Bale accumulator.

摘要

There is disclosed an agricultural bale accumulator (1) comprising : - a load bed (19) adapted for accumulating thereon a plurality of bales (3); said bales (3) being received the one after the other and in a first direction on said load bed (19); - bale-transfer means (210) operable to displace said bales (3), after receipt on the load bed (19), across said load bed (19) in a second direction transverse to the first direction and to position these bales (3) in side-by-side relationship on said load bed (19) thus forming a compact parcel thereof; and - bale-discharge means (310) operable to discharge a parcel of bales (3) thus accumulated on the load bed (19) to the ground. This bale accumulator (1) further also comprises bale-turning means (110) for turning each bale (3) through 90 DEG around its longitudinal axis upon receipt on the load bed (19).