Pickup apparatus for a round baler
申请公布号:US5595055(A)
申请号:US19950503361
申请日期:1995.07.17
申请公布日期:1997.01.21
发明人:HORCHLER, JR., FRED M.;LAUSCH, H. NEVIN
分类号:A01D90/02;A01F15/10;(IPC1-7):A01F15/07
主分类号:A01D90/02
摘要:Improved pickup apparatus for a round baler for traversing a field to form cylindrical bales of crop material. The baler comprises a main frame having a bale forming chamber thereon with a generally transverse opening for permitting the ingress of crop material. The chamber includes a floor roll for supporting the bale as it is being formed, which floor roll includes conveying means disposed to engage the crop material after it has passed through the transverse opening. An improved pickup is provided for picking up crop material from the field and feeding it rearwardly along a path in the direction of the transverse opening. Also included in the pickup is a stuffer mechanism comprising crop engaging elements for engaging the crop material as it is being fed rearwardly and urging it along the path and into the transverse opening. The stuffer includes a striping function for engaging the crop material and stripping some or all of it from the crop engaging elements in the vicinity of the transverse opening. Unique supplemental stripping elements subsequently engage any of the crop material not stripped from the crop engaging elements by the stripper. Additionally, the supplemental stripping elements are configured to guide the subsequently engaged material to the bale forming chamber.