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 bale-shaping chamber, wherein the transporting conveyor 3 is divided into two parts of: a hopper-side transporting conveyor 3 a provided in a space extending from beneath the discharge port 20 to the front position beneath the delivery mechanism 5 ; and a bale-shaping-chamber side transporting conveyor 3 b provided in the space extending from beneath the delivery mechanism 5 to the receiving port 40 of the shaping chamber 4 , both these hopper-side transporting conveyor 3 a and bale-shaping-chamber-side transporting conveyor 3 b being each driven independently one from the other.
1. A roll-baler, comprising in combination:
a hopper ( 2 ) for receiving thereinto bale-shaping material;
a bale-shaping chamber ( 4 ) to form the shaping material into a desired roll bale R; and
a machine body ( 1 ), on which said hopper and said chamber are mounted,
a space interval S being defined between said hopper and said chamber;
a delivery mechanism ( 5 ) for delivering twine or net mounted above said space interval S;
a transporting conveyor ( 3 ) for transporting the shaping material discharged out of a discharge port ( 20 ) into a receiving port ( 40 ) of said bale-shaping chamber ( 4 ) in a space extending from below the discharge port defined in the lower surface of said hopper ( 2 ) over to said receiving port ( 40 ) of said shaping chamber ( 4 ) by way of said space interval S,
said transporting conveyor ( 3 ) is divided into a hopper-side transporting conveyor ( 3 a ) provided in a space extending from below the discharge port ( 20 ) to a position beneath said delivery mechanism ( 5 ); and a shaping-chamber-side transporting conveyor ( 3 b ) provided to extend from beneath the delivery mechanism ( 5 ) to the receiving port ( 40 ) of said shaping chamber ( 4 ) so as to forward the shaping material discharged from the terminal end of the conveyor ( 3 a ) by taking the shaping material from the conveyor ( 3 a ), wherein each of said hopper-side transporting conveyor ( 3 a ) and said shaping-chamber-side transporting conveyor ( 3 b ) is driven independently one from the other through a power transmission mechanism from a power source.
2. The roll-baler according to claim 1 , wherein said shaping-chamber-side transporting conveyor ( 3 b ) is disposed below the terminal end of said hopper-side transporting conveyor ( 3 a ), in such a manner that the starting end of said shaping-chamber-side transporting conveyor is overlappingly positioned beneath the terminal end of said hopper-side transporting conveyor, followed by mounting said both hopper-side transporting conveyor ( 3 a ) and shaping-chamber-side transporting conveyor ( 3 b ) on said machine body ( 1 ).
3. The roll-baler according to claim 1 , wherein said hopper-side transporting conveyor ( 3 a ) is so controlled that the stoppage of driving of said hopper-side transporting conveyor is done by the sensing action of a sensor ( 8 ) which is incorporated to sense the shaping pressure in said shaping chamber ( 4 ).