Device for wrapping a bale of pasture or the like
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US Β· United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- OFF MEC ING A FERABOLI
- Publication Date
- 2007-07-12
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable Β· inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a wrapping device used for wrapping a bale of hay or the like, and which is mounted on a round baler. BACKGROUND ART
[0002] Generally at the end of the bale formation cycle, when the bale has reached a desired diameter, it is necessary that the round baler perform the wrapping of the bale of pasture or the like.
[0003] This wrapping or binding operation, as is well known to those skilled in the art and those who use round balers, is performed by means of a wire or by means of a sheet-like material (e.g. a net), while the bale is still inside the round baler. After the wrapping or binding, the bale is discharged on the ground from the tailgate. In modern round balers the whole process is essentially automatic, and the operator only needs to set the final (desired) bale diameter, possibly in combination with other parameters like the density of the bale etc.
[0004] As regards the binding systems which make use of a wire, they hav...