NL2008667C2 - Baling device to form bales of crop material having dual mechanism tailgate construction. - Google Patents

Baling device to form bales of crop material having dual mechanism tailgate construction. Download PDF

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NL2008667C2
NL2008667C2 NL2008667A NL2008667A NL2008667C2 NL 2008667 C2 NL2008667 C2 NL 2008667C2 NL 2008667 A NL2008667 A NL 2008667A NL 2008667 A NL2008667 A NL 2008667A NL 2008667 C2 NL2008667 C2 NL 2008667C2
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Van Buuren Willem Jacobus Reijersen
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Priority to EP13720117.4A priority patent/EP2838337B1/en
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Priority to CA2870693A priority patent/CA2870693C/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01F—PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE; HAY OR STRAW PRESSES; DEVICES FOR STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE
    • A01F15/00—Baling presses for straw, hay or the like
    • A01F15/07—Rotobalers, i.e. machines for forming cylindrical bales by winding and pressing
    • A01F15/0705—Arrangements for continuous operation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01F—PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE; HAY OR STRAW PRESSES; DEVICES FOR STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE
    • A01F15/00—Baling presses for straw, hay or the like
    • A01F15/08—Details
    • A01F15/0875—Discharge devices
    • A01F15/0883—Discharge devices for round balers

Description

Baling device to form bales of crop material having dual mechanism tailgate construction
The present invention relates to a baling device.
5 A baling device is an agricultural unit to form bales of crop material.
The baling device usually comprises an intake device to take up crop material from a ground surface and a bale forming device to form a bale from the crop material.
In a known embodiment, the bale forming device comprises an endless belt guided by guiding rollers. An outlet of the intake device is arranged 10 between two guiding rollers so that crop material is fed between the two guiding rollers towards the endless belt. Due to the feeding of crop material between two guiding rollers a baling space is formed by the belt. By further feeding of crop material the baling space can be filled until a bale with a desired diameter is obtained.
15 One of the two guiding rollers between which the baling space is formed is arranged on a pivotable tailgate of the baling device, so that the opening of the pivotable tailgate releases the bale from the baling space. Before the formation of a new bale can be started the pivotable tailgate must be closed. The opening and closing of the tailgate takes considerable time, during which the 20 baling device cannot be used for formation of a new bale. This has the consequence that the intake of new crop material has to be temporarily stopped, by stopping the forward movement of the baling device over the ground surface.
EP 1 264 532 proposes a baling device comprising two baling spaces in which a bale may be formed. During formation of a bale, the bale is 25 transferred from a smaller baling space at the front of the baling device to a larger baling space at the back of the baling device.
Three movable arms are provided each carrying a movable guiding roll guiding an endless belt together with fixed guiding rolls to form bales. A baling space can be formed between two movable guiding rollers arranged at opposite 30 sides of the outlet of the intake device. A conveyor belt is provided to close the bottom of the respective bale forming chamber and to transport the bale from the first baling space to the second baling space.
A drawback of the device of EP 1 264 532 is that the intake device must be configured to deliver crop material at different locations. In a first 2 embodiment, the intake device is provided with a movable conveyor belt to transport, dependent on the position of the movable conveyor belt, crop material to the first or the second bale forming chamber. In an alternative embodiment, the whole intake device is made movable with respect to the frame, so that the intake 5 device can deliver, dependent on its position, crop material to the first of second bale forming chamber. The provision of such intake device configured to deliver crop material at different locations makes the baling device relative complex.
Another drawback of the baling device of EP 1 264 532 is that the baling device is relative long due to the presence of two bale forming chambers.
10 It is an aim of the invention to provide a baling device lacking one or more of the above drawbacks, or at least to provide an alternative baling device.
The invention provides a baling device as claimed in claim 1.
The present invention provides a reliable and efficient construction to realize the movement from the first bale position to the second bale position. With 15 the construction of the invention the bale can be spaced at sufficient distance from the outlet to prepare and effect the release of the bale from the baling device without hampering the formation of a new bale at the outlet of the intake device.
With the baling device of the invention it is possible to continuously or substantially continuously feed crop material to the bale forming device which 20 makes very efficient forming of bales possible.
The movement of the bale from the first bale position to the second bale position comprises at least two steps. In a first step, the bale is pushed by the guiding element support away from the outlet of the intake device and on the tailgate construction, while the tailgate construction is in the bale receive position. 25 At the end of this step a baling space comprising the bale is formed between first guiding element and the guiding element support.
In the second step, the tailgate construction is moved from the bale receive position to the bale support position. In this movement the bale is moved further away from the outlet so that more space is available for the formation of a 30 new bale at the outlet of the intake device. The guiding element support is also at least partially moved to maintain the baling space between the guiding element support and the first guiding element of the tailgate construction.
During or after movement of the bale from the first bale position to the second bale position a netting may be wound around the bale by a netting 3 device. The winding of the netting around the bale may already be started in the first bale position, as long as there is no netting between the outlet of the intake device and the bale being formed.
It may even be advantageous to start netting when the bale is in the 5 first bale position, whereby a netting is wound about the complete circumference except the opening between outlet of the intake device and the bale being formed. As soon as the bale has the desired size, the netting device may release further netting material to provide a netting around the complete circumference of the bale. This reduces the risk that the bale material will loosen or even fall apart 10 during transfer of the bale from the first bale position to the second bale position.
When the bale is ready to be released from the baling device, the tailgate construction can be moved from the bale support position to the bale release position to release the bale from the baling device. After release of the bale, the guiding element support may be moved back to its start position to push 15 a new bale away from the outlet of the intake device.
It is remarked that the tailgate construction is configured to mainly support the bale in the bale receive position and the bale support position. Other parts of the baling device may also provide support to the bale when a bale is arranged on the tailgate construction. Furthermore, during the formation of a bale 20 in the first bale position the first bale may at least partially be supported by the tailgate. In such case, the guiding element support may be used to push the bale further backwards on the tailgate, until it is mainly supported by the tailgate.
The tailgate construction of the invention comprises a first mechanism to move the tailgate construction between the bale receive position 25 and the bale support position, and a second mechanism to move the tailgate construction between the bale support position and the bale release position. It is advantageous to provide two separate mechanisms for the first movement between the bale receive position and the bale support position and the second movement between the bale support position and the bale release position, 30 respectively, as these first and second movements have different characteristics.
