Patent ID: 7716910
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: A01D,A01F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for baling a crop disposed on the ground in a field comprising: a baler having a pickup thereon for picking up crop materials from the ground and moving such crop materials towards a baling chamber; wherein the pickup comprises a pickup frame operatively attached to the baler, the pickup frame having a front and a rear and a plurality of laterally spaced apart tines which have a first position adjacent the ground below the pickup frame and a second position raised from the ground above the pickup frame whereby the pickup tines are powered to move between at least the first and second positions thereof; a powered rotor operatively rotationally attached to the baler about an axis of rotation which is disposed in at least a first position a predetermined distance above and forwardly of the rear of the pickup frame, the rotor being powered to rotate in at least one direction; and a plurality of blade assemblies operatively attached to the rotor and having blades extending radially outwardly from the axis wherein at least at times one or more of the blade assemblies are disposed between one or more of the tines whereby adjacent blades which are below the axis of rotation of the rotor can be selectively moved towards the baling chamber to assist the pickup tines to move the crop materials into the baling chamber when the rotor is powered in said at least one direction.