Bagging assembly
AssigneeH.W.J. Designs for Agribusiness, Inc.
InventorBradley P. Actis
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Abstract
A bagging assembly for bagging bales of fibrous material is disclosed. The bagging assembly incorporates a chute defining a channel for receiving a bale, which is pushed there between by a stuffing assembly. Aspects of the bagging assembly include raising a bale using a bale elevator to a higher elevation position so that the bale could be stuffed by the stuffing assembly and using a bag retrieving mechanism for retrieving a bag from a bag location for use in bagging the bale.
Claims25
A method for bagging a pressed bale with a bagging assembly comprising:
- lifting a bag having an open end from a first lower elevation position to a second higher elevation position with a bag retrieval system;
- inserting an arm into the open end of the bag after lifting the bag and expanding the open end;
- said open end sized to receive a pressed bale;
- moving the bag and a chute relative to one another after inserting the arm into the open end to position the bag over the chute;
- moving the chute laterally between a position closer to a first side of a framed assembly and a position closer to a second side of the framed assembly and into the open end of the bag;
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- wherein the arm and the chute are spaced apart from one another.
A method for bagging a pressed bale with a bagging assembly comprising:
- moving a chute comprising an opening from a first position to a second lateral position so that the opening moves laterally to vacate the first position;
- the chute being sized to receive a pressed bale;
- lifting the pressed bale from a first lower elevation position to a second higher elevation position with a bale lifting device to position the pressed bale adjacent or at the first position;
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- pushing the pressed bale in between at least two wall sections of the chute with a stuffing assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.