Abstract: An electrical crimp connector for making a connection between an insulated wire and a connecting element. The connecting element comprises two limbs which define a slot into which the wire can be inserted, the dimensions of the slot being such that the insulation of the wire is cut. The connector has a clamping element on which the connecting element is secured at an angle of approximately 45.degree.. A plurality of connecting elements connected in pairs are housed in a number of interconnected clamping elements and formed into a unit. The connecting elements are connected by a transverse web and are pluggable into the clamping element, separate external wire-rod guides for the incoming and outgoing conductors are formed on the clamping element and the clamping element has a smooth bottom surface.

Abstract: A crop baling machine of the kind for producing wound bales has a hollow cylindrical winding compartment having a bottom gap in the compartment cylindrical wall through which the crop is fed by a pick-up device. Conveying rollers then convey the crop to an endless slat conveyor a radially inner run of which is guided at its side edges to sweep round the inner, part cylindrical wall of the compartment. The outer run of the conveyor is guided round the outside of this wall. A rear compartment portion is hinged to open upwardly to release the bale. The construction is relatively simple and robust and requires less power than conventional machines because uniform radial compression of the bale is achieved. Also, dust and particles of crop cannot easily escape from the baling compartment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a structure including a cleat connector for providing an electrical connection between an insulated wire and a bifurcated terminal element of electrically conductive resilient material. The terminal element includes a pair of leaf-spring contact arms lying in a plane and defined by a centrally located slot therein having sharp edges and adjoining an enlarged entry opening. The width of the slot is less than the diameter of the metallic conductor of the wire so that when the wire is pressed into the slot, the wire insulation is cut through, and an electrical connection is established between the wire conductor and the terminal element. A clamping element is associated with the terminal element for gripping the insulated wire.

Abstract: A machine for cutting and harvesting of crops having stalks which is pulled by a tractor in a direction of travel. The machine includes a guide casing which has vertical cylindrical wall means. A vertical drum with gripper teeth is rotatably mounted on the guide casing and pulls the stalks of the crops into a pulling passage defined by the cylindrical surface of the drum and the vertical cylindrical wall means. A feed trough merges with the vertical wall means which extend from a 3-o'clock to an 8-o'clock position of the drum. A chaff blower having a pair of feed rollers is mounted at the outlet of the feed trough. The stalks of the crop are seized by the gripper teeth of the drum and transported through the pulling in passage where they are cut by cutting means and then are transported to the feed trough while assuming an increasingly rearwardly inclined position with respect to the direction of travel.