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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
May. 17, 2019
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Phani Anaparti, Siripuram, IN;
Rajasekar Siddheshwaran, Salem, IN;
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A non-stop round baler is towed by a towing vehicle and is divided into a collection chamber and a baling chamber. The collection chamber is disposed between a pick-up unit and the baling chamber. The collection chamber momentarily stores the crop material before being transferred to the baling chamber. A feed control gate is functionally disposed between the collection chamber and the baling chamber. The feed control gate is selectively switchable between a flow restricting configuration during a bale binding cycle and a bale ejection cycle, and a flow facilitating configuration during a bale forming cycle. When in the flow restricting configuration, the feed control gate blocks crop movement into the baling chamber. When in the flow facilitating configuration, the feed control gate facilitates crop movement into the baling chamber.