Roll-baler
The present invention is concerned with a roll-baler of a construction, in which the rotational movement of its rear chamber of the bale chamber for its opening and closing is done smoothly, while its lock mechanism is designed to be simple, so that the bale-shaping material of a short length may be fed into the bale chamber 4 through its inlet port “a”. In this type of the roll-baler, the bale chamber 4 is mounted on the machine body 1 at its position, where the inlet port “a” of the bale chamber 4 is open frontward, and the terminal end part 3 a of the transporting conveyor 3 is so made as to its conveying surface forming an inclined surface “c” which is downwardly slanted, the inclined surface “c” being disposed at a position to constitute a part of the peripheral wall of the bale chamber 4 , in opposition to the lower half side of the peripheral surface of the roll bale R to be formed within the bale chamber at the place where the inlet port “a” of the bale chamber 4 is present.
1. An improved roll-baler, which comprises:
a hopper ( 2 ), a conveyor ( 3 ) transporting bale-shaping material from a discharge port ( 20 ) of said hopper ( 2 ), and a bale chamber { 4 } for receiving thereinto said bale shaping material conveyed by said transporting conveyor 3 through an inlet port “a” to shape the bale shaping material into a roll-bale,
said hopper, conveyor and bale chamber all fixed on a machine body ( 1 ), wherein said bale chamber ( 4 ) is mounted on said machine body at a position where said inlet port “a” for the bale-shaping material is open to a frontward direction thereof, and
an endless conveying belt ( 30 ) extending between a first pulley ( 31 ) at a pick-up end of said conveying belt ( 30 ) below said hopper and a second pulley at a terminal delivery end of the conveying belt ( 30 ) located within said bale chamber ( 4 ) at a height below that of said first pulley, wherein a third pulley ( 33 ) is located between the first pulley and the second pulley to support a first portion of said conveying belt between said first pulley and said third pulley to be substantially level and to support a second portion of said conveying belt ( 30 ) between the third pulley and the second pulley as an inclined surface “c” which is downwardly slanted toward a rear direction,
wherein said inclined surface “c” is mounted on said machine body ( 1 ) by locating said terminal second portion at a position which forms a part of a surrounding wall of said bale chamber ( 4 ) in continuous engagement against a lower half side of the roll-bale when formed within said bale chamber 4 and
wherein said inclined surface “c” discharges a complete roll-bale after an upper portion of said bale chamber is rotated up from said inclined surface “c”.
2. An improved roll-baler according to claim 1 ,
wherein said machine body ( 1 ) is constructed in a traction structure by providing a connecting rod ( 10 ) which projects frontward of a front face side of the machine body,
said hopper ( 2 ) being mounted to the front face side of said machine body ( 1 ),
said transporting conveyor ( 3 ) being mounted to the front face side of said machine body ( 1 ), and
said transporting conveyor ( 3 ) being mounted to rearwardly send the bale-shaping material, and
said bale chamber ( 4 ) being mounted to the rear side of said machine body ( 1 ) with said inlet port “a” facing the frontward direction;
the front wall ( 2 a ) of said hopper ( 2 ) being formed in a separate body with respect to the hopper main body ( 2 b ),
the lower end part thereof being pivotally supported with a pivotal axis P, to which an actuator ( 5 ) is connected,
said actuator being mounted on said machine body ( 1 ) in a manner to rotate slantendicularly in the front-to-rear direction with the pivotal axis P being made as the center by the actuation of said actuator; and
a sliding wall ( 22 ), which slides overlappingly with the left and right side walls ( 21 ) of said hopper main body ( 2 b ), is connected to enable the capacity of said hopper ( 2 ) to increase and decrease by the rotation of the front wall ( 2 a ) above said connecting rod ( 10 ).
3. An improved roll-baler according to claim 1 ,
wherein an agitator ( 6 ) to be driven for rotation is disposed within said hopper ( 2 );
a connecting-disconnecting mechanism for power transmission being provided on a gearing mechanism to transmit the rotational power to the rotational shaft ( 60 ) of said agitator ( 6 ),
said connecting-disconnecting mechanism for power transmission being so controlled as to bring a twine or a net ( 70 ) for packing the roll-bale R, which has completed its shaping within the bale chamber ( 4 ), to the on-state due to stoppage of a delivery mechanism ( 7 ), thereby interrupting, for once, the actuation of said agitator ( 6 ) at the time of delivery of the twine or net ( 70 ).
4. An improved roll-baler according to claim 1 , wherein said first portion lies under said hopper and receives said bale shaping material from said discharge port ( 20 ) for transport into said bale chamber.
5. An improved roll-baler according to claim 1 , wherein said conveyor comprises said endless conveyor belt ( 30 ) and said first, second and third pulley.