower pairs of laths, and as the actuator extends, the conveyor elements first raise into the baling chamber and then the upper and lower pairs of laths are moved as a unit so that any crop located in the baling chamber is advanced to the rear and removed from the baling chamber.
In a baler having a baling chamber of rectangular cross section having a bottom wall provided with slots that extend longitudinally of bottom wall, and a bale ejection arrangement located beneath the bottom wall and including at least one conveyor element that can be shifted in the longitudinal direction of the baling chamber by means of a motor and that can occupy at least a first position, in which the at least one conveyor element is arranged at least generally outside of the baling chamber, and a second position, in which the at least one conveyor element projects through one of said slots and into the baling chamber, the improvement comprising:
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