摘要 |
BALING MACHINE FOR FORMING CYLINDRICAL BALES OF CROP A baling machine for forming large cylindrical bales of hay has a conventional baling chamber in which the crop is rolled into a bale by oppositely moving runs of belts. The baling chamber is fed by a delivery unit on the underside of the machine. In order to enable the machine to work without stopping during tying and discharge of the completed bale, crop being picked up during this stage is diverted onto a web of belting material which is attached at one end to a coiling shaft and, which at the other is wound around a web support or uncoiling shaft. The coiling shaft is driven to wind the web, drawing it from the uncoiling shaft, into a spiral with the crop sandwiched in the spiral. When baling in the chamber is restarted, the uncoiling shaft is driven in the opposite direction so as to unwind the spiral on the coiling shaft and the crop released thereby from the spiral is directed into the baling chamber. |