| US 7,509,785 B2 | ||
| Roll-baler | ||
| Kouichi Fukumori, Mie (Japan); Akira Muraki, Mie (Japan); Yuji Uemura, Mie (Japan); Masanobu Okumura, Mie (Japan); Nobuki Yamana, Saitama (Japan); Hirokatsu Shito, Saitama (Japan); and Yukinori Shibuya, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Takakita Co. Ltd., Natsumi, Nabari, Mie (Japan); and Institute of Agricultural Machinery, Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution, Nisshin, Saitama, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 31, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/207,807. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2001-352852 (JP), filed on Nov. 19, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0093979 A1, May 22, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65B 11/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 53—211 [53/118; 53/203; 53/215; 53/587; 56/341] | 5 Claims |
| 1. An improved roll-baler, which comprises:
a hopper (2), a conveyor (3) transporting bale-shaping material from a discharge port (20) of said hopper (2), and a bale chamber {4} for receiving thereinto said bale shaping material conveyed by said transporting conveyor 3 through an inlet port “a” to shape the bale shaping material into a roll-bale,
said hopper, conveyor and bale chamber all fixed on a machine body (1), wherein said bale chamber (4) is mounted on said machine body at a position where said inlet port “a” for the bale-shaping material is open to a frontward
direction thereof, and
an endless conveying belt (30) extending between a first pulley (31) at a pick-up end of said conveying belt (30) below said hopper and a second pulley at a terminal delivery end of the conveying belt (30) located within said bale chamber (4) at a height below that of said first pulley, wherein a third pulley (33) is located between the first pulley and the second pulley to support a first portion of said conveying belt between said
first pulley and said third pulley to be substantially level and to support a second portion of said conveying belt (30) between the third pulley and the second pulley as an inclined surface “c” which is downwardly slanted toward a rear direction,
wherein said inclined surface “c” is mounted on said machine body (1) by locating said terminal second portion at a position which forms a part of a surrounding wall of said bale chamber (4) in continuous engagement against a lower half side of the roll-bale when formed within said bale chamber 4 and
wherein said inclined surface “c” discharges a complete roll-bale after an upper portion of said bale chamber is rotated up
from said inclined surface “c”.
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