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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Inventor:
Freek De Baere, Maldegem, BE;
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 15/07 (2006.01); A01F 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 15/07 (2013.01); A01F 15/18 (2013.01); A01F 2015/077 (2013.01); A01F 2015/0795 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bale chamber for an agricultural baler includes a plurality of rolls; a plurality of belts wrapped around the rolls; a movable serpentine arm in contact with the belts and configured to move responsively to lifting by at least one of the belts; and a plurality of tensioning arms, each of the tensioning arms being forced against a respective one of the belts and independently movable relative to the other tensioning arms. Each tensioning arm is configured to move against and reduce slack in its respective belt as the serpentine arm moves out of contact with its respective belt.