WO2012160140A1 - Ejector system for a square baler - 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
- A01F15/08—Details
- A01F15/0875—Discharge devices
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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
- A01F15/14—Tying devices specially adapted for baling presses
- A01F15/145—Twine knotters
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B30—PRESSES
- B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
- B30B9/00—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes
- B30B9/30—Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for baling; Compression boxes therefor
- B30B9/3003—Details
- B30B9/3014—Ejection means
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- the present invention relates a square baler having an ejector system.
- bale case During use of a square baler, it is sometimes necessary in the middle of a task to drive the baler over a public road and for this it is required, for safety, to close the bale case by raising the discharge chute. However, if the last completed bale is jutting out of the bale case, it can interfere with the raising of the chute making it necessary for it first to be ejected. For this reason, it is desirable under some circumstance to be able to eject only the last completed bale. In other situations, it is required to eject the entire contents of the bale case after a still incomplete bale (shorter than the desired length) has been tied.
- WO96/29195 discloses a square baler which, instead of relying solely on the compacting plunger to unload tied bales from the bale case, comprises an auxiliary ejector system to enable the operator to off-load completed bales.
- the ejector system comprises a shuttle assembly housed within hollow rails of the bale case.
- the shuttle assembly consists of a frame that is reciprocated in the direction of movement of the compacting plunger and has dogs projecting upwards from it to engage in the underside of the bales.
- the dogs grip the bale only during the forward stroke of the shuttle assembly, that is to say when it is moving towards the discharge outlet of the bale case, and slip relative to the underside of the bale during the return stroke. In this way, the reciprocation of the shuttle assembly incrementally advances the bales towards the discharge outlet.
- the ejector mechanism of WO96/29195 is controllable to enable the operator to select whether to discharge only the last bale in the bale case (the one nearest the discharge outlet) or both the last bale and the one before it.
- the dogs are arranged on the shuttle in a longitudinally extending series and at least some of the dogs are controllable by the operator using a manual selector assembly so that the controlled dogs may be positioned either to extend into the bale case or to be retracted from it.
- the ejector system of WO96/29195 suffers from the disadvantage that the operator needs first to inspect the position of the bales in the bale case in order to decide on which of the dogs to activate.
- the present invention seeks to provide an ejector system for a square baler that mitigates the foregoing disadvantages of the prior art.
- square baler having a bale case within which crop is compacted by means of a plunger, a discharge outlet at one end of the bale case and an ejector system for advancing bales towards the discharge outlet independently of the movement of the compacting plunger, the ejector system comprising a shuttle assembly mounted in a wall of the bale case for reciprocation parallel to the direction of movement of the bales in the bale case, and a plurality of dogs mounted on the shuttle assembly to engage a bale in the bale case and to advance the bale incrementally out of the discharge outlet as the shuttle assembly reciprocates relative to the bale case, wherein the number of dogs engaging the bales in the bale case is selectable to eject only the last completed bale or both the bales in the bale case, characterised in that a control system is provided to select the number of dogs automatically in dependence of the position of the last completed bale in the bale case as indicated by the output of a sensor responsive to movement of the bales
- the invention offers the advantage that the operator need not leave the tractor cab to inspect the baler and for this an embodiment of the invention makes use of the output of a sensor that is normally present in a baler and associated with the knotter.
- a sensor usually in the form of a spiked wheel that rotates as the bale is advanced, is used to sense the movement of the bale to determine when a bale has reached its desired length.
- a tying cycle is initiated during which runs of twine used to tie the bale are raised by needles from beneath the bale case to knotters located above the bale case and securely tied.
- the output of such a sensor is therefore indicative of the position of the last completed bale in the bale case.
- the operator wishes to raise the discharge chute, it is known from the output of the sensor if the last completed bale presents an obstruction. If not, then the chute can be raised without first ejecting any bales. If however it is determined that part of the last completed bale does present an obstruction, then from a knowledge of the position of the last completed bale, it is possible to select the correct number of dogs to achieve maximum traction on the bale to be ejected without interfering with the bale that has yet to be completed.
- the partially completed bale is tied to prepare it to be discharged, then all the dogs are selected regardless of the position of the bales as indicated by the sensor.
- Figure 1 shows a section through the bale case of a square baler with the discharge chute in its lower position without any bale protruding from the discharge outlet
- Figure 2 shows the bale case of Figure 1 with the discharge chute raised into a safe position in which the chute closes the discharge outlet of the bale case to prevent any bale from falling off during transit
- Figure 3 is a similar view to that of Figure 1 save that a completed bale partially protrudes from the bale case and prevents raising of the discharge chute
- Figure 4 shows the position of the bales after reciprocation of the shuttle assembly with the dogs selected in the manner shown in Figure 3
- Figure 5 is a similar view to the preceding figures showing the dogs of the ejector system set to empty the entire contents of the bale case
- Figure 6 is the same view as Figure 5 after operation of the ejector system.
- FIG 1 shows a bale case 10 having a discharge chute 12 mounted beyond a discharge outlet.
- the chute can be pivoted about an axis 14 between a lowered position, shown in Figure 1, and a raised position, shown in Figure 2, in which it obstructs the discharge outlet of the bale case 10.
- the chute 12 In the lowered position, the chute 12 is slightly inclined to the horizontal so that bales will slide along the chute 12 under the action of gravity and fall off the rear end onto the ground.