In the first movement, it is advantageous that a bale support surface formed by the tailgate construction remains in substantially the same orientation, in particular a substantially horizontal orientation, such that the bale is properly supported. During the second movement the bale should be released from this 4 bale support surface of the tailgate construction. In such embodiment, the bale support surface of the tailgate should be brought into an orientation in which the bale rolls off the bale support surface.
In an embodiment, the first mechanism is configured to provide a 5 substantially horizontal movement of the tailgate between the bale receive position and the bale support position, and the second mechanism is configured to provide a pivoting movement of the tailgate between the bale receive position and the bale support position.
In an embodiment, the first mechanism is a linkage mechanism 10 mounted on the frame, wherein the linkage mechanism is configured to move the tailgate construction between the bale receive position and the bale support position, and wherein the second mechanism is a tailgate pivot axis arranged on the linkage mechanism, about which a pivotable tailgate part including the first guiding element is pivotable, wherein the tailgate construction can be moved 15 between the bale support position and the bale release position by pivoting movement of the pivotable tailgate part about the tailgate pivot axis.
A link mechanism is a mechanism which is suitable to provide a substantially horizontal movement, wherein the orientation of the bale support surface of the tailgate remains substantially the same. At the same time a pivoting 20 mechanism is suitable to move a bale support surface defined by the tailgate between a substantially horizontal position in which a bale is properly supported to an inclined position in which a bale will roll from the bale support surface to release the bale from the baling device.
However, in alternative embodiments other mechanisms may be 25 used for the first movement between the bale receive position and the bale support position, and the second movement between the bale support position and the bale release position. For instance, two tilting mechanisms or two linkage mechanisms may be used.
In an embodiment, the pivotable tailgate part further comprises a 30 support arm supporting the first guiding element, wherein the support arm is tiltable with respect to the pivotable tailgate part to move the first guiding element between a high position and a low position, when the tailgate construction is positioned in the bale receive position.
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When a bale is formed in the first bale position, and the first guiding element is used to form a baling space for this bale, this bale can be moved away from the outlet towards the second bale position. However, when substantially directly formation of another bale in the first bale position should be started, it may 5 be desirable to provide a further guiding element next to the outlet at substantially the same position as the first guiding element in the bale receive position.
To make the positioning of this further guiding element in the position of the first guiding element possible, the first guiding element may be movable between a high position and a lower position. This high position corresponds to the 10 position of the first guiding element in the bale receive position during formation of a bale. The lower position can be used to make space available above the first guiding element for positioning of this further guiding element or make passing by of another element of the baling device through this space possible, while at the same time the tailgate can still be in the bale receive position.
15 In an embodiment, the tailgate construction carries a netting device.
The netting device may be used to provide a netting about the bale to avoid that crop material in the bale will loosen or even fall apart during or after release of the bale. The netting device may be configured to provide a netting about the complete circumference of the bale during or after movement of the bale from the 20 first bale position to the second bale position.
The winding of the netting around the bale may already be started in the first bale position, but the netting may not be positioned in front of the outlet of the intake device, i.e. between the outlet and a bale being formed in the first bale position. Advantageously, the rest of the circumference of the bale in the first bale 25 position is covered with netting material.
As soon as the bale has its desired size, the netting device may, in particular when the movement to the second bale position is started, release further netting material so that as soon as possible the complete circumference of the bale is covered by the netting material. This reduces or even avoids the risk 30 that the crop material of the bale will loosen or even fall apart during the transfer of the bale from the first bale position to the second bale position.
In an embodiment, the movable guiding element support comprises a second guiding element, wherein said guiding element support is configured to push a bale from the first bale position on the movable tailgate construction 6 arranged in the bale receive position, therewith arranging the second guiding element in a relative position with respect to the first guiding element to form with the first guiding element a baling space, and to substantially maintain the relative position between the first guiding element and the second guiding element when 5 the tailgate construction is moved from the bale receive position to the bale support position. A baling space may be formed between the first guiding element and the second guiding element to form a baling space during transfer of the bale to the second bale position and in the second bale position. By maintaining substantially the same relative position between the first guiding element and the 10 second guiding element during the movement of the tailgate from the bale receive position to the bale support position, the baling space formed between the first guiding element and the second guiding element can reliably be maintained.
In an embodiment, the guiding element support comprises a third guiding element, wherein the second guiding element is arranged to form with the 15 first guiding element a baling space in the second bale position, and the third guiding element is arranged to form with another guiding element a baling space for a bale in the first bale position. When the first guiding element on the tailgate is moved backwards to form a baling space in the second bale position, this first guiding element can no longer be used to form a baling space in the first bale 20 position. In such case a third guiding element arranged on the guiding element support can be used to form a baling space in the first bale position until the first guiding element is repositioned in the bale receive position.
In an embodiment, the movable guiding element support comprises two support discs arranged at opposite sides of the baling device, wherein the 25 support discs are rotatable about a first substantially horizontal axis of rotation, and wherein the two support discs at least support the second guiding element there between.
In such embodiment, two support discs are used as support for one or more second guiding elements, for example two second guiding elements 30 mounted on the circumference of the discs at an angle of 180 degrees with respect to each other. The support discs may serve both as a side wall for a bale being formed in the baling device and as a support for supporting the one or more first guide elements of the guide support element to form together with the first guiding element a baling space to hold a bale in the second bale position.
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It is remarked that in an alternative embodiment, the support discs, generally or in any further embodiment may also be used in a baling device without a first mechanism and a second mechanism to move the tailgate between the bale receive position and the bale support position and between the bale 5 support position and the bale release position, respectively. In such embodiment, the tailgate may be movable between the bale receive position, the bale support position and the bale release position by a pivoting movement of the tailgate about a single axis of rotation.
In an embodiment, the baling device comprises an actuator system 10 to rotate the support discs about the first substantially horizontal axis of rotation, wherein said actuator system comprises a pivotable actuator arm that is pivotable about the first substantially horizontal axis of rotation, and a linear actuator arranged between the frame and the actuator arm to move the arm in a pivoting movement, wherein said pivotable actuator arm comprises a coupling device that 15 can be selectively coupled to at least one of the support discs. With such actuator system, the actuator arm can be driven in a swinging motion, wherein in a movement in the actuation direction the coupling device is coupled to the support discs to move the support discs together with the actuator arm in the actuation direction, and wherein in a movement in the opposite direction, the coupling device 20 is not coupled to the support discs to move the coupling device to a new coupling location with respect to the support discs.
