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Hancor, Inc.

Maynard L Good

H John Sidaway

Apparatus for packing bulk material including high moisture agricultural products such as grain in plastic bags has a transferring mechanism with a rotating device disposed in a generally upwardly directed plane relative to a support frame for positioning and locating the rotating device to create a rotating wedging action against bulk material within a plastic bag to provide an acceptable level of density both for ensiling of agricultural products and for storage of bulk materials.

Apparatus and method for packing bulk material in plastic bags

A transportable bagging apparatus for continual, sequential loading of individual bales of agricultural products such as grass, alfalfa, corn stalks, hay, etc., into plastic tubing. The apparatus can be towed by an ordinary farm tractor or other vehicle, and can be loaded with any fork-type bale carrier or loader. A removably mounted bracket delivers plastic tubing from a roll over one of opposite open ends of a vertically positioned, pivotally mounted drum on the apparatus. When the entire roll of plastic tubing is gathered over the drum outer surface and tied over one of the drum's opposite open ends, the drum is then pivoted to a horizontal operating position with the opposite open end facing a bale engaged by a carriage. The engaged bale activates a hydraulic cylinder to force a telescoping ram against the opposite face of the carriage. This causes the engaged bale to enter the drum and load into the plastic tubing. A dropgate extension on the carriage ejects the last bale from the drum to clear the apparatus.

Apparatus and method for loading plastic tubing with bales

An expandable core for handling and holding rolls of tubing. The core is comprised of support members connected to each other or a base extending along the longitudinal axis of the core by connecting links. The connecting links are pivotally attached at their terminal ends to the support members or the base rod to allow movement about a pivot assembly. Camming surfaces are mounted at the terminal ends of the support members and means for selectively expanding the core are adapted to engage the camming surface.

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Elkhart, IN, United States of America

Maynard L Good