US20150319932A1 - Lift link overload protection assembly - Google Patents
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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
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- A01F15/14—Tying devices specially adapted for baling presses
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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
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- A01F15/0841—Drives for balers
- A01F15/0858—Drives for balers for the tying devices or needles
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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
- A01F15/08—Details
- A01F15/12—Feeding devices for the ties
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B30—PRESSES
- B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
- B30B15/00—Details of, or accessories for, presses; Auxiliary measures in connection with pressing
- B30B15/28—Arrangements for preventing distortion of, or damage to, presses or parts thereof
- B30B15/281—Arrangements for preventing distortion of, or damage to, presses or parts thereof overload limiting devices
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16P—SAFETY DEVICES IN GENERAL; SAFETY DEVICES FOR PRESSES
- F16P5/00—Emergency means for rendering ineffective a coupling conveying reciprocating movement if the motion of the driven part is prematurely resisted
- F16P5/005—Overload protection by energy absorbing components, e.g. breaker blocks, shear sections
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- the present disclosure relates to a lift link overload protection mechanism, such as for a lift link which connects a baler needle to a lift arm.
- a conventional baler produces a bale of crop material.
- Moving needles wrap a tying medium, such as strands of twine or wire, around the completed bale.
- the needles are retracted from the bale case when a tying operation is completed after the last working stroke of the plunger which completed the bale.
- Each needle pivots about a fixed shaft, and is coupled to a pivoting lift arm by a lift link.
- Each lift link includes an adjustment linkage so that each needle can be properly positioned in the baler mechanism.
- balers To prevent damage to the lift arms, needles and to other baler components, various types of protection mechanisms are used.
- Most balers have a needle protection setup which includes a bolt in shear on the lift arm that severs and a separate mechanism tied to the gearbox pushes the needles out of the chamber.
- Krone makes a lift link with a shearable bolt which extends transverse to the main longitudinal axis of the lift link.
- the force on the shear bolt is perpendicular to the axis of the bolt and the bolt has play in it.
- This results in higher forces to shear the bolt and fatigue loading weakens the bolt over time and causes undesired shears.
- the loading required to break such a shear bolt is unpredictable and can be much different based on how long the bolt has been used. Such a design may cause an undesired break of the mechanism even when there is no other failure in the baler system.
- a baler needle is coupled to a pivoting lift arm by a lift link assembly.
- the lift link assembly includes a hollow lift link or tube and a lift bar slidably received by the lift link.
- a plate is fixed to an end of the lift link.
- a block is fixed to an end of the lift bar.
- An adjusting link has a first end threadably coupled to a frame of the baler needle and has a second end threadably coupled to the block.
- the lift link assembly also includes a pair of clamping bolts which clamp the plate and the block together. The clamping bolts are in tension and are aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis of the lift link.
- the block, plate and clamping bolts form an overload protection mechanism.
- a pair of optional spacer members may be held between the plate and the block and spaced apart from each other. Or, the spacer members may be eliminated or formed integrally with the block.
- the result is an overload protection mechanism and a telescoping link between the frame that lifts the needles and the crank shaft or lift arm that lifts the needle.
- the telescoping link contains a tube with a flat plate welded to it for bolts to pass through and a flat bar with a block welded to it to be inserted into the tube and bolted to the flat plate.
- the tension style bolts are always in tension and thus reverse loading is eliminated.
- the bolts do not fatigue over time so the maximum load value remains constant over time.
- the structure does not have to be designed for a much higher strength to protect against undesired loads. This enables other components to be designed to handle lower loads and reduces costs.
- FIG. 1 is a side view of a baler needle drive assembly
- FIG. 2 is side view of a portion of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a portion of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the overload protection mechanism of FIG. 3 with parts removed for clarity;
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the lift bar and block of the shear mechanism of FIG. 3 .
- a baler needle drive assembly 2 includes a pivoting lift arm 4 and a support member 6 which pivotally supports a needle frame 10 .
