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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011295 | Fully automated twine wrapping system for a round baler having a simplified operator interface An automated bale wrapping control system for a round baler that includes a simplified remotely installable operator interface for installation on a tractor. The simplified operator interface includes manual operated, mechanical input switches for selecting system o... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7448316 | Bale wrap or tie monitor These and other objects are achieved by providing a bale wrap or tie monitor that uses a sensor array to sense the presence or absence of twine, net or film after initial operation of the wrapping mechanism and prior to ejection of the bale onto the field. Either, o... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7428866 | Device for tensioning and closing strapping bands The device tensions and closes strapping bands for packaging and suchlike. It has a band channel open longitudinally on one side in the longitudinal direction of the strapping band, a band tensioning device acting in the area of the band channel and a closing device... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428865 | Press-type strapping machine A strapping machine includes a frame, a vertically movable upper carriage, a strap chute including an upper leg mounted to the movable upper carriage, a pair of spaced apart compression plates mounted to the movable upper carriage for vertically compressing the load... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7409814 | Method of initiating automatic feed of bale wrapping material Large cylindrical bales of hay, straw, or other forage or fodder are usually wrapped with a filament-type product, typically twine, or a sheet-type product, typically netwrap material, after a bale has reached a predetermined size. A method and apparatus are disclos... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404355 | Tractor and baler combination with automatic baling and tractor halt control A tractor comprises a tractor frame, driven ground engaging means, and an electronic tractor controller. A baler comprises a baler frame coupled or connected to the tractor frame, a crop receiving means, a baling chamber, a bale size sensor associated with the balin... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7380495 | Strap feeding and withdrawing structure for a packing machine A strap feeding and withdrawing structure for a packing machine includes a driving member and a strapping member pivotally assembled on a main body of a conveying device and respectively driven by an electromagnetic switch unit and a pull member to carry out strap f... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367169 | Bank note bundling machine A common bundling tape (T) to be used for bundling bank notes of different denominations is held in a tape reel (14). A printing mechanism (21) is disposed on a tape feed passage (20) to print the bundling tape (T) with a mark indicating the den... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357289 | Welding head for a strap binding machine Welding head for a strap binding machine includes a strap fixing device for fixing the overlapping strap ends that are to be welded to one another, a welding device for fusing the strap segments that are to be welded, and a pressing device for pressing the fused str... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337713 | Bale wrapping pattern controller and method A bale wrapping control system that enables several custom bale wrapping patterns which more effectively wrap and maintain the integrity of bales formed in a round baler. The bale wrapping control system controls operation of a dispensing arm which dispenses twine o... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7324883 | System and method to detect a failed shear bolt supporting a concave of an agricultural combine A system and method for detecting existence of a failed or broken shear bolt supporting all or a portion of a concave of a threshing system of an agricultural combine and utilizing information relating to rates of movement and absence of movement of a concave to det... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318305 | Packing machine and film buffer A packaging machine for wrapping packing pieces with packing film. The packing machine includes a transport device for the packing pieces, at least one unspooling device for unspooling the packing film wound on a roller, a film welding and cutting unit, and a film b... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7300006 | Portable pill crusher A pill crusher has a portable housing with a base to be supported on a surface and a top surface having a transverse slot opening into a holding container in the housing for one of more pills carried in a pouch. The pouch can be manually inserted through the slot un... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290484 | Strapping machine A strapping machine feeds strapping material around a load, positions, tensions and seals the material around the load. The machine includes a work surface, a portion of which is upwardly pivotal. A conveyor mounted within the work surface has a friction belt drive.... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287464 | Strapping machine A strapping machine feeds strapping material around a load, positions, tensions and seals the material around the load. The machine includes a work surface, a portion of which is upwardly pivotal. A conveyor mounted within the work surface has a friction belt drive.... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270055 | Centrifugal boost wheel for strapping machine A refeed system for use in a strapping machine for feeding a strapping material around a load, positioning, tensioning and sealing the strapping material around the load. The refeed system refeeds strapping material into feed elements. The refeed system includes a d... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267047 | Strapping machine A strapping machine feeds strapping material around a load, positions, tensions and seals the material around the load. The machine includes a work surface, a portion of which is upwardly pivotal. A conveyor mounted within the work surface has a friction belt drive.... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263928 | Automatic chute opening system for strapping machine An automatic strap chute opening system for use in a strapping machine of the type having an openable, pivotable work surface for supporting a load to be strapped, and a strap chute defining a strap path through which the strapping material is passed. The chute is d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7240612 | Strapping machine A strapping machine feeds strapping material around a load, positions, tensions and seals the material around the load. The machine includes a work surface, a portion of which is upwardly pivotal. A conveyor mounted within the work surface has a friction belt drive.... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237478 | Asymmetrical strap chute and release system An asymmetrical chute system is for use in a strapping machine of the type for feeding a strapping material around a load, positioning, tensioning and sealing the strapping material around the load. The strapping machine has a feed head, a strap chute defining a str... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222566 | Rotary baler A rotary baler having a variable size baling chamber for the formation of a cylindrical bale. The baler is configured to measure diameter and the shape of the bale. To measure the shape of the bale, the baler is provided with at least one sensor arranged to generate... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210572 | Adjustable guide for a bottle handling system The present invention is directed to an adjustable guide for a container conveyor system. The guide includes multiple pairs of pivoting mechanisms located along the conveyor. Each pivoting mechanism includes a first pivot arm and a second pivot arm which can be inde... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207161 | Apparatus for banderoling or banding stacks of flat workpieces An apparatus for forming stacks of flat workpieces and for banding or banderoling the stacks includes a stacking station, a banding or banderoling station, and an endless conveyor for cyclically conveying stacking shafts provided to the endless conveyor. A respectiv... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7185480 | Machine and method for bunching plant stems A flexible band is tensioned between fingers, capable of gripping together, of a gripper. In the bunching of plant stems, the band is held in an opening between fingers of the gripper behind a pair of rollers. The plant stems are carried along between the pair of ro... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7152521 | Method and device for compressing square bales for stalk material In a method and a device for compressing square large bales for stalk material on large baling presses by using twines that engage across longitudinal sides and end faces of bales and are tied together, wherein compressed large bales can be formed by a number of adj... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143688 | Binding device Binding apparatus for binding wire around pulp bales are disclosed including a wire magazine, a wire feeder for feeding and stretching the wire, a guide for guiding the wire from the feeder around the pulp bale, a wire cutter and twister for cutting the wire and twi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140170 | Device and method for measuring and controlling bale length A device for determining and controlling a bale length on a pick-up baler for agricultural harvested material has a pick-up device, a feed channel connected to the pick-up device, and a pressing channel with pressing piston connected to the feed channel. A conveying... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7124679 | Lower guide track for down packing press apparatus and method The lower guide track sections for a bale binder engaged with a down press include a platen portion substantially as long as a platen slot and dimensioned for deployment within the platen slot. Track extensions extend outward from the platen. The first extension has... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104191 | Method of maximizing baler throughput A method is provided for determining the throughput of a parallelepiped agricultural baler. The baler has a feed duct communicating between a crop pick-up assembly and a baling chamber and the feed duct serves as a pre-compression chamber to accumulate crop to a pre... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093535 | Short platen compatible guide track insertion and removal apparatus and method In a bulk material bate binder, the bulk material bale binder having a stand adjacent a baling station and being installed to bind bales compressed by an up press having a moving lower platen, the lower platen having insertion slots for guide tracks, a guide track r... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7085625 | Control system for baling machine A control system for a bulk material baler embodied in a machine readable data structure and including an instruction to a moveable guide track to move from a removed position to a closed position to create a guide track loop around a volume of bulk material to be b... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7073432 | Binding device and a method for forming a stock of brushwood A method for binding logging waste or small timber material by using an automatic binding device, wherein the material is collected in a continuous bundle of brushwood and fed in the longitudinal direction. The material of the bundle of brushwood is compressed furth... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070186 | Flanged boot having a rolling bearing interface A flanged boot having a rolling bearing interface suitable for connection to two mechanical components which are movable with respect to each other, in terms of both rotational and axial movements. The flanged boot has a first annular flange at one end and a second ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7021207 | Rectangular baling press Cutting devices are known in rectangular baling presses that can be taken out of operation so that cut or uncut harvested material is selectively pressed. However, this is disadvantageous since it is difficult to hold cut harvested material together with binder twin... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017717 | Twine brake for large round baler A large round baler is provided with a twine wrapping arrangement including a twine dispensing arm, a twine separating or severing device located between the dispensing arm and a baling chamber and a twine brake located between the separating device and the baling c... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007449 | Onion harvester with leaf topper An orientation system for vegetables includes a plurality of rotating rollers that both pull the vegetable into an inverted position, with leafy top down, and advance the vegetable along the length of the rollers to deliver the vegetables to a cutting system. The or... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003933 | Roll-baler A roll baler equipped with a hopper 2, and a transporting conveyor 3 for carrying bale shaping material discharged from beneath a discharge port 20 defined in the bottom face of the hopper 2 into a material receiving port 40 of the... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6976422 | Strapping machine with automatic strap clearing and reloading A clearing and reloading assembly is configured for use with a strapping machine of the type having an infeed arrangement at about a strap material inlet to the machine, a feed assembly and a chute, the strapping machine defining a strap material holding region betw... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975911 | Operator input interface for baling machine An operator interface for a control system for a bulk material baler includes interface means such as a touch screen or keyboard for an operator to enter process parameters into a control system memory. A display shows process parameter fields into which an operator... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968779 | Apparatus and methods for wire-tying bundles of objects Systems and methods for threading and feeding a length of wire into a wire-tying track, for withdrawing at least some of the wire from the wire-tying track to tension the wire around one or more objects, and for extracting waste wire from the system. The object of t... | 11/29/2005 |