- a powered linkage 13 is used to raise and lower the chute 12 which is only represented schematically in the drawings by a heavy line.
- the crop is introduced into the bale case 10 in slices which are compressed by a reciprocating plunger.
- the previously completed bale 18 is pushed out of the bale case and eventually slides off the chute 12, as previously described.
- the length of the bale being formed is measured by a sensor 20 comprising a spiked wheel that engages the bale and rotates as the bale moves in the bale case 10.
- the sensor 20 forms part of a control system designed to produce bales of uniform size.
- a knotting cycle is initiated to tie the bale with lengths of twine and a new bale is commenced.
- the tying operation need not be described in detail as it is well known and documented and not of particular relevance to the invention. It is only important to note in the present context that it is possible to determine, from the output of the sensor 20, the position of the ends of the bales in the bale case at any one time.
- the chute 12 covers the discharge outlet of the bale case 10 and prevents any bale from falling of the baler while it is in transit. If at the time that it is desired to raise the chute, the bales 16 and 18 in the bale case are in the position shown in Figure 1, then there is no obstruction preventing the chute 12 from being raised and no special action needs to be taken.
- bales 16 and 18 are in the position shown in Figure 3, then it is necessary to empty the bale case 10 partially by discharging the completes bale 18 without interfering with the completion of the bale 16 in the process of being formed. To achieve this, it is not possible to rely on the reciprocation of the compression plunger to advance the completed bale 18 onto the chute 12. Instead, as taught by WO96/29195, a shuttle assembly 22 is mounted in a channels in the floor of the bale case that is connected to a suitable mechanism to cause it to reciprocate in the direction of the movement of the bales.
- the shuttle assembly carries a set of bale engaging dogs 24 that have an inoperative position, shown for all the dogs in Figures 1 and 2, in which they are retracted from the bale case and do not act on the bales, and an operative position shown for all the dogs in Figures 5 and 6 in which they engage the bales.
- the dogs 24 act as one-way gripping devices so that in the forward stroke they push the bales towards the discharge outlet and in the return stroke they automatically retract and slide relative to the bales.
- each dog 24 need not all be in the operative position at the same time and they may be controlled to select the dogs 24 that are in the operative position at any one time. As illustrated, each dog 24 is associated with a separate hydraulic control 26 so that each may be independently selected or rendered inoperative. Individual control is not however essential to the present invention and as an alternative one may provide a control bar that is slidable relative to the shuttle assembly to render operative a selectable number of dogs 24 commencing from the discharge end of the bale case.
- the number of dogs that are rendered operative is automatically determined in the present invention by a control system in dependence upon the position of the bales 16 and 18, as indicated by the output of a sensor, preferably the sensor 20 associated with the knotting mechanism.
- a control system in dependence upon the position of the bales 16 and 18, as indicated by the output of a sensor, preferably the sensor 20 associated with the knotting mechanism.
- the advantage of the invention is that the operator does not need to carry out a visual inspection nor to set manually the number of operative dogs. Instead, the operator need only select whether the bale case is to be partially or fully emptied. In the former case, the appropriate number of dogs 24 is automatically selected by the control system based on the sensed position of the bales in the bale case, as described above.
- bale case is to be emptied completely, then as shown in Figures 4 and 5 all the dogs 24 are rendered operative. In this case, it is preferable to tie the partially completed bale 16 before the ejector system is operated to eject both bales 16 and 18 at the same time.
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Figure 1 shows a section through the bale case of a square baler with the discharge chute in its lower position without any bale protruding from the discharge outlet,
Figure 2 shows the bale case of Figure 1 with the discharge chute raised into a safe position in which the chute closes the discharge outlet of the bale case to prevent any bale from falling off during transit,
Figure 3 is a similar view to that of Figure 1 save that a completed bale partially protrudes from the bale case and prevents raising of the discharge chute,
Figure 4 shows the position of the bales after reciprocation of the shuttle assembly with the dogs selected in the manner shown in Figure 3,
Figure 5 is a similar view to the preceding figures showing the dogs of the ejector system set to empty the entire contents of the bale case, and
Figure 6 is the same view as Figure 5 after operation of the ejector system.
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- A square baler having a bale case (10) within which crop is compacted by means of a plunger, a discharge outlet at one end of the bale case and an ejector system for advancing bales towards the discharge outlet independently of the movement of the compacting plunger, the ejector system comprising a shuttle assembly (22) mounted in a wall of the bale case (10) for reciprocation parallel to the direction of movement of the bales (16,18) in the bale case (10), and a plurality of dogs (24) mounted on the shuttle assembly (22) to engage a bale (18) in the bale case (10) and to advance the bale (18) incrementally out of the discharge outlet as the shuttle assembly (22) reciprocates relative to the bale case (20), wherein the number of dogs (24) engaging the bales (16,18) in the bale case (10) is selectable to eject only the last completed bale or both the bales in the bale case, characterised in that a control system is provided to select the number of dogs (24) automatically in dependence of the position of the last completed bale (18) in the bale case (10) as indicated by the output of a sensor (20) responsive to movement of the bales (16,18) in the bale case (10).
- A square baler as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensor is further associated with a knotting system that serves to tie bales when they reach a predetermined size.
- A square baler as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the dogs are individually controllable.
- A square baler as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein a bar is movable by the control system relative to the shuttle assembly to render operative a selectable number of dogs commencing the count from the discharge end of the bale case.
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