- the needle frame 10 holds a conventional baler needle 8 .
- the needle frame 10 is coupled to the lift arm 4 by a lift link assembly 12 .
- the lift link assembly 12 includes a hollow lift link or tube 14 , a solid lift bar or lost motion element 16 slideably received by the lift link 14 , an adjusting link 18 and an overload protection mechanism 20 .
- the lift link extends along a coupling axis.
- the overload protection mechanism 20 includes a plate 22 which is welded to an end of the lift link 14 .
- a block 24 is welded to an end of the lift bar 16 .
- the plate 22 has an opening 26 though which extends the lift bar 16 .
- a pair of optional spacer members 28 and 30 are spaced apart from each other and are held between the plate 22 and the block 24 . Alternatively, the spacers 28 , 30 can be eliminated or formed integrally with the block 24 .
- the overload protection mechanism 20 also includes a pair of clamping bolts 32 and 34 .
- Each clamping member or bolt 32 , 34 extends through corresponding bores in the plate 22 , a corresponding one of the spacer members 28 , 30 and the block 24 for clamping the plate 22 , the spacer members 28 , 30 and the block 24 together.
- the clamping bolts 32 , 34 are in tension and each bolt has an axis which is parallel to the coupling axis.
- the bolts 32 , 34 instead of the bolts 32 , 34 extending through both the plate 22 and the block 24 , they could be threaded into corresponding threaded bores (not shown) in either the plate 22 or the block 24 .
- the plate 22 , block 24 , spacer members 28 , 30 and clamping bolts 32 , 34 form the overload protection mechanism 20 .
- An adjusting link 18 has a first end 42 threadably coupled to the block 24 and has a second end 44 threadably coupled to the frame 10 of the baler needle.
- the bolts 32 , 34 stretch until they yield and break, and the needle frame 10 is no longer being pulled by the lift arm (not shown).
- the tube 14 and the plate 22 again comes into contact with the bar and block 24 and positively drives the needle frame 10 back to its home position.
- the bolts 32 , 34 are always in tension and are not affected by fatigue, as are the bolts used in the prior art shear mechanisms. Since the bolts 32 , 34 are always in tension, reverse loading is eliminated.
- the bolts 32 , 34 do not fatigue over time so the maximum load value remains constant over time. With the constant known maximum load value, the mechanism doesn't have to be designed for a much higher shear value to protect against undesired nuisance shears. This enables other baler components to be designed to handle lower loads.
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- The present disclosure relates to a lift link overload protection mechanism, such as for a lift link which connects a baler needle to a lift arm.
- A conventional baler produces a bale of crop material. Moving needles wrap a tying medium, such as strands of twine or wire, around the completed bale. The needles are retracted from the bale case when a tying operation is completed after the last working stroke of the plunger which completed the bale. Each needle pivots about a fixed shaft, and is coupled to a pivoting lift arm by a lift link. Each lift link includes an adjustment linkage so that each needle can be properly positioned in the baler mechanism.
- To prevent damage to the lift arms, needles and to other baler components, various types of protection mechanisms are used. Most balers have a needle protection setup which includes a bolt in shear on the lift arm that severs and a separate mechanism tied to the gearbox pushes the needles out of the chamber. Krone makes a lift link with a shearable bolt which extends transverse to the main longitudinal axis of the lift link. As a result, the force on the shear bolt is perpendicular to the axis of the bolt and the bolt has play in it. This results in higher forces to shear the bolt and fatigue loading weakens the bolt over time and causes undesired shears. The loading required to break such a shear bolt is unpredictable and can be much different based on how long the bolt has been used. Such a design may cause an undesired break of the mechanism even when there is no other failure in the baler system.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a baler needle is coupled to a pivoting lift arm by a lift link assembly. The lift link assembly includes a hollow lift link or tube and a lift bar slidably received by the lift link. A plate is fixed to an end of the lift link. A block is fixed to an end of the lift bar. An adjusting link has a first end threadably coupled to a frame of the baler needle and has a second end threadably coupled to the block. The lift link assembly also includes a pair of clamping bolts which clamp the plate and the block together. The clamping bolts are in tension and are aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis of the lift link. The block, plate and clamping bolts form an overload protection mechanism. A pair of optional spacer members may be held between the plate and the block and spaced apart from each other. Or, the spacer members may be eliminated or formed integrally with the block.
