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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1991
Ferol S Fell, Newton, KS (US);
J Dale Anderson, Canton, KS (US);
Howard J Ratzlaff, Hesston, KS (US);
H Keith Garrison, Newton, KS (US);
Hay & Forage Industries, Hesston, KS (US);
Abstract
The baler has a 'vertical' bale starting chamber in which the upward moving rear belts and the downwardly moving front belts cooperate to tumble and roll incoming material into a bale. When the bale reaches full size in the expanded chamber, the bale is lifted while still in its chamber to a wrapping station where it continues to spin as a binding wrapper is applied. During the lifting of the finished bale and subsequent application of the wrapper, fresh material entering the continuously moving baler is confined beneath the finished bale in a new starting chamber, whereupon the cycle is repeated. As the new bale grows, a discharge ramp becomes formed by certain stretches of the belts and rollers to gravitationally discharge the wrapped bale from the baler without stopping advancement of the machine.