Patents Assigned to Forage Innovations B.V.
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Publication number: 20180310482Abstract: An apparatus and a method for forming and wrapping a bale in a bale forming chamber into wrapping material includes a wrapping material conveying device that conveys a web of wrapping material towards a wrapping material inlet. A severing device severs the web at a severing location. The wrapping material conveying device moves the web towards the inlet, forms a leading segment of the web, and keeps the leading segment in an intermediate web providing position between the wrapping material inlet and the severing location without moving the leading segment. For starting the wrapping procedure, the web is conveyed towards the inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.Inventor: Willem Jacobus REIJERSEN VAN BUUREN
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Patent number: 10058870Abstract: A conveying arrangement conveys loose material in a conveying direction, in particular agricultural material. Several knives of a cutting assembly are mounted below a cutting area guiding surface. The material is first conveyed along the cutting area guiding surface and afterwards along a further guiding surface. Both guiding surfaces are mechanically supported by a connecting assembly. A positioning mechanism can pivot the connecting assembly upwards and downwards. This pivotal movement causes both guiding surfaces to be moved upwards and downwards. The cutting area guiding surface together with the cutting assembly can be shifted laterally, i.e. perpendicular to the conveying direction, and is guided during this lateral movement.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Forage Innovations B.V.Inventors: Thomas Bergmann, Konstantinos Amanatidis, Sebastian Fricke
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Publication number: 20180098495Abstract: A conveying device of an agricultural processing machine conveys loose material along a window which is inserted into a wall. A sensor measures in a contactless manner a characteristic of the conveyed loose material. A fluid ejector ejects a fluid jet onto a surface formed in the interior of the processing machine. The fluid is thereby provided in a space between the window and the conveyed loose material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.Inventor: Matthew VAN MEURS
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Publication number: 20170359960Abstract: In a method for providing a bale of crop material that is only partially wrapped in a film, a bale of crop material is wrapped in a film with an automatic bale wrapping apparatus. Subsequently the film is provided with a plurality of perforations, and it is ensured that the perforations are present/positioned in an upper half of the bale. This ensures that there is good moisture control of the bale, with moist air able to escape, while stopping ingress of rain water. The bales are mostly dry hay or the like, and favourable perforations are radial slits. There is also provided a system for providing such bales with position controlled perforations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Forage Innovations B.V.Inventors: Willem Jacobus Reijersen van Buuren, Mark Core
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Publication number: 20170326554Abstract: A conveying arrangement conveys loose material in a conveying direction, in particular agricultural material. Several knives of a cutting assembly are mounted below a cutting area guiding surface. The material is first conveyed along the cutting area guiding surface and afterwards along a further guiding surface. Both guiding surfaces are mechanically supported by a connecting assembly. A positioning mechanism can pivot the connecting assembly upwards and downwards. This pivotal movement causes both guiding surfaces to be moved upwards and downwards. The cutting area guiding surface together with the cutting assembly can be shifted laterally, i.e. perpendicular to the conveying direction, and is guided during this lateral movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.Inventors: Thomas BERGMANN, Konstantinos AMANATIDIS, Sebastian FRICKE
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Patent number: 9764327Abstract: A conveying arrangement conveys loose material in a conveying direction, in particular agricultural material. Several knives of a cutting assembly are mounted below a cutting area guiding surface. The material is first conveyed along the cutting area guiding surface and afterwards along a further guiding surface. Both guiding surfaces are mechanically supported by a connecting assembly. A positioning mechanism can pivot the connecting assembly upwards and downwards. This pivotal movement causes both guiding surfaces to be moved upwards and downwards. The cutting area guiding surface together with the cutting assembly can be shifted laterally, i.e. perpendicular to the conveying direction, and is guided during this lateral movement.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.Inventors: Thomas Bergmann, Konstantinos Amanatidis, Sebastian Fricke
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Publication number: 20170094908Abstract: Rake wheels for raking apparatus for gathering crop material into a windrow are disclosed. In some embodiments, the rake wheel includes disks for securing and limiting circumferential and axial movement of the tines of the rake wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: Forage Innovations B.V.Inventors: Lisle J. Dunham, Ty Hartwick, Shawn Wang
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Publication number: 20170057680Abstract: A wrapping apparatus and A wrapping method are provide to wrap an object in a chamber into a web of wrapping material. The web is moved from a reservoir outside of the chamber. A tag applicator applies a tag on the web in an application position which is between a wrapping material reservoir and a wrapping material inlet. A tag reader monitors whether or not a tag is conveyed in the chamber along the tag reader. If no tag is detected, an alert is generated that the object is not properly wrapped.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: Forage Innovations B.V.Inventor: Malte Cornelius SCHLICHTING
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Patent number: 9560806Abstract: Apparatus for gathering bales that substantially match conveyor speed to ground speed. Methods for gathering bales that use such apparatus are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Forage Innovations B.V.Inventors: Darin Dux, Kent Thompson, Curt Graham
