Agricultural baler platform
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsTimothy J Kraus, Henry D Anstey
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Abstract
An agricultural baler comprising a baler mechanism and a carriage assembly coupled to the baler mechanism. A platform is coupled to at least one of the baler mechanism and the carriage assembly. The platform is configured to move a bale from the baler mechanism to the carriage assembly and remain tilted until the bale is moved onto the carriage assembly at least substantially out of contact with the platform. A sliding mechanism is coupled to the carriage assembly. The sliding mechanism is configured to move the bale onto the carriage assembly.
Claims15
An agricultural baler having a direction of travel, the agricultural baler comprising:
- a baler mechanism;
- a carriage assembly coupled to the baler mechanism;
- a platform coupled to at least one of the baler mechanism and the carriage assembly, the platform configured to move a first bale from the baler mechanism to the carriage assembly and remain tilted until the first bale is moved onto the carriage assembly at least substantially out of contact with the platform;
- a sliding mechanism coupled to the carriage assembly, the sliding mechanism configured to move the first bale in a first direction normal to the direction of travel on the carriage assembly;
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- the platform being configured to move a second bale onto the carriage assembly and the sliding mechanism configured to move the second bale in a second direction opposite the first direction, the platform being configured to move a third bale onto the carriage assembly between the first and second bales creating a full load, the carriage assembly being tiltable separate from the platform, the platform remaining tilted when the carriage assembly has the full load until the carriage assembly is tilted and the full load is discharged from the carriage assembly substantially simultaneously.
A carriage assembly coupled to an agricultural baler mechanism having a direction of travel, the carriage assembly comprising:
- a bale carriage coupled to the baler mechanism;
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- a platform coupled to at least one of the baler mechanism and the bale carriage, the platform configured to move a first bale from the baler mechanism to the bale carriage and remain tilted until the first bale is moved onto the bale carriage and then moved normal to the direction of travel at least substantially out of contact with the platform, and configured to move a last bale from the baler mechanism to the bale carriage and remain tilted until the last bale is moved onto the bale carriage and the bale carriage is tilted and the first and last bales are discharged from the bale carriage substantially simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.