公开(公告)号：EP1903851A2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-02

申请号：EP06745079.1

申请日：2006-06-23

申请人： Welmount Limited

发明人： MCHALE, Padraic Christopher ,  HEANEY, James John ,  O'CONNOR, Patrick Thomas ,  SHERIDAN, Gerard Patrick ,  CUMMINS, John Joseph ,  MCHALE, Martin, William ,  MCHALE, Paul Gerard

IPC分类号： A01F15/07

CPC分类号： A01F15/071 ,  A01F15/0715 ,  A01F2015/0735 ,  A01F2015/0755

摘要： Baling apparatus (1 ) for forming a bale (2) of grass, hay, straw or the like and for wrapping the bale (2) in non-perforated plastics sheet wrapping material (64, 71 ) comprises a chassis (10), a baler (16) mounted on the chassis (10) within which the bale (2) is formed, and a pair of bale supporting rollers (54, 55) on which the bale is supported and rotated during wrapping. An upper segment (21) and a lower segment (22) of the baler (16) are pivotal upwardly for transferring a bale from the baler (16) to the bale supporting rollers (54, 55). A first dispenser (63) and a holding mechanism (65) extend wrapping material (64) across a discharge opening (40) through which the bale (2) is transferred from the baler (16) so that as the bale is being transferred onto the bale supporting rollers (54, 55), wrapping sheet material (64) is drawn from the first dispenser (63) around approximately 180° of the circumferential surface (5) of the bale (2) and extends around corner edges (8) of the bale (2). The bale supporting rollers (54, 55) rotate the bale (2) for wrapping an appropriate number of turns of the wrapping material (64) around the circumferential surface (5) of the bale (2), and a carrier ring member (74) which carries second dispensers (72, 73) revolves the second dispensers (72, 73) about the bale (2) while the bale (2) is being rotated by the bale supporting rollers (54, 55) for wrapping of the bale (2) with wrapping material (71 ) from the second dispensers (72, 73). A bale wrapper is also disclosed.