Patent ID: 8733073

Claim:
A system for windrowing and baling material in a single pass, the system comprising: a tractor; a windrower configured to windrow material and comprising an outlet opening; a baler configured to bale material that has passed through the windrower and comprising an inlet; a conveying assembly attached to the outlet opening of the windrower, the conveying assembly comprising a propeller-type conveyer, the propeller-type conveyor comprising one or more spinners, wherein the one or more spinners are turntable-type spinners that comprise one or more vanes attached to a spinner plate, wherein the conveying assembly is configured to move the material from the outlet opening of the windrower toward the inlet of the baler, and wherein the one or more spinners are configured to propel material from the windrower into the baler; and a connecting assembly configured to connect to the tractor, the windrower, and the baler, wherein the windrower comprises opposite wing portions extending substantially perpendicularly from the windrower, the wing portions comprising first and second parallel guides that are configured to align the connecting assembly with the windrower.