Guide system for a plunger of a rectangular baler

摘要

A rectangular baler including a bale chamber; a plunger; a guide system including a guide assembly for aligning and supporting the plunger in a transverse direction; each guide assembly including a mounting piece with a guide element, a threaded shaft; wherein the mounting piece has a mounting surface which is fixed against a guide surface of a member; the mounting piece and the member having an elongated slot and a through-hole, respectively, or a through-hole and an elongated slot, respectively; the threaded shaft extending through the through-hole and the elongated slot and having an axis making an angle with respect to the guide surface which is smaller than 90 degrees.

主权项

1. A rectangular baler comprising:
a bale chamber adapted to contain one or more bales; a plunger that reciprocates in the bale chamber to advance crop material in a discharge direction towards a discharge opening of the bale chamber; a guide system that guides the plunger in the bale chamber; said guide system comprising at least one guide assembly that aligns and supports the plunger in a transverse direction perpendicular to the discharge direction; each guide assembly including a mounting piece with a guide element, a threaded shaft and at least one nut that fixes said threaded shaft; wherein said mounting piece has a mounting surface that is fixed against a guide surface of a member; said mounting piece and said member receive the threaded shaft, via an elongated slot and a through-hole, or a through-hole and an elongated slot; said threaded shaft extending through said through-hole and said elongated slot and being tightened with said at least one nut; said threaded shaft having an axis making an angle with respect to said guide surface, the angle being smaller than 90 degrees, when looking from the plunger towards the guide assembly in the discharge direction.