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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2021
Mchale Engineering, Ballinrobe, IE;
Padraic Christopher Mchale, Galway, IE;
Martin William Mchale, Mayo, IE;
Paul Gerard Mchale, Galway, IE;
John Patrick Biggins, Mayo, IE;
John Alexander Warren, County Mayo, IE;
Dwayne Gerard Campbell, County Mayo, IE;
MCHALE ENGINEERING, Ballinrobe, IE;
Abstract
A belt baler comprises a first part and a second part housing belts defining a variable diameter bale chamber. The second part is pivotally coupled to the first part from a closed state for forming a bale and an open state for discharge of a bale from the bale chamber. A pair of retaining devices on respective opposite sides of the baler comprise latches on the first part engageable with corresponding latch pins on the second part for retaining the second part in the closed state. Load sensors coupled to the respective latch pins produce signals indicative of the forces induced in the respective retaining devices resulting from the pressure being applied by a bale in the bale chamber. The uniformity of the density of the bale across the axial length thereof is determined from the signals read from the load sensors.