In an embodiment, at least one of the support discs comprises a number of pins divided over the circumference of the support disc, wherein said coupling device comprises a coupling arm that can be coupled to each of the pins. 25 Preferably, the locking arm is biased into a coupling position such that the coupling arm couples to the coupling pin when it is moved in a driving direct, and uncouples from the coupling pin when the coupling arm is moved in the opposite direction. Any other coupling device to selectively couple the actuator arm to the support discs may also be applied.
30 A locking device may be provided which is configured to lock the support discs in a fixed rotational position, when the coupling device of the actuator arm is not coupled to the support discs.
Any other suitable actuation system for driving the movement of the support discs may also be applied.
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The invention further relates to a method for continuous bale forming with the baling device of any of the preceding claims, comprising the steps of: taking up crop material with the intake device via the inlet and pressing the crop material out of the outlet of the intake device; 5 forming a bale in the first bale position in a baling space formed between the first guiding element and the fixed guiding element; transferring the bale to the second bale position and holding the bale in the second bale position in a baling space formed between the first guiding element and the second guiding element; 10 starting formation of a next bale in the first bale position during or after transfer of the bale to the second bale position, the next bale being formed in a baling space formed between a third guiding roller and the fixed guiding roller; releasing the bale from the baling device and exchanging the third guiding element for the first guiding element to form a baling space holding the next bale in 15 the first bale position between the first guiding roller and the fixed guiding roller, and repeating the above steps for formation and release of the next bale and further bales.
In an embodiment of the method transferring the bale from the first bale position to the second bale position comprises 20 arranging the tailgate construction in the bale receive position; moving the guiding element support to push the bale on the tailgate construction and to form a baling space between the first guiding element and the guiding element support, and moving the tailgate construction to the bale support position, while 25 maintaining the baling space formed between the first guiding element and the guiding element support.
A preferred embodiment of a baling device according to the invention will now be described in further detail, by way of example only, with reference to the 30 accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 shows a cross section of the baling device according to the invention; 9
Figure 2-4 show a side view of the baling device of Figure 1 in the bale receive position, the bale support position and the bale release position of the tailgate; and
Figures 5-11 show cross sections of a side view of the baling device during 5 formation and release of a bale.
Figure 1 shows a baling device, generally indicated with reference numeral 1. The baling device 1 comprises a frame 2 which is supported by wheels 3. The baling device 1 is configured to be connected at its front end 4 to a pulling vehicle, for instance a tractor.
10 The baling device 1 comprises an intake device 5 to take in crop material, such as silage, grass, hay, from a ground surface GS. The intake device 5 comprises an inlet 6 and an outlet 7. At opposite sides of the outlet 7 supporting rollers 8 are provided.
Via the inlet 6 crop material is taken from the ground surface GS and 15 transported to the outlet 7. A roll provided at the inlet 6 may be provided with tines to facilitate the picking up of crop material.
A bale forming device 9 is arranged on the frame 2 to form bales of crop material. The bale forming device 9 comprises an endless belt 10 and a number of guiding elements supporting the endless belt 10. A tensioning device is 20 provided to maintain tension in the belt.
The back end of the baling device 1 is provided with a tailgate 11 which is constructed to support in a support area 11a a bale B arranged on the tailgate 11. The tailgate 11 is movable between at least a bale receive position, a bale support position and a bale release position.
25 In Figure 1, the tailgate 11 is shown in the bale receive position. This bale receive position is also the transport position, i.e. the position in which the tailgate is preferably positioned when the baling device is not used to create bales.
The baling device 1 is configured to hold a bale in a first bale position and a second bale position. The first bale position is arranged next to the outlet 7 30 of the intake device 5, and the second bale position is spaced away from the outlet 7.
In the first bale position, the bale formed or being formed is mainly supported by two support rollers 8 arranged at opposite sides of the outlet 7 of the intake device 5, but may also partially be supported by the tailgate 11.
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The second bale position is defined by the bale support position of the tailgate 11. Thus, in this bale support position, the tailgate holds a bale in the second bale position. This second bale position is positioned such that a new bale can be at least partially formed in the first bale position, before the bale in the 5 second bale position is released from the baling device 1.
A bale B can be transported from the first bale position to the second bale position by moving the bale from the first bale position on the tailgate 11 arranged in the bale receive position, and subsequently moving the tailgate 11 from the bale receive position to the bale support position.
10 Figures 2-4 show the tailgate 11 in the bale receive position, the bale support position and the bale release position, respectively.
The tailgate 11 comprises a first mechanism to accommodate the movement of the tailgate between the bale receive position and the bale support position, and a second mechanism to accommodate movement of the tailgate 15 between the bale support position and the bale release position. The first mechanism is formed by a linkage mechanism which provides for a relatively horizontal movement of the tailgate 11 between the bale receive position and bale support position. The second mechanism is a pivoting mechanism which provides a tilting movement between the bale support position and the bale release 20 position, so that in the latter position the bale can be released from the tailgate 11 by gravity.
The linkage mechanism is formed by the frame 2, a first bar 12, a second bar 13, and a first hydraulic cylinder 14. The first bar 12 and the first hydraulic cylinder are at one end pivotably mounted on the frame 2, and the other 25 ends of the first bar 12 and the first hydraulic cylinder 14 are connected to each other with the second bar 13.
By movement of the tailgate 11 about the pivot axes of the linkage mechanism, the tailgate 11 can be moved between the bale receive position and the bale support position, as can be seen from comparison of Figure 2 in which the 30 tailgate is shown in the bale receive position and Figure 3 in which the tailgate 11 is shown in the bale support position. Between these positions the tailgate 11 has been displaced in a substantially horizontal direction Movement in ta substantially horizontal direction is advantageous as the support surface for the bale formed by 11 a part of the endless belt 10 in the tailgate 11 also remains substantially horizontal, and, as a result, the bale remains properly supported by the tailgate.
A second hydraulic cylinder 15 is provided to actuate the tailgate 11 between the bale receive position and the bale support position.
5 The first bar 12 comprises a pivot axis 16 about which a pivotable tailgate frame part 17 is pivotable between the bale support position (Figure 3) and the bale release position (Figure 4). The pivotable tailgate frame part 17 supports a first guiding element support arm 18 carrying a first guiding element 19, and a netting device 20.
