Patent ID: 11917950
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 5:
6. A hay baler apparatus positioned on a frame which is adapted for towing, comprising:
a pickup mechanism, said pickup mechanism configured for collecting material positioned in one or a plurality of windrows;
a transfer mechanism for moving said material from said pickup mechanism, to an entry end of a compression passage;
said compression passage decreasing in size between said entry end and an exit end of said compression passage, wherein said compression passage is larger at said entry end than said compression passage at said exit end;
a baling chamber for forming rectangular bales of said material, said baling chamber having a first bale ejection end opposite a second bale ejection end;
said baling chamber having a central area positioned in between said first bale ejection end and said second bale ejection end;
said compression passage communicating a compressed stream of said material from said exit end, into said central area of said baling chamber;
a plunger positioned within said baling chamber, translation of said plunger toward said first bale ejection end of said baling chamber further compressing said compressed stream of material into said bale;
a first exit ramp for exiting of said bale from said first bale ejection end of said baling chamber;
a first bale knife operatively positioned in said first exit ramp;
said first baling knife having an angle of 5-20 degrees, relative to a surface of said first ramp on which a bale slides; and
said first baling knife severing said bale exiting along said first exit ramp, into two smaller bales.