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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA (US);
Curtis J. Steenhoek, Pella, IA (US);
Gary Verhoef, Pella, IA (US);
Matthew William Dykema, Pella, IA (US);
Brian Michael Johnson, Monroe, IA (US);
Gary D. Moffet, Otley, IA (US);
Jay C. Van Roekel, Pella, IA (US);
Scott A. Weishaar, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
John G. Gardner, Altoona, IA (US);
Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA (US);
Abstract
A bale processing machine that removes a binding from a bale allows for rapid bale processing. A method for removing the binding from the bale includes supporting the bale with a bale support at an elevated positon and securing the binding to a binding engagement device. The method also includes cutting the binding and removing the bale support from beneath the bale, such that at least a portion of the bale falls by gravity away from the binding secured to the binding engagement device.