Patent ID: 6701834
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
In a drive arrangement, for a baler for producing parallelepiped bales, including a controllable power source drive coupling component, a main power shaft, a plunger drive arrangement, an auxiliary function drive arrangement, said power source drive coupling being controllable between on and off conditions for respectively connecting and disconnecting a driving relationship between a power source and said main power shaft, a control arrangement coupled to said power source drive coupling component and being operable for selectively effecting said on and off conditions, said main power shaft being coupled for driving said plunger drive arrangement and said auxiliary function drive arrangement, and a flywheel located between said main power shaft and at least one of said plunger drive arrangement and auxiliary function drive arrangement, the improvement comprising: one of a one-way drive coupling, or a controllable drive component, being coupled between said flywheel and said at least one of said plunger drive arrangement and auxiliary function drive arrangement, and where in the case of the one-way drive coupling, the one-way drive characteristic is operable for preventing rotation of said flywheel from being transferred to said at least one of said plunger drive arrangement and auxiliary drive arrangement, when said power source drive coupling is controlled to said off condition from said on condition, and in the case of said controllable drive component, the latter is connected to said control arrangement and being responsive to said control arrangement being operated to place said power source drive coupling in said off condition for disconnecting said flywheel from said at least one of said plunger drive arrangement and auxiliary function drive arrangement.