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Publication number: 20170027107Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for forming a cylindrical bale in a bale forming chamber. An endless pressing mechanims partially surrounds the bale forming chamber. A first tensioning member and a second tensioning member together tension the pressing mechanism by at least two guiding elements. A tensioning actuator is biased to pivot the second tensioning member away from the first tensioning member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.Inventors: Ruth DE JONG, Willem Jacobus REIJERSEN VAN BUUREN
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Patent number: 9554516Abstract: Apparatus and methods which use a conveyored loading assembly for gathering bales and, in particular, round bales such as a hay or corn stover bales.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.Inventors: Kent Thompson, Darin Dux
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Publication number: 20170006779Abstract: A bale forming apparatus forms a round bale, wraps a surface of the bale, and ejects the bale. A discharge gate of a casing is in a bale forming position while the bale is formed. For wrapping the bale, the discharge gate is pivoted into a bale wrapping position. A web detecting sensor detects whether or not provided web is present on the surface of the bale in the casing. This web detecting sensor senses a segment of the bale surface which is visible through a gap between a stationary casing part and the discharge gate being in the bale wrapping position. The wrapped bale is ejected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.Inventor: Tobias KEUNE
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Publication number: 20170001747Abstract: An object former surrounds a chamber and forms an object in the chamber. A web moving member moves a web of wrapping material towards a wrapping material inlet guiding into the chamber. The web is injected into the chamber. The object in the chamber is wrapped. A moveable severing member of a severing device severs the web. A movement of the web moving member is coupled with a movement of the moveable severing member from a parking position into an intermediate position. A severing actuator moves the moveable severing member from the intermediate position into a web severing position. thereby severing the web.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.Inventors: Willem Jacobus REIJERSEN VAN BUUREN, Rochus VERWEIJ, Arend Cornelis VISSER
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Publication number: 20170000037Abstract: A belt-roller arrangement with a deflecting roller and an endless flexible belt and a method for guiding such a belt over such a roller are disclosed. The roller body of the roller includes two deformable roller body segments and a rigid roller body segment part which is—in an axial direction—positioned between these two deformable segments. The belt is entirely guided over the central rigid segment part and at least partially over both deformable segments. The belt run is automatically corrected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.Inventor: Willem Jacobus REIJERSEN VAN BUUREN
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Publication number: 20160366827Abstract: Rotor assemblies for conveying crop material from a pick-up device of a baler apparatus into the baling chamber are disclosed. In some embodiments, the assemblies include a rotor stripper having a head section and a tail section removably attached to the head section to remove crop material from the rotating teeth of the assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: Forage Innovations B.V.Inventors: Luke Smith, Alex Knee, Jacob Limke, Calvin Meinders
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Publication number: 20160366826Abstract: Pick-up devices of a forage implement such as a round baler are disclosed. In some embodiments, a back-plate of the pick-up device for attaching stripper bands includes chambers to receive the bands.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: Forage Innovations B.V.Inventors: Nathan A. Cox, Alex Knee, Ryan G. Walker
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Publication number: 20160366825Abstract: Mounting pads for attaching tines to a pick-up device of a crop implement such as a round baler are disclosed. In some embodiments, the mounting pad includes a tab portion that is hinged to loop around the connecting loop of the tine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: Forage Innovations B.V.Inventors: Lisle J. Dunham, Alex Knee, Tom Duenwald
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Publication number: 20160345503Abstract: A wrapping device and a web supplying method are used on board of an agricultural harvester. A supply reel with wrapping material is held between two parts of an unrolling station. A web moving member moves a web taken from this supply reel away from the unrolling station. For replacing the supply reel with a further supply reel, the further supply reel is placed on at least one supporting roller. The or every supporting roller is stationary and is positioned angularly below the unrolling station and between two unrolling station parts. The further supply reel on the supporting roller is shifted in a shifting direction towards an unrolling station part.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.Inventor: Arend Cornelis VISSER
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Publication number: 20160235007Abstract: An apparatus and a method for forming a bale from loose material are disclosed. A feeder feeds loose material to a bale former. The bale former forms a bale from loose material. A feeding-side output shaft drives the feeder. A forming-side output shaft drives the bale former. An input shaft drives both output shafts. A torque measuring arrangement measures a value indicative of the input torque provided by the input shaft. If the input torque value exceeds a given torque threshold, a control unit triggers the bale former for reducing the torque consumption taken from the forming-side output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2014Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.Inventor: Steffen HOFFMANN
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Patent number: D794086Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.Inventors: Kent L. Thompson, Kent M. Recker