Patent ID: 8635950
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
1. A square baler having a baling chamber with a reciprocating plunger comprising a bale chute, arranged at the discharge end of the baling chamber comprising a front portion and a rear portion pivotally mounted to the front portion about a horizontal axis for pivoting between an upper, bale sustaining, position and a lower, bale discharging position; the horizontal axis being located below the plane on which a bale slides and offset rearwards from a leading edge of the rear portion; the rear portion configured for weighing a bale during a weighing timespan when the rear portion pivots into the bale discharging position; the rear portion further comprising a brake for changing the speed of a bale moving along the rear portion; the brake configured to exert an adjustable braking force, a sensor for producing or receiving one or more parameters indicative of the weighing timespan; a controller configured to receive one or more parameters indicative of the weighing time span and adjust the braking force on the basis of the one or more parameters.