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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Adin F Holdeman, Hesston, KS (US);
Melvin V Gaeddert, Hesston, KS (US);
Howard J Ratzlaff, Hesston, KS (US);
Martin E Pruitt, Hesston, KS (US);
Howard R Lohrentz, Hesston, KS (US);
Assignee:
Hesston Corporation, Hesston, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56341 ; 56DI / ;
Abstract
The bale-forming machine has rolling mechanism that initially tumbles loose crop material forwardly between the mechanism and the ground as the machine advances along a windrow. Thereafter, the rolling material becomes confined off the ground in an elevated forming chamber as additional material is fed into the chamber and as the mechanism rolls the material into a bale. Upon reaching a predetermined size, the bale can be tied and then ejected from the chamber through the raised rear section of the machine.