10 By extension and retraction of the first hydraulic cylinder 14, the pivotable tailgate frame part 17 can be moved in a pivotable movement about the pivot axis 16. A third bar 21 is mounted between the pivotable connection of the second bar 13 and the first hydraulic cylinder 14 to transfer the actuation force exerted by the first hydraulic cylinder 14 to the pivotable tailgate frame part 17.
15 The first guiding element support arm 18 can pivot about a pivot axis 22 to move the first guiding element 19, when the tailgate 11 is positioned in the bale receive position, between a high position and a low position. A hydraulic cylinder (not shown) may be provided to move the first guiding element support arm 18 between the high and low position.
20 During formation of a bale in the first bale position, the first guiding element 19 is normally positioned in the high position. When the bale is to be transferred from the first bale position to the second bale position, the position of the first guiding element may interfere with other elements of the bale forming device, for instance movements of the second and third guiding elements to be 25 described below. To avoid such interference the first guiding element may be positioned in the low position, while the tailgate 11 is still in the bale receive position.
The bale forming device comprises two support discs 23 arranged at opposite sides of the baling device 1. Between the two discs 23 two second 30 guiding elements 24 are mounted on the circumference of the support discs 23 at an angle of 180 degrees. The two support discs 23 are rotatable about a substantially horizontal pivot axis 25. The two support discs 23 pivotably support third guiding element arms 26 which are pivotably mounted on pivot axes 27. The 12 radially extending ends of the third guiding element arms 26 carry third guiding elements 28 therebetween.
The pivot axes 27 are arranged substantially parallel, but spaced from the pivot axis 25. In the position shown in Figure 1, the second guiding 5 elements 24 and the third guiding elements 28 are positioned next to each other on the circumference of the support discs 23. By rotation of the third guiding element arm 26 about the pivot axis 27, the third guiding element can be moved to a position spaced from the second guiding element 24. Due to the relative position between the pivot axis 25 of the support discs 23 and the pivot axis 27 of the third 10 guiding element support arm 26, the third guiding element 28 will during such movement also be moved to a position radially outwards from the circumference of the support discs 23. With this relative movement between the third guiding element 28 and the support disc 23 the third guiding element 28 can be positioned in a position relatively next to the support roller 8 at the back side of the outlet 7. It 15 may be possible that the third guiding element 28 can only be moved to this position after the first guiding element 19 has been moved to the low position.
Any suitable device may be provided to move the third guiding element arm 26 between different rotational positions. In the embodiment shown in Figures 2-4, a locking hook 29 is provided to hold the third guiding element 28 in 20 the position adjacent to the second guiding element 24, as shown in Figure 1.
A disc actuation system is provided to move the support discs 23 between different rotational positions. The disc actuation system comprises an actuation arm 30 pivotably mounted about the pivot axis 25, a third hydraulic cylinder 31 to actuate movement of the actuation arm 26, and a coupling device 25 32. The coupling device 32 comprises a coupling arm 33 biased towards the support discs 23. The support discs 23 have about their circumference coupling pins 34.
By pulling of the actuation arm 30 towards the front end 4 of the baling device 1, the coupling arm 33 will couple with one of the coupling pins 34 30 and rotate the support discs 23 about the pivot axis 25 to a desired rotational position. The movement of the support discs 23 to a desired position may be carried out by one or more strokes of the third hydraulic cylinder 31. When the third hydraulic cylinder 31 is extended to move the actuation arm 30 back, i.e. away from the front end 4 of the baling device 1, any coupling pins 34 which are 13 encountered during the backwards trajectory will not be coupled to the coupling arm 33. By these forward and backwards movements of the actuation arm 30, the support discs 23 may be moved to any desired rotational position.
A locking device 35 is provided to lock the rotational position of the 5 support discs 23, for example when the actuation arm 30 is moved by the third hydraulic cylinder 31 in a backwards direction during which the coupling arm 33 is not coupled to any of the coupling pins 34.
It is remarked that any other device to move the support discs 23 in a rotational movement may also be applied.
10 The formation and transfer of a bale until release and the function of the different parts of the baling device 1 therein will now be discussed in more detail.
Figure 1 shows the baling device 1 with the tailgate 11 in the bale receive position, e.g. the fully closed position of the tailgate 11, and the pivotable 15 arm 15 in a first position or start position and having the second arm element 17 in the extended position. Crop material is introduced into a baling space formed between the first guiding element 19 and a fixed guiding roller 36.
Figure 5 shows a bale B being formed in the first bale position in the baling device 1. The bale B is supported by the support rollers 8 and the first 20 guiding element of the tailgate 11. By continuous feeding of crop material the bale B grows until a selected parameter is fulfilled, such as a desired diameter of the bale B, a selected time interval has passed, or a selected tension in the endless belt is reached. It is remarked that the selected parameter can be monitored by any suitable sensor. For example, an ultrasonic or optical sensor may be provided 25 to measure a diameter of the bale being formed in the baling device. The sensor may be directed radially with respect to the bale.
The bale B shown in Figure 5 is ready to be transferred to the second bale position, for instance since the bale has a desired diameter. A first step to transfer the bale B to the second bale position is to transfer the bale B completely 30 onto the tailgate 11 so that the bale B is completely supported by the tailgate 11. To move the bale B onto the tailgate 11, the bale B can be pushed by the second guiding element 24 on the tailgate 11 by rotation of the support discs 23 counter clockwise until the second guiding element 24 has passed the outlet 7. During this part of the rotating movement of the support discs 23, the locking hook 29 14 maintains the relative position between the second guiding element 24 and the third guiding element 28 adjacent to each other.
Figure 6 shows the baling device 1 after rotation of the support discs 23. The bale B has been pushed by the second guiding element 24 completely on 5 the tailgate 11 which is positioned in the bale receive position. The rotation of the support discs 23 is performed by one or more forward movements of the actuation arm 30, while the coupling arm 33 is coupled to one of the coupling pins 34. during the backwards movements, the coupling arm is not coupled to the coupling pins 34, so that the coupling arm can be moved to other coupling pins 34 for 10 renewed actuation of the support discs 23. During the backwards movements, the locking device 35 may hold the support discs 23 in a fixed rotational position.
