Apparatus for baling bulk fibrous material
First Claim
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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Abstract
The apparatus forms and wraps fibrous bulk material or the like into bales and comprises bale forming apparatus for forming the material into an elongated continuous mass and plastic film wrapping apparatus. The bale forming apparatus has a bale-forming compartment with an infeed end and a discharge end, and material flow restricting apparatus located between the infeed and discharge ends for resisting the movement of the material. The wrapping apparatus in the form of a compressed bale wrapper that applies a sheet of plastic film around each bale while maintaining the bale in a compressed form. While the bale wrapper operates on discrete bales, separated from the elongated mass produced from the bale-forming means, the bale-forming means continues to produce an uninterrupted compressed mass of material. The bale wrapping system comprises a bale transfer compartment oriented in line with the bale-forming compartment and in communication with the bale-forming compartment discharge end for receiving the compacted mass of material, and a material flow resisting apparatus for resisting the movement of the mass of material from the bale-forming compartment into the bale transfer compartment so as to maintain the mass of material in the bale transfer compartment in a state of compaction, and a plastic film wrap-applying assembly for wrapping discrete bales in a sheet of plastic film, and bale transfer means for transferring discrete bales from the bale transfer compartment into the wrap-applying assembly.
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20 Claims
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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;
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. 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;
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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 auger feeding means comprising a longitudinal auger shaft having an infeed end and a discharge end, at least one conveyor flight mounted by said shaft between the shaft infeed and discharge ends; and
said compacting roller means being mounted by said auger shaft at the shaft discharge end and is so constructed and arranged with respect to said conveyor flight whereby material conveyed by said auger feeding means will pass from said conveyor flight and through said compacting roller means into said bale-forming compartment for distribution and compaction against the mass of material at the bale-forming compartment infeed end;
said compacting roller means comprising at least one roller mounted to said auger shaft and constructed and arranged to rotate on an axis extending radially outward from said auger shaft whereby said roller will contact and roll against material as it is conveyed into said bale-forming compartment and added to said mass of material;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;
said bale transfer compartment comprising an infeed section and a bale holding section; and
said material flow resisting means comprising material dividing means communicating with said bale transfer compartment infeed section for separating the compacted mass of material received from said bale-forming compartment into a unit to be wrapped. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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