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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1976
Edward L Swenson, Hesston, KS (US);
Thomas W Ankenman, Hesston, KS (US);
Hesston Corporation, Hesston, KS (US);
Abstract
Semicontinuous formation of round bales is permitted by positively capturing material introduced into the bale-forming chamber of a round baler after ejection of the last-formed bale and while the web normally defining the chamber remains displaced from its forming position. In one embodiment, the crop-capturing function is performed by a grid comprising a plurality of parallel, upwardly arcuate, elongate bars forwardly mounted on the baler for swinging movement about a transverse axis toward and away from the lower apron of the chamber. Another embodiment employs a rearwardly mounted, vertically swingable grid of parallel, substantially rectilinear, elongate bars to positively retain crop material in the chamber.