Due to the rotation of the support discs 23 and therewith the movement of the second guiding elements 25 past the outlet 7 of the intake device 5, the function of the fixed guiding element 36 to form the baling space holding the 15 bale B is taken over by the second guiding element 24 mounted on the support discs 23. In other words the baling space formed for holding the bale B is formed between the first guiding element 19 and the second guiding element 24.
In a second step of the transfer of the bale from the first bale position to the second bale position, the tailgate 11 is moved from the bale receive position 20 to the bale support position. This movement about the pivot axes of the linkage mechanism is actuated by the second hydraulic cylinder 15.
Substantially simultaneously to the movement of the tailgate 11 from the bale receive position to the bale support position the support discs 23 are rotated to maintain substantially the same distance between the first guiding 25 element 19 and the second guiding element 24 so that the bale B is maintained in the baling space formed between the first guiding element 19 and the second guiding element 24.
However, before these movements of the tailgate 11 and the support discs 23 are made, the first guiding element 19 is brought into the low position so 30 that its position does not interfere with the path of movement of the second guiding element 24.
Figure 7 shows the baling device 1 after the movement of the first guiding element from the high to the low position, but before the movement of the tailgate 11 from the bale receive position to the bale support position.
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Figure 8 shows the baling device 1 after movement of the tailgate 11 from the bale receive position to the bale support position, and simultaneous rotation of the support discs 23 to move the second guiding element 24 to maintain a substantially same distance between the first guiding element 19 and the second 5 guiding element 24.
The bale B is now positioned in the second bale position.
During rotation of the support discs 23, the third guiding element arm 26 has also been rotated about the pivot axis 27 to create a distance between the second guiding element 24 and the third guiding element 28. Due to the rotation 10 about the pivot axis 27, and the mutual relation between the pivot axis 27 of the third guiding element arm 26 and the pivot axis 25 of the support discs 23, the third guiding element 28 is extended radially outwards with respect to its radial position next to the second guiding element 24, as shown in Figure 7.
The movement of the third guiding element arm 26 to move the 15 guiding element 28 between the position next to the second guiding element 24, as shown in Figure 7, and a position spaced from the second guiding element, as shown in Figure 8, may be actuated by any suitable actuator, which may be arranged on one or both of the support disc 23, on the frame 2 or any other suitable location. The movement may also be created by a suitable guiding 20 mechanism.
The netting device 20 may provide a netting around the bale B during transfer of the bale B towards and/or when the bale B is arranged on the tailgate 11 in the second bale position. The winding of the netting around the bale may already be started in the first bale position, as long as there is no netting between 25 the outlet 7 of the intake device 5 and the bale B being formed.
Preferably, a netting is already provided around a substantial part of the circumference when the bale B is in the first bale position, whereby there is no netting material between the outlet 7 of the intake device 5 and the bale B being formed. The netting will not hamper the entrance of crop material in the baling 30 space, and thus the formation of the bale B in the baling space. As soon as the bale B has the desired size, in particular when the second guiding element 24 is moved to push the bale B on the tailgate 11 in the bale receive position, the netting device may release further netting material to provide a netting around the complete circumference of the bale. In this way the netting is provided relatively 16 quickly about the complete circumference of the bale B. This reduces the risk that the crop material of the bale will loosen or even fall apart during transfer of the bale from the first bale position to the second bale position.
In the first bale position next to the outlet 7 of the intake device 5, 5 space is now available for formation of a new bale, and formation of a new bale B’ has already started. The part of the endless belt between the fixed guiding roller 36 and the third guiding roller 28 can be used to form a baling space for the new bale B’. Since the third guiding element 28 is spaced at a substantial distance from the second guiding element 24, the bale B’ may grow to a substantial diameter 10 before the bale B’ in the first bale position interferes with the bale B in the second bale position, as shown in Figure 9.
When the bale B is ready to be released from the baling device 1 the tailgate 11 may be moved from the bale support position to the bale release position. This bale release position may correspond to the fully open position of 15 the tailgate of the baling device, wherein a bale is released from the baling device 1.
Figure 10 shows the tailgate 11 in the bale release position. The tailgate is moved to this bale release position by a pivoting movement of the pivotable tailgate frame part 17 about the pivot axis 16. This pivoting movement is 20 actuated of the first hydraulic cylinder 14. In this bale release position, the bale B is released from the baling device 1. A release control device 37 is provided to control actual release of the bale B from the baling device. Such release control device 37 is known in the art.
During release of the bale from the baling device 1, the support discs 25 23 are held in the same rotational position so that the second guiding element 24 and the third guiding element 28 remain in substantially the same position.
The bale B’ in the first bale position continues to grow in the baling space formed between the third guiding element 28 and the fixed guiding element 36 at least until the bale B is released from the baling device 1 and the tailgate 11 30 is returned in a position in or near the bale receive position, wherein the first guiding roller 19 of the tailgate 11 can take over the function of the third guiding roller 28 to form a baling space together with the fixed guiding roller 36.
Figure 11 shows that the tailgate 11 is almost returned to the bale receive position after release of the bale B. To move the tailgate back to the bale 17 receive position, the pivotable tailgate frame part is pivoted back to the bale support position by retracting the first hydraulic cylinder 14, and consequently the link mechanism is pivoted about its pivot axes, by retracting the second hydraulic cylinder 15 to move the tailgate 11 back to the bale receive position. The first 5 guiding element 19 is still positioned in the low position, since the third guiding element 28 is still in the position next to the support roller 18.
Before the tailgate can be completely moved to the original position, i.e. with the first guiding element 19 in the high position, the first guiding element has to be moved back to it position next to the second guiding element 24 and/or 10 away from the position the roller 22 has to be moved to the inactive position.
By movement of the third guiding element arm 26, the third guiding element 28 can be moved in the position next to the second guiding element 24. By rotation of the support discs 23, the second guiding element 24 and third guiding element 28 can be moved to the position shown in Figure 1 at the lower 15 back side of the support discs 23. The support discs 23 are now rotated over an angle of 180 degrees.
Since the support discs 23 support two sets of second guiding element 24 and third guiding element 28 disposed diametrically opposed to each other, i.e. at 180 degrees on the circumference of the support discs 23, the second 20 set of second guiding element 24 and third guiding element 28 is now ready to be used for a new transfer of bale B’ from the first bale position to the second bale position. The tailgate 11 can also be brought back in the original position as shown in Figure 1.
