Patent ID: 6240712
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: A01D,A01F

Abstract:
Bale collector comprising a mobile frame having wheels and which is suitable for being connected to a bale delivery device behind a bale delivery outlet of the bale delivery device viewed in a collecting travel direction, bale bearing means with a rotatably rear bearing part fitted on the frame and suitable for receiving and supporting a disc-shaped round bale rolling from the outlet of the bale delivery device, means fitted at the rear end of the frame for retaining a bale supported on the rear bearing part, non-return means having a rotatably non-return element with a horizontal axis and with resetting means which are suitable for allowing a bale rolling to the rear in a bale passing by position of the non-return element, and tilt control means connected between the frame and the rear bearing part for tilting a rear end of the rear bearing part between an upper position of a collecting state and a lower position of an unloading state, wherein the axis of rotation of the non-return element is arranged at the rear of the wheels and the non-return element is rotatable from the bale passing by position downwards to the bearing part for allowing a bale to roll over the bearing part to the rear.