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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132397 | Attachment for connection of harvesting combine and baler A conveyor provides a link between a combine harvester and a baler which is towed behind the combine harvester. The conveyor has a front inlet end positioned to receive trash flowing from the trash outlet of the combine harvester. The conveyor also has a rear outlet... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8033088 | Attachment for connection of harvesting combine harvester and baler A combine harvester for separating grain from trash is attached to a towable baling apparatus for converting trash into compacted bales, by a conveyor, a forward end of the conveyor being pivotally attached to the combine harvester proximate the rear such that a tra... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7937923 | Tractor and round baler combination with automatic baling and automatic rear door opening A tractor comprises an electronic tractor controller. A baler comprises a crop receiver, a baling chamber, a rear door, a rear door actuator, a bale size sensor associated with the baling chamber, and an electronic baler controller. The baler controller is operable ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7913482 | Bale shape monitor for round balers A bale shape monitor for assisting an operator of a round baler. The bale shape monitor has an indicator with variable sensitivity. The indicator is less sensitive for small bales and more sensitive for larger bales so that the indicator de-emphasizes bale shape pro... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7861506 | Arrangement for the adjustment of the position of a take up drum and a hold-down of an agricultural harvesting machine An arrangement is provided for the adjustment of the position of a take-up drum and a hold-down of an agricultural harvesting machine. A first actuator is arranged for the movement of the take-up drum relative to the harvesting machine between an operating position ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7836672 | Remote control system and apparatus for enabling accessing the interior of a chamber of a harvester A remote control system and apparatus enabling safely accessing the interior of a cotton compacting chamber and other regions of a cotton harvester, and also operating aspects of the compacting apparatus contained therein and thereabout, and which system is optional... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7818954 | Corn stalk baling method and apparatus A method and apparatus for baling a crop with stiff stalks such as corn stalks has a frame with a front and a rear. At least one ground engaging wheel operatively attached to the frame for facilitating movement of the frame in a forward direction. An accumulator is ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7770371 | Cutter head for stalk-like harvested crop with a mechanism for the selection of the length of cut A cutter head for stalk-like harvested agricultural crop is provided including a number of pivoted knives arranged along side each other. Levers are associated with the knives and can be moved between an operating position in which they retain the knife associated w... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7743595 | Device and method for harvesting woody crops A device for harvesting crops comprising woody material including a processor arranged to mechanically work the woody material and to feed the mechanically worked woody material to a bale-forming mechanism, the bale-forming mechanism being arranged to form a bale of... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7694504 | Secondary feeder rotor behind undershot precutter A round baler has an overshot secondary rotor located behind an undershot precutter rotor. The round baler has a relatively wide swath crop pick-up and a baling chamber with a significantly more narrow inlet. The precutter rotor has a central region supporting a plu... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7669400 | Rotor reversing mechanism A rotor reversing mechanism for a baler comprises a ratchet 12 mounted for rotation with the rotor, a pawl 22 carried by a reversing arm 16 for engaging the ratchet 12, a double acting hydraulic cylinder 32 for reciprocating the re... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7640721 | Tractor and baler combination with automatic baling and steering control A tractor comprises a tractor frame, driven ground engaging device, and an electronic tractor controller. A baler comprises a baler frame coupled or connected to the tractor frame, a crop receiving device, a baling chamber, a bale size sensor associated with the bal... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7578119 | Round baler unloading apparatus A round baler has an unloading apparatus downstream of a bale chamber provided with movable carrying elements, for example rollers, belts, etc., so that a round bale discharged in rotating motion from the bale chamber is able to maintain its spin and twine wound ont... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7467507 | Modular baler A large round baler includes a wheeled chassis constructed as a separate unit including a tow bar adapted for connection to a tractor. Also constructed as separate units that are releasably secured to the chassis are a baling assembly and a crop receiving and/or pro... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7448196 | Baler with multi-auger pickup A hay baler provided with a tubular duct within which charges of crop material are prepared before being stuffed into the baling chamber has a windrow pickup device at its front end to lift crop materials off the ground as the baler advances. The effective operating... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7437866 | Sensor for bale shape monitoring in round balers A bale shape indicator includes a sensor configured for use with a substantially cylindrical bale being formed, to indicate, in a non-contacting manner, the presence of crop components corresponding to a predetermined area of an end region of the bale. The indicatio... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430959 | Device for lifting bale wrapping rolls A baler is modified to include a device for lifting rolls of bale wrapping material into the baler where the lifting device includes a winch having a frame and a guide arranged to be mounted on the housing of the baler at a rear wall thereof above a cover member ove... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7415924 | System and method for identifying bales of hay A system and method for tagging individual bales of hay as they are baled and recording information regarding the moisture, weight, preservative applied. Field position, quality and other information available at the time of baling;, all sequenced to the formation o... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7404284 | Conveyor assembly and positioning arrangement for a baler A conveyor assembly is provided on a baler between a crop take-up arrangement and a baling chamber. The conveyor assembly includes a guide member assembly having an upwardly facing guide surface defining a lower limit of a crop conveying channel having an upper limi... