Forage Bale Sizing Trailer With Angled Hinged Doors
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for loading irregularly sized and unsymmetrical forage bales into transport vehicles are time-consuming and difficult due to the non-uniform nature of the bales, making efficient and safe loading challenging.
Innovation Solution
A transfer trailer equipped with a sizing structure, including a hinged door mechanism and a press wall, standardizes the dimensions of forage bales by applying horizontal force and using motive means to push the bales through angled doors, ensuring symmetry and proper sizing before loading into a transport vehicle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual loading or squeeze method is used for irregular forage bales, then loading can be accomplished, but the process is time-consuming and difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The sizing structure with angled doors and press wall performs preliminary action by standardizing the dimensions and orientation of forage bales before they are loaded onto the transport vehicle. The press wall pushes bales through the angled doors which trim excess material and align the bales, creating uniform stacks that are easier and faster to load subsequently.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical parameters of the forage bales by using the press wall to compress and reshape them into standardized dimensions. The angled doors act as cutting surfaces that trim bales to uniform size, transforming irregular bales into consistent units that improve loading efficiency and reduce operational difficulty.
2Reliability
If forage bales are not standardized, then they can be loaded as they are, but loading becomes time-consuming and unsafe
Solution Approach 1:
The sizing structure performs preliminary standardization of forage bales before loading, creating uniform dimensions and proper orientation. This preliminary action ensures that subsequent loading operations are safer and faster, as standardized bales stack more predictably and securely in the transport vehicle.
Solution Approach 2:
The press wall is actuated by hydraulic or pneumatic mechanisms that apply controlled force to compress and reshape forage bales into standardized forms. This mechanical action ensures consistent sizing and orientation, improving both loading safety and efficiency.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates efficient and safe loading of forage bales into transport vehicles by standardizing their dimensions, reducing the time and effort required for loading and ensuring a secure fit within the vehicle.
Implementation Method 1
Motive means, such as a cylinder or hydraulic ram is connected with the press wall to provide the motive force needed to push a stack of bales along the deck of the trailer
Implementation Method 2
a horizontal force applied to a stack of bales on the deck will move the stack of bales past the doors which engage the stack of bales to produce a stack of bales with standardized dimensions
Data Source
AI summary
A transfer trailer for loading bales of forage into a transport vehicle includes a press wall mounted on a horizontal deck to be movable between a loading position and a transfer end of the trailer, and the transfer trailer has a sizing structure disposed at the transfer end formed of a hinged door arrangement such that motive means moving the press wall along the deck of the transfer trailer causes the hinged door arrangement to engage a stack of bales loaded onto the deck of the transfer trailer to force the stack of bales into standardized dimensions prior to delivery to a transport vehicle.