When the bale B’ fulfils the selected parameter or parameters, the 25 transfer of bale B’ from the first bale position to the second bale position may now be performed, similar to the transfer of bale B described above, and a new bale may be formed in the first bale position. Thereafter further bales may be formed with the baling device 1. For each bale, the tailgate 11 will be moved from the bale receive position, via the bale support position to the bale release position and back 30 to the bale receive position, and the support discs 23 will be rotated over an angle of 180 degrees. .
The movements of the tailgate 11 and the support discs 23 may be configured such that continuous taking in of crop material into the baling device 1, 18 even at a high rate, and thus continuous driving of the baling device 1 over the ground surface GS, is possible.
The only moment that feeding of crop material into the bale forming device 9 may not be possible or is only limited possible is when the pivotable arm 5 passes the outlet 7 of the intake device 5.
It may be advantageous to provide a floor in the intake device 5 that is movable in a substantially vertical direction between a normal position and a dropped position. With the floor in the dropped position an interior volume of the intake device is increased in comparison with an interior volume of the intake 10 device 5 in the normal position of the movable floor. The baling device 1 is configured to move the movable floor from the normal position to the dropped position just before the second guiding element 24 passes before the outlet 8 of the intake device 5 by rotation of the support discs 23, and to move the floor back from the dropped position to the normal position after the third guiding element 28 15 next to this second guiding element 28 has passed the outlet 7.
In this way the interior of the intake device 5 may temporarily be increased to store extra crop material when the second guiding element 24 and the third guiding element 28 pass before the outlet 7.
It is remarked that hereinabove only the guiding rollers to form a 20 baling space have been denoted. The baling device will have multiple further guiding rollers at fixed and movable location to guide the endless belt 10. These guiding rollers may also include tensioning guiding rollers to tension the endless belt 10 and driving rollers to drive the endless belt 10. These guiding rollers are shown in Figures 1-11, but not denoted by reference numerals.
25 The movements of the tailgate 11 and of the support discs 23, may be performed by any suitable devices. In an embodiment, these movements are caused by hydraulic devices, such as hydraulic cylinders.
Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention 30 disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.
19 B bale B’ second bale GS ground surface 5 1 baling device 2 frame 3 wheels 4 front end 5 intake device 10 6 inlet 7 outlet 8 supporting rollers 9 bale forming device 10 endless belt 15 11 tailgate 12 a first bar 13 second bar 14 first hydraulic cylinder 15 second hydraulic cylinder 20 16 pivot axis 17 pivotable tailgate frame part 18 first guiding element support arm 19 first guiding element 20 netting device 25 21 third bar 22 pivot axis of the first guiding element arm 23 support discs 24 second guiding element 25 pivot axis of support disc 30 26 third guiding element arm 27 pivot axis of the third guiding element arm 28 third guiding element 29 locking hook 30 actuation arm 20 31 third hydraulic cylinder 32 coupling device 33 coupling arm 34 coupling pin 5 35 locking device 36 fixed guiding element 37 release control device 10

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Een balenpers (1) voor het vormen van balen uit gewasmateriaal, 5 welke balen een cilindrische vorm hebben, omvattende: een frame (2), een invoerinrichting (5) met een inlaat (6) en een uitlaat (7), waarbij de invoerinrichting (5) is aangebracht op het frame (2) om gewas via de inlaat (6) op te nemen, 10. een baalvormende inrichting (9) welke is aangebracht op het frame (2) en omvat: ten minste één eindeloze band (10) voor het begrenzen van een cilindrische persruimte waarin een baal wordt gevormd, en een aantal geleidingselementen (19, 24, 28, 36) voor het geleiden van 15 de eindeloze band (10), waarbij de balenpers (1) is ingericht om tijdens een baalvormingsproces een baal te verplaatsen van een eerste baal-positie naast de uitlaat (7) van de invoerinrichting (5) naar een tweede baal-positie op afstand van de uitlaat (7) van de invoerinrichting (5), 20 met het kenmerk dat de baalvormende inrichting (9) omvat: een beweegbare achterklepconstructie (11), waarbij de beweegbare achterklepconstructie (11) in een baal-ontvangst positie gepositioneerd kan worden om de baal uit de eerste baal-positie te ontvangen, een baal-ondersteuningspositie om de baal in de tweede baal-positie te ondersteunen en een baal-uitwerppositie 25 voor het uitwerpen van de baal uit de balenpers (1), waarbij de beweegbare achterklepconstructie (11) een eerste geleidingselement (19) omvat, en een beweegbare geleidingselementdrager, waarbij genoemde geleidingselementdrager is ingericht voor het duwen van een baal vanuit de eerste baal-positie op de beweegbare achterklepconstructie (11) die in de baal-30 ontvangstpositie is geplaatst, waarbij de beweegbare achterklepconstructie (11) een eerste mechanisme voor het bewegen van de achterklepconstructie (11) tussen de baal-ontvangstpositie en de baal-ondersteuningspositie, en een tweede mechanisme voor het bewegen van de achterklepconstructie (11) tussen de baal-ondersteuningspositie en de baal-35 uitwerppositie omvat.A baler (1) for forming bales from crop material, which bales have a cylindrical shape, comprising: a frame (2), an input device (5) with an inlet (6) and an outlet (7), wherein the feeding device (5) is arranged on the frame (2) for receiving crop via the inlet (6), 10. a bale forming device (9) which is arranged on the frame (2) and comprises: at least one endless belt (10) for defining a cylindrical pressing space in which a bale is formed, and a number of guide elements (19, 24, 28, 36) for guiding the endless belt (10), the baling press (1) being arranged to move a bale during a bale forming process from a first bale position next to the outlet (7) of the input device (5) to a second bale position at a distance from the outlet (7) of the input device (5), characterized in that the bale-forming device (9) comprises: a movable tailgate structure (11), wherein the move barred tailgate construction (11) can be positioned in a bale receiving position to receive the bale from the first bale position, a bale support position to support the bale in the second bale position and a bale ejection position 25 for ejecting of the bale from the baler (1), wherein the movable tailgate construction (11) comprises a first guide element (19), and a movable guide element carrier, said guide element carrier being adapted to push a bale from the first bale position onto the movable rear flap structure (11) placed in the bale receiving position, the movable rear flap structure (11) a first mechanism for moving the rear flap structure (11) between the bale receiving position and the bale supporting position, and a second mechanism for the bale receiving position moving the tailgate structure (11) between the bale support position and the bale ejection position. 