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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1989
George W Rumph, Bloomfield, IA (US);
Henry D Anstey, Ottumwa, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A mechanism for enveloping a large round bale with a surface wrap material such as plastic sheet or net includes a housing for holding a supply roll of the wrap material. The mechanism and, hence, the housing is mounted on the rear of a bale discharge gate. The housing includes a front wall, defined by an upright secured across the rear of the gate, and a bottom wall sloped upwardly and rearwardly relative to the front wall. The bottom wall and front wall converge toward a wrap material passage defined between a forward edge of the bottom wall and the front wall. A wrap material loading arm is vertically pivotally mounted to the support walls at locations adjacent the rear end of the bottom wall, the arm being shaped so as to be able to receive and cradle a supply roll in a relatively low position for ease in loading and for having a length of material pulled therefrom and placed around the forward part of a spreader roll of the material feed mechanism, when the arm is in a lowered roll-receiving position, and so as to deposit the cradled roll onto the bottom wall when the arm is lifted to a raised position.