BALE MOVER WITH SELF-ADJUSTING SPINNERS

摘要

A bale mover with self-adjusting spinners for loading/unloading bales and unrolling bales. The bale mover includes a cross member and a pair of opposing arms that extend generally orthogonally to the cross member. The cross member is pivotable about an axis extending transverse to the bale mover to move the arms to extend away from the bale mover. The arms are moveable toward one another to pinch a bale between distal ends thereof. A spinner is provided at the distal end of each arm. The spinners include axles secured to the arms and spinner bodies which are rotatable about the respective axles to facilitate rotation of a bale engaged by the spinners. The spinners are also pivotable relative to the axles to enable alignment of the spinners with surfaces of the bale.

主权项

1. A bale-mover comprising:
a base frame coupled to a vehicle; a pair of bale-lifting arms disposed proximate opposite sides of the base frame, each arm in the pair being moveable to move at least a distal end of the arm toward the distal end of the other arm in the pair; an axle disposed proximate the distal end of each arm and having a fixed orientation relative to the respective arm, each axle defining a respective axis of rotation; a spinner body disposed along the length of each axle, each spinner body rotatable about the respective axis of rotation and pivotable relative to the respective axle; and a coupler that couples the spinner body to the axle, the spinner body being rotatable about the respective axis of rotation and pivotable relative to the respective axle via the coupler.