Abstract: A round baling press for agricultural stalk products has a pressing chamber limited by a stationary front housing part and a movable rear housing part which is turnable for discharge of a finished bale about a horizontal axis and is provided with a sensing device which senses whether the turning region of the rear housing part is free of bale after its discharge to prevent turning of the rear housing part when the bale is still in its turning region.

Abstract: A round baler includes a base and rear frame. A first set of rollers is mounted in the base frame and extends transversely thereof. A pair of arms are pivoted on the rear frame, and a second set of rollers is carried by the arms extending transversely between the arms. The arms are movable between a bale starting position and a full bale position, and the second set of rollers cooperate with at least part of the first set of rollers to define a bale starting chamber that is vertically elongated when the arms are in the bale starting position.

Abstract: A large baling press has a pressing chamber peripherally limited by driven winding elements which simultaneously form an inlet opening, and a product supply passage which is limited from below by a prong drum unit and from above by a holding down rack, wherein the rack is oscillatingly moveable in a traveling or product flowing direction.

Abstract: A roll baling device in where the hay is picked up and formed by a group of guiding and stretching members for endless belt-like elements arranged between and supported by two relatively spaced walls. A further group of cylindrical support elements are arranged in a substantially complete circle within the baling chamber and cooperate with the belts to limit the diameter of the round bale in accord with the diameter of the circle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for forming a compressed produce bale, which is provided with a compacting cage, supported on an undercarriage, with an inlet for the produce and a pick-up for collecting the produce. The compacting cage has a polygonal, preferably square or rectangular cross section, and is bounded by at least approximately planar, stiff side walls, the inlet and the compacting cage being adjustable relative to each other in such a manner, that uniform filling of the whole cross sectional shape of the compacting cage is achieved.

Abstract: A baling apparatus of the type which is moved along a windrow of fodder and rolls a large bale in a baling chamber which has side plates to confine the ends of the bale. One side plate is mounted for lateral translatory movement, provided by a hydraulic cylinder unit, so as to reduce the confining pressure on the bale at the time of bale discharge. Bale formation and discharge are also improved by providing the baling chamber with a set of closely spaced, transversely extending rotatable rollers which support the bale during bale formation and discharge.

Abstract: A roll forming crop baling machine to produce more even bale density, which forms the bale by use of rigid rollers. The set of rollers, one stationary set and another shifting set, are used to form and compress the bale during a major portion of its growth. Each shifting roller gradually moves outward from an initial position near the core of the forming bale which is radially inward from the stationary rollers, to a final position forming a continuous outer boundary with the stationary rollers.

Abstract: This invention relates to a round baler for windrowed fibrous agricultural materials in which the bales are formed by a two-part frame having a generally cylindrical baling zone therein defined by side wall members on the frame and roller members extending between the side wall members and distributed around the frame. The frame includes a conventional pickup and conveying apparatus to move the agricultural materials from the ground into the entrance of the cylindrical baling zone. A suitable drive means, adapted to be coupled to a power takeoff of a draft vehicle or mounted on the baler, rotates the roller members to form a bale of the agricultural materials which are fed to the baling zone by the pickup. The frame parts are separated through hydraulic actuators to open the baling zone and deposit the round bale therefrom.

Abstract: A rolling-compressing apparatus for forming loose fibrous material into continuous dense cylindrical core which is cut into individual rolls of desired length. The core forming channel is confined by a plurality of circumferentially arranged compression rollers.The improved suspension and drive mechanism of the compression rollers, subject to this invention allows the necessary angular movement of the compression rollers relative to the drive shafts of the main power drive train and utilizes effective means for the transfer of the driving torque.

Abstract: To form round bales of fibrous agricultural material, windrowed material is fed into a baling zone formed within a frame. The frame is formed of a stationary front part and a rear part pivotally connected to the front part. Circumferential peripheral surface of the baling zone is lined with conveying elements, either belts, chains, drums, rollers or the like can be used. The material enters in the lower portion of the front part through an opening between two adjacent conveying elements. As it is carried along by the conveying elements, the material is turned over on itself gradually producing a round bale limited in size by the circumferential periphery of the baling zone. As the zone becomes filled, the conveying elements compress the material, wherein the inner layers foist together in a stellate manner. When the bale is completed the rear part pivots away from the front part to discharge the bale.

Abstract: A rotary compacting machine using rolling-compressing techniques in which loose fibrous material is rolled into a dense continuous cylindrical core in a compression channel. At the discharge end of the compression channel the continuous core is cut to the desired length individual rolls.The improved cutting mechanism, subject to this invention is self-actuating, and it is capable to maintain the desired cut-length of the individual rolls without any supplementary metering or sensing elements. It overcomes the mechanical difficulties which were inherent in the cutting systems of prior art machines.

Abstract: In a rotary compacting machine using rolling-compressing techniques sheets of loose fibrous material rolled into a dense continuous cylindrical core in a compression channel, being confined by power driven boundary compression rollers. The circumferentially spaced plurality of compression rollers impart to the material of the core radial, tangential and axial forces. At the end of the compression channel the continuous core is cut to the desired length individual rolls. The skewing position of the compression rollers is automatically regulated and adjusted to obtain the desired density of the core and to provide means to cause the desired axial displacement of the formed core toward and away from the discharge end of the compression channel.To make this compacting process applicable to biologically active fibrous materials, such as agricultural forage crops at higher moisture contents, an applicator for chemical additives, such as preservatives, is incorporated into the system.