2. De balenpers (1) volgens conclusie 1, waarbij het eerste mechanisme is ingericht voor het verschaffen van een in hoofdzaak horizontale beweging van de achterklep (11) tussen de baal-ontvangstpositie en de baal-ondersteuningspositie, en waarbij het tweede mechanisme is ingericht voor het verschaffen van een 5 draaibeweging van de achterklep (11) tussen de baal-ontvangstpositie en de baal-ondersteuningspositie.The baler (1) according to claim 1, wherein the first mechanism is arranged to provide a substantially horizontal movement of the tailgate (11) between the bale receiving position and the bale supporting position, and wherein the second mechanism is arranged for providing a rotational movement of the tailgate (11) between the bale receiving position and the bale supporting position. 3. De balenpers (1) volgens conclusie 1, waarbij het eerste mechanisme een koppelingsmechanisme is dat bevestigd is aan het frame (2), waarbij het koppelingsmechanisme is ingericht voor het bewegen van de achterklepconstructie 10 (11) tussen de baal-ontvangstpositie en de baal-ondersteuningspositie, en waarbij het tweede koppelingsmechanisme een draaias (16) voor de achterklep is verschaft op het koppelingsmechanisme, waarom een draaibaar achterklepdeel (17) inclusief het eerste geleidingselement (19) draaibaar is, waarbij de achterklepconstructie (11) bewogen kan worden tussen de baal-ondersteuningspositie en de baal- 15 uitwerppositie door een draaibeweging van het draaibare achterklepdeel (17) om de draaias (16) van de achterklep.The baler (1) according to claim 1, wherein the first mechanism is a coupling mechanism attached to the frame (2), the coupling mechanism being adapted to move the tailgate structure 10 (11) between the bale receiving position and the bale support position, and wherein the second coupling mechanism is provided with a pivot axis (16) for the tailgate on the coupling mechanism, around which a rotatable tailgate part (17) including the first guide element (19) is rotatable, the tailgate structure (11) being movable between the bale support position and the bale ejection position by rotating the pivotable tailgate part (17) about the pivot axis (16) of the tailgate. 4. De balenpers (1) volgens conclusie 2 of 3, waarbij het draaibare achterklepdeel (17) verder een draagarm (18) omvat die het eerste geleidingselement (19) omvat, waarbij de draagarm (18) kantelbaar is ten opzichte 20 van het draaibare achterklepdeel (17) voor het bewegen van het eerste geleidingselement (19) tussen een hoge positie en een lage positie, wanneer de achterklep (11) in de baal-ontvangstpositie is gepositioneerd.The baler (1) according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the rotatable tailgate part (17) further comprises a support arm (18) comprising the first guide element (19), the support arm (18) being tiltable with respect to the rotatable rear cover portion (17) for moving the first guide element (19) between a high position and a low position when the rear cover (11) is positioned in the bale receiving position. 5. De balenpers (1) volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de achterklepconstructie (11) een netinrichting (20) draagt.The baler (1) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the tailgate construction (11) carries a net device (20). 6. De balenpers (1) volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de beweegbare geleidingselementdrager een tweede geleidingselement (24) omvat, waarbij genoemde geleidingselementdrager is ingericht voor het van een baal van de eerste baal-positie op de beweegbare achterklepconstructie (11) duwen die in de baal-ontvangstpositie is geplaatst, waarmee het tweede geleidingselement (24) in 30 een relatieve positie ten opzichte van het eerste geleidingselement (19) wordt gebracht teneinde met het eerste geleidingselement (19) een persruimte te vormen, en om in hoofdzaak de relatieve positie tussen het eerste geleidingselement (19) en het tweede geleidingselement (24) in stand te houden wanneer de achterklepconstructie (11) van de baal-ontvangstpositie naar de baal-ondersteuningspositie bewogen wordt.The baler (1) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the movable guide element carrier comprises a second guide element (24), said guide element carrier being adapted to push a bale from the first bale position onto the movable tailgate construction (11) which is placed in the bale receiving position, with which the second guide element (24) is brought into a relative position with respect to the first guide element (19) in order to form a pressing space with the first guide element (19), and to substantially maintain the relative position between the first guide element (19) and the second guide element (24) when the tailgate structure (11) is moved from the bale receiving position to the bale supporting position. 7. De balenpers (1) volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de geleidingselementdrager een derde geleidingselement (28) omvat, waarbij het 5 tweede geleidingselement (24) is ingericht voor het samen met het eerste geleidingselement (19) vormen van een persruimte in de tweede baal-positie, en het derde geleidingselement (28) is ingericht voor het samen met een ander geleidingselement vormen van een persruimte voor een baal in de eerste baal-positie.7. The baler (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the guide element carrier comprises a third guide element (28), the second guide element (24) being adapted to form a press space together with the first guide element (19) in the second bale position, and the third guide element (28) is adapted to form, together with another guide element, a bale space for a bale in the first bale position. 8. De balenpers (1) volgens conclusie 7, waarbij het tweede geleidingselement (24) roteerbaar is bevestigd om een eerste draaias, en het derde geleidingselement (28) roteerbaar is bevestigd om een tweede draaias (27), waarbij de eerste draaias en de tweede draaias (27) op afstand van elkaar en parallel ten opzichte van elkaar zijn aangebracht.The baler (1) according to claim 7, wherein the second guide element (24) is rotatably mounted about a first axis of rotation, and the third guide element (28) is rotatably mounted about a second axis of rotation (27), the first axis of rotation and the second pivot axis (27) are spaced apart from each other and parallel to each other. 