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Apparatus for baling bulk fibrous material

  • US 5,553,446 A
  • Filed: 12/28/1994
  • Issued: 09/10/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for forming fibrous bulk material or the like into bales which comprises bale forming means for forming said material into an elongated continuous mass and bale wrapping means for receiving said mass of material from a discharge end of said bale-forming compartment and wrapping said mass into discrete bales;

  • said bale forming means comprising a bale-forming compartment with an infeed end and a discharge end, and material flow restricting means located between the infeed and discharge ends for resisting the movement of said mass of material;

    auger feeding means oriented longitudinally in line with said bale-forming compartment for conveying said material into the infeed end of said bale-forming compartment; and

    compacting roller means oriented transverse to said bale-forming compartment and so constructed and arranged with respect to said auger feeding means and the infeed end of said bale-forming compartment so that material is conveyed through said compacting roller means into said bale-forming compartment and distributed arcuately against the adjacent end of said mass of material, said compacting roller means and said material flow restricting means cooperatively functioning to create said mass of material in a compacted condition with material being added to said mass of material at the bale-forming compartment infeed end and compressed thereinto by said compacting roller means;

    said bale wrapping means comprising a bale transfer compartment oriented in line with said bale-forming compartment and in communication with said bale-forming compartment discharge end for receiving said compacted mass of material, and material flow resisting means for resisting the movement of said mass of material from said bale-forming compartment into said bale transfer compartment so as to maintain the mass of material in said bale transfer compartment in a state of compaction;

    plastic film wrap-applying means for wrapping discrete bales in a sheet of plastic film; and

    bale transfer means for transferring discrete bales from said bale transfer compartment into said wrap-applying means.

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