| 摘要 |
<p>A large bale loading, transporting and unloading method and apparatus including a wheeled vehicle (1) having a flatbed (4) with a longitudinal conveyor (12) and a cross-bed conveyor (13) for unloading bales laterally from the side of the flatbed. A tine carrying frame or bed (4) is movable to a vertical position against a bale stack (74) and bale engaging tines (46) are actuated to hold the bales against the frame. The frame is returned to the horizontal position for either transport or lateral unloading. In one embodiment the longitudinal (12) and cross-bed (13) conveyors and the tine structures (46) are carried on a flatbed (4) beneath the surface thereof. In a second embodiment the longitudinal conveyor and tine structures are mounted on top of the bed. Apparatus (162) disclosed for selectively cutting off flakes or segments of the bale as it is discharged laterally.</p> |
