IP Library Granted Patent US 8,869,688
Granted Patent B2
US 8,869,688 · App. 13/184,495 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

Baler

Inventor: Heiner Brüning (Suddendorf, DE)
Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH
A01F15/12A01F15/08A01F21/00Y10S100/912
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Patent No.
US 8,869,688
App. No.
13/184,495
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A baler is supported by wheels on the ground and is either self-propelled or hitched to and driven by a tractor. The baler has pickup and conveying devices for collecting and transporting the harvested goods to a pressing channel where bales are formed. The bales are tied by tying material supplied from a storage container arranged on the baler and moveable from an operating position into a servicing position allowing access to machine components of the baler covered by the storage container in the operating position. The storage container is moveable into a loading position for inserting or removing rolls of the tying material. The loading position and the servicing position are identical. In the loading and servicing position the storage container has, in comparison to the operating position, a greater spacing relative to a longitudinal center plane of the baler and a reduced spacing relative to the ground.

Claims (13)

1. A baler in the form of a harvesting machine for producing bales of agricultural harvested goods, the baler being supported by wheels on the ground and embodied to be self-propelled or hitched to and driven by a tractor, the baler comprising a pickup device collecting the harvested goods and a conveying device transporting the harvested goods from the pickup device to a pressing channel of the baler where bales are formed from the harvested goods, wherein the bales are tied by a tying material supplied from at least one storage container arranged on the baler, wherein the at least one storage container is moveable from an operating position into a servicing position allowing access to machine components of the baler covered by the at least one storage container when in the operating position, wherein the at least one storage container is moveable into a loading position for inserting or removing rolls of the tying material into the at least one storage container, wherein the loading position and the servicing position are identical and define a common loading and servicing position, wherein the at least one storage container has walls defining an interior of the at least one storage container, wherein the tying material is disposed in the interior, wherein the at least one storage container is upright in the operating position and is upright in the common loading and servicing position, wherein the at least one storage container has a rear side that is facing the baler and a front side facing away from the baler and further has a bottom end, and wherein in the common loading and servicing position the rear side of the at least one storage container has, in comparison to the operating position, a greater spacing relative to a longitudinal center plane of the baler and the bottom end, in comparison to the operating position, has a reduced spacing relative to the ground on which the baler is supported by the wheels.

2. The baler according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one storage container in the common loading and servicing position, in a view from above, is at least mostly outside of a projection area of the wheels.

3. The baler according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one storage container is moved in a single path movement from the operating position into the common loading and servicing position and from the common loading and servicing position into the operating position.

4. The baler according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one storage container is moved in at least two independent movements from the operating position into the common loading and servicing position and from the common loading and servicing position into the operating position.

5. The baler according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one storage container is moved by means of muscle power, supported by a force storage device and/or compensation weights, from the operating position into the common loading and servicing position and from the common loading and servicing position into the operating position.

6. The baler according to claim 1 , comprising an actuator, wherein at least a part of the movement from the operating position into the common loading and servicing position and from the common loading and servicing position into the operating position is effected by the actuator.

7. The baler according to claim 1 , comprising an actuator, wherein the entire movement from the operating position into the common loading and servicing position and from the common loading and servicing position into the operating position is effected by the actuator.

8. The baler according to claim 7 , wherein the actuator is a hydraulic actuator.

9. The baler according to claim 7 , wherein the actuator is an electric actuator.

10. The baler according to claim 7 , wherein the actuator is a hydraulic and electric actuator.

11. The baler according to claim 1 , wherein the spacing relative to the ground of an uppermost termination of the at least one storage container in the common loading and servicing position is within a range of 1.3 m to 2.3 m.

12. The baler according to claim 11 , wherein the spacing of the uppermost termination of the at least one storage container in the common loading and servicing position is within a range of 1.5 m to 1.9 m.

13. The baler according to claim 1 , comprising a baler control unit with safety circuits and position sensors connected to the at least one storage container, wherein a faulty operation of the baler and risks and damages associated with the faulty operation are prevented by the safety circuits in combination with the position sensors.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: MASCHINENFABRIK BERNARD KRONE GMBH
To: MASCHINENFABRIK KRONE BETEILIGUNGS-GMBH
Reel/Frame 058713/0001 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: MASCHINENFABRIK KRONE BETEILIGUNGS-GMBH
To: KRONE AGRICULTURE SE
Reel/Frame 058788/0251 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2011
From: BRUENING, HEINER
To: MASCHINENFABRIK BERNARD KRONE GMBH
Reel/Frame 026602/0437 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 027 539 · Jul 16, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120012012A1 · Jan 19, 2012