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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Phillip G. Spaniol, Streator, IL (US);
Stephen J. Spaniol, Manville, IL (US);
Kevin D. Kaschke, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Phillip G. Spaniol, Streator, IL (US);
Stephen J. Spaniol, Manville, IL (US);
Kevin D. Kaschke, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
An agricultural bale accumulator includes a load bed, a bale transfer module, and a bale discharge module. The load bed includes center, right and left load beds, adapted to receive and accumulate thereon first, second and third bales, respectively, from a bale chamber of an agricultural baler along a bale-receiving axis. The bale transfer module alternately transfers the bales across the load bed from the center load bed to the right load bed or the left load bed along a bale transfer axis, transverse to the bale receiving axis, responsive to a bale transfer signal to accumulate the bales on the center, right, and the left load beds in a side-by-side relationship. The bale discharge module moves between a bale accumulating position and a bale discharging position responsive to a bale discharge signal. The bale discharge module moves to the bale accumulating position to accumulate the bales on the load bed. The bale discharge module moves from the bale accumulating position to the bale discharging position to discharge at least the first bale received and accumulated on the center load bed to the ground surface.