9. De balenpers (1) volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de beweegbare geleidingselementdrager twee draagschijven (23) omvat die aan tegenoverelkaar gelegen zijden van de balenpers zijn aangebracht, waarbij de draagschijven (23) roteerbaar zijn om een eerste in hoofdzaak horizontale draaias (25), en waarbij de twee draagschijven (23) ten minste het tweede geleidingselement 20 (24) tussen hen dragen.The baler (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the movable guide element carrier comprises two carrier discs (23) arranged on opposite sides of the baler, the carrier discs (23) being rotatable about a first substantially horizontal axis of rotation. (25), and wherein the two carrier discs (23) carry at least the second guide element 20 (24) between them. 10. De balenpers (1) volgens de voorgaande conclusie, waarbij het tweede geleidingselement (24) een geleidingsrol is die direct door de draagschijven (23) gedragen wordt.The baler (1) according to the preceding claim, wherein the second guide element (24) is a guide roller that is directly supported by the carrier discs (23). 11. De balenpers (1) volgens claim 9 of 10, waarbij de draagschijven (23) 25 draaibaar een derde geleidingselementdraagarm (26) dragen die een derde geleidingselement draagt, waarbij de derde geleidingselementdraagarm (26) draaibaar is om een tweede in hoofdzaak horizontale draaias (27), welke op afstand ten opzichte van de eerste in hoofdzaak horizontale draaias (25) is geplaatst.11. The baler (1) according to claims 9 or 10, wherein the bearing discs (23) rotatably carry a third guide element carrying arm (26) carrying a third guide element, the third guide element carrying arm (26) being rotatable about a second substantially horizontal axis of rotation (27) which is spaced apart from the first substantially horizontal axis of rotation (25). 12. De balenpers (1) volgens een van de conclusies 9-11, waarbij de 30 balenpers (1) een actuator systeem omvat voor het roteren van de draagschijven (23) om de eerste in hoofdzaak horizontale draaias (25), waarbij genoemd actuator systeem een draaibare actuatorarm (30) omvat welke draaibaar is om de eerste in hoofdzaak horizontale draaias (25), en een lineaire actuator (31) verschaft tussen het frame (2) en de actuatorarm (30) voor het met een draaibeweging bewegen van de arm (30), waarbij genoemde draaibare actuatorarm (30) een koppelingsinrichting (32) omvat welke selectief gekoppeld kan worden aan ten minste een van de draagschijven (23).12. The baler (1) according to any of claims 9-11, wherein the baler (1) comprises an actuator system for rotating the carrier discs (23) about the first substantially horizontal axis of rotation (25), said actuator system comprises a rotatable actuator arm (30) rotatable about the first substantially horizontal axis of rotation (25), and a linear actuator (31) provided between the frame (2) and the actuator arm (30) for moving the arm (30), wherein said rotatable actuator arm (30) comprises a coupling device (32) which can be selectively coupled to at least one of the carrier discs (23). 13. De balenpers (1) volgens conclusie 12, waarbij ten minste een van de 5 draagschijven (23) een aantal pennen omvat verdeeld over de omtrek van de draagschijf (23), waarbij genoemde koppelingsinrichting (32) een koppelingsarm (33) omvat, welke gekoppeld kan worden aan elk van de pinnen (34).The baler (1) according to claim 12, wherein at least one of the carrier discs (23) comprises a number of pins distributed over the circumference of the carrier disc (23), said coupling device (32) comprising a coupling arm (33), which can be coupled to each of the pins (34). 14. Werkwijze voor het continue vormen van balen met de balenpers (1) volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, omvattende de stappen: 10. het opnemen van gewasmateriaal met de invoerinrichting (5) via de inlaat (6) en het uit de uitlaat (7) van de invoerinrichting (5) persen van het gewasmateriaal; het vormen van een baal (B) in de eerste baal-positie in een persruimte gevormd tussen het eerste geleidingselement (19) en het vaste geleidingselement (36); 15. het overbrengen van de baal (B) naar de tweede baal-positie en het in de tweede baal-positie houden van de baal (B) in een persruimte die is gevormd tussen het eerste geleidingselement (19) en het tweede geleidingselement (24); het starten van het vormen van de volgende baal (B’) in de eerste baal-positie tegelijkertijd met of na de overdracht van de baal (B) naar de tweede baal-positie, 20 terwijl de volgende baal (B’) gevormd wordt in een persruimte die is gevormd tussen een derde geleidingsrol (28) en de vaste geleidingsrol (36); het uitwerpen van de baal (B) uit de balenpers (1) en het verwisselen van het derde geleidingselement (28) voor het eerste geleidingselement (19) voor het vormen van een persruimte waarbij de volgende baal (B’) in de eerste baal-positie 25 wordt gehouden tussen de eerste geleidingsrol (19) en de vaste geleidingsrol (36), en het herhalen van de bovenstaande stappen voor het vormen en uitwerpen van de volgende baal (B’) en verdere balen.Method for continuously baling with the baler (1) according to one of the preceding claims, comprising the steps of: 10. picking up crop material with the input device (5) via the inlet (6) and removing it from the outlet (6) 7) pressing the crop material from the input device (5); forming a bale (B) in the first bale position in a press space formed between the first guide element (19) and the fixed guide element (36); 15. transferring the bale (B) to the second bale position and holding the bale (B) in the second bale position in a press space formed between the first guide element (19) and the second guide element (24) ); starting forming the next bale (B ') in the first bale position simultaneously with or after the transfer of the bale (B) to the second bale position, while the next bale (B') is formed in a pressing space formed between a third guide roller (28) and the fixed guide roller (36); ejecting the bale (B) from the baler (1) and exchanging the third guide element (28) for the first guide element (19) to form a pressing space with the next bale (B ') in the first bale position 25 is held between the first guide roller (19) and the fixed guide roller (36), and repeating the above steps to form and eject the next bale (B ') and further bales. 15. De werkwijze volgens conclusie 14, waarbij het overbrengen van de 30 baal (B) van de eerste baal-positie naar de tweede baal-positie omvat: het in de baal-ontvangstpositie brengen van de achterklepconstructie (11); het bewegen van de geleidingselementdrager om de baal (B) op de achterklepconstructie (11) te duwen en een persruimte te vormen tussen het eerste geleidingselement (19) en de geleidingselementdrager, en het bewegen van de achterklepconstructie (11) naar de baal-ondersteuningspositie, terwijl de persruimte welke is gevormd tussen het eerste geleidingselement (19) en de geleidingselementdrager in stand wordt gehouden.The method of claim 14, wherein transferring the bale (B) from the first bale position to the second bale position comprises: bringing the tailgate structure (11) into the bale receiving position; moving the guide element carrier to push the bale (B) onto the tailgate structure (11) and forming a pressing space between the first guide element (19) and the guide element carrier, and moving the tailgate structure (11) to the bale support position, while the pressing space formed between the first guide element (19) and the guide element carrier is maintained.
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