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404356 | Single front idler arm A round baler of the variable chamber type is provided with a pivot arm having mobile rolls which in cooperation with stationary rolls form loops of a baling member. The pivot arm is journalled substantially above a bale chamber and is pivotably mounted so as to be ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401547 | Bale set-down system A bale set-down system and method for setting down bales from an agricultural baling press onto a field includes placing down of at least one bale on a ground, and setting down at least one another bale in a direct vicinity of the first mentioned bale that has alrea... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398728 | Baling press A baling press having a rectangular pressing space in which a pressing piston is movably disposed. The pressing space includes a crop material inlet in which the crop material to be pressed enters the pressing space from the feed channel. The material is pre-pressed... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395756 | Round baler with a split belt tensioner A belt tensioning system provides an improved starting principle in a large, round baler for agricultural crops. The tensioner comprises two arms, pivotally attached to one another. The front arm is pivotally attached to the baler. The rear arm is pivotally attached... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7380496 | Round Baler A round baler is provided with a single set of belts, which are rotated over a series of fixed and mobile rolls. In order to form a bale of a large diameter several loops are formed in the belts, which loops are controlled by two pivot arms. On a first pivot arm at ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370462 | Steam injection tubes individually mounted for selective removal from manifold A steam injection manifold assembly is mounted to a crop pick-up assembly and is provided with an elongate manifold disposed lengthwise of the pick-up assembly. A plurality of steam injection tubes are releasably mounted to the manifold to receive steam exiting thro... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370573 | Method and apparatus for forming modules from harvested crops Module builder including holding chamber, wheeled frame towable behind a harvester; compaction chamber, compaction device, forming chamber, door assembly. The compaction chamber having compaction surface oriented between and substantially perpendicular to compaction... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370575 | Crop re-hydration system carried by a large square baler Components of a crop re-hydration system are advantageously carried on free space of a large square baler. Specifically, a direct-fired steam generator is mounted at a rear location on the baler so as not to transfer heat to a hydraulic fluid supply tank located at ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367175 | Method and apparatus for hay rake An adapter kit is provided to permit modification of a hay rake to permit single pass hay raking and hay baling. The adapter kit provides an adapter main beam which supports the hay rake with a v-shaped braced rear main beam support positioned between the hay rake m... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353753 | Control arrangement A rotobaler is provided with an inclination sensor that recognizes an inclination to the side as well as in the longitudinal direction. This inclination sensor generates a signal coupled to a computer that, in turn, controls a display arrangement in order to indicat... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350343 | System for automatically steering a utility vehicle A system for automatically steering a utility vehicle having an operating implement. The system comprises a controller that is in communication with a scanning sensor. The controller receives an output signal from the scanning sensor and generates a steering signal ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340996 | Baler with moisture sensing arrangement A baler includes a baling chamber provided with two walls located opposite each other, and at least one sensor for the detection of the moisture content of a bale located between the two walls being mounted to one of the walls and having sensing area commensurate wi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337603 | Round baler leaf reclamation device A material reclaiming device is positioned below the bale forming of a round baler. The bale forming belts are spaced apart. The reclaiming device underlies a region to the bale chamber to catch material falling through the spaces between the bale forming belts and ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331279 | Round baling press The invention relates to a round baling press having a baling press chamber and a door arranged in the rear section of the baling press chamber. The door is movable along a path between a closed position, in which the door extends along the back side of the baling p... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331168 | Baler A baler with a rectangular baling chamber and in which a baling piston is accommodated. A supply channel with a supply arrangement for the conveying and compressing of crop in the supply channel and for bringing the compressed harvested crop into the baling chamber ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331280 | Round baler arranged to facilitate the installation of endless baling elements A large round baler includes a bale forming assembly and a chassis constructed as separate units which, when disconnected and displaced from each other either entirely at an interface between the units or by tilting one unit about a longitudinal axis at one side of ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325512 | Method for harvesting and dispensing crops A new method for collecting and dispensing cut crops. The feed crop is cut as in the prior art. A vacuum is used to lift the dried feed crop off the ground and blow it into a mobile storage container. The feed is allowed to compress under its own weight within the s... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320202 | Stacking of lumber pieces An apparatus for picking, conveying, stacking and bundling lumber pieces from the ground for example for removing stacked support lumber during laying of a pipe line comprises a tracked vehicle to which is attached a frame carrying a transport conveyer along the sid... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318376 | Knotter blower for agricultural balers A crop baler having a bank of knotters employs a cross flow blower to produce a full width stream of air transversely across the line of knotters to keep them free of debris and residue. The blower is hingedly mounted on an enclosure over the knotters for selective ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318312 | Adjustable hay rake A carted hay rake is disclosed for raking cut crops into a windrow. The hay rake can include a wheeled cart, rake arms, and tine rake wheels. The rake arms are attached to a rake arm pivot, and can be extendable to a horizontal working position and retractable to a ... | 01/15/2008 |
