Patent ID: 9656775
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B30B,B65B

Claim:
1. A strap-less baler for use with a press for compressible materials, comprising: a frame; a conveyor, the conveyor including a mobile portion and a load carriage, the load carriage movably mounted to the mobile portion and including a region for receiving a bale from the press; and a bagger, the bagger including a chute having an entrance and a discharge, the discharge having a bagging mandrel, the bagger configured to receive a bale and move the bale from the entrance to the discharge and the bagging mandrel, wherein the load carriage is configured to receive the bale in an orientation and reorient the bale about 180 degrees to transfer the bale to the bagger entrance, and wherein the bale is introduced into the bagger without straps or wires on the bale.