Patent ID: 6513307
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
A method for sheathing bales of plants into a tubular plastic film forming a sheath, using a carrier that moves as the sheath is being filled, comprising the steps of:transporting a bale using a transport vehicle fitted with a handling tool having a plurality of spindles; laying the bale on the carrier, upstream, in a direction of movement into the sheath, of supports of a drawing frame enabling storage of the tubular plastic film; pushing the bale inside the sheath, so that the bale rests against a previously placed bale; and moving the carrier by a distance that matches the length of the bale, wherein said pushing step comprises pushing the bale using the handling tool equipped with a pusher-ejector device against a stationary bale previously pushed into the sheath, movement of the pusher-ejector device being in a direction of forward movement of the transport vehicle, to cause a simultaneous reactionary movement of the transport vehicle in a reverse direction, said movement of the transport vehicle in the reverse direction causing the carrier to simultaneously move in the reverse direction over a distance corresponding at least to the length of the bale.