- The result is an overload protection mechanism and a telescoping link between the frame that lifts the needles and the crank shaft or lift arm that lifts the needle. The telescoping link contains a tube with a flat plate welded to it for bolts to pass through and a flat bar with a block welded to it to be inserted into the tube and bolted to the flat plate. When the needle frame contacts something, the bolts stretch until they yield and break, and the needle frame is then no longer being pulled by the lift arm. The lift arm continues its rotation and the tube with the plate again comes into contact with the bar and block and positively drives the needle frame back to the home position. With this design, the bolted joint is always in tension and is not affected by fatigue like the bolts that are used in shear.
- The tension style bolts are always in tension and thus reverse loading is eliminated. The bolts do not fatigue over time so the maximum load value remains constant over time. With a constant known maximum load value, the structure does not have to be designed for a much higher strength to protect against undesired loads. This enables other components to be designed to handle lower loads and reduces costs.
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FIG. 1 is a side view of a baler needle drive assembly; -
FIG. 2 is side view of a portion ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a portion ofFIG. 2 ; -
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the overload protection mechanism ofFIG. 3 with parts removed for clarity; and -
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the lift bar and block of the shear mechanism ofFIG. 3 . - Referring to
FIG. 1 , a balerneedle drive assembly 2 includes apivoting lift arm 4 and asupport member 6 which pivotally supports aneedle frame 10. Theneedle frame 10 holds aconventional baler needle 8. Theneedle frame 10 is coupled to thelift arm 4 by alift link assembly 12. Referring now toFIGS. 1 and 2 , thelift link assembly 12 includes a hollow lift link ortube 14, a solid lift bar or lostmotion element 16 slideably received by thelift link 14, an adjustinglink 18 and anoverload protection mechanism 20. The lift link extends along a coupling axis. - Referring now to
FIGS. 2-5 , theoverload protection mechanism 20 includes aplate 22 which is welded to an end of thelift link 14. Ablock 24 is welded to an end of thelift bar 16. Theplate 22 has an opening 26 though which extends thelift bar 16. A pair ofoptional spacer members plate 22 and theblock 24. Alternatively, thespacers block 24. Theoverload protection mechanism 20 also includes a pair ofclamping bolts bolt plate 22, a corresponding one of thespacer members block 24 for clamping theplate 22, thespacer members block 24 together. Theclamping bolts bolts plate 22 and theblock 24, they could be threaded into corresponding threaded bores (not shown) in either theplate 22 or theblock 24. Theplate 22,block 24,spacer members bolts overload protection mechanism 20. An adjustinglink 18 has afirst end 42 threadably coupled to theblock 24 and has asecond end 44 threadably coupled to theframe 10 of the baler needle. - The result is the
overload protection mechanism 20 and atelescoping link 12 between theneedle frame 10 that lifts the needles and the crank shaft or lift arm (not shown). When theneedle frame 10 contacts something, thebolts needle frame 10 is no longer being pulled by the lift arm (not shown). As the lift arm (not shown) continues to rotate, thetube 14 and theplate 22 again comes into contact with the bar andblock 24 and positively drives theneedle frame 10 back to its home position. With this design, thebolts bolts bolts - While the disclosure has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, such illustration and description is to be considered as exemplary and not restrictive in character, it being understood that illustrative embodiments have been shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the disclosure are desired to be protected. It will be noted that alternative embodiments of the present disclosure may not include all of the features described yet still benefit from at least some of the advantages of such features. Those of ordinary skill in the art may readily devise their own implementations that incorporate one or more of the features of the present disclosure and fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
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