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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1978
J Dwayne Wells, Selma, CA (US);
L Dennis Butler, Kingsburg, CA (US);
Sperry Rand Corporation, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A bale wagon having a bale-receiving area, a bale-accumulating area, means for transferring bales from the bale-receiving area to the bale-accumulating area, and an improved means for sensing the location of bales on the bale-receiving area and activating the means for transferring is disclosed. The improved sensing and activating means includes a cantilevered arm pivotable about a vertical axis between first and second predetermined sensing locations. A follower fixed to the arm and movable therewith either activates a sensor after a predetermined amount of radial movement corresponding to the second sensing location, or engages a spacer which is caused to activate the sensor after another smaller amount of radial movement corresponding to the first sensing location.