Rotating pickup bale arm
CA 2096045 A1 · Owner: Rempel, William · Inventors: Rempel, William
Overview
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The invention relates to a device for turning and lifting a cylindrical bale of hay as it is elevated from a field and thereafter placed on a transport machine. The device includes a pair of clamping arms which can move relative to each other to clamp a bale therebetween and to release the bale therefrom. The clamping arms are part of a component that is pivotally connected to a frame for rotation through 90°. In one embodiment the frame itself is mounted to the transport machine for rotation about a horizontal axis. The clamping arms grasp the bale as it rests on the field with its axis across the direction of equipment travel and the as the frame is elevated the bale is rotated so that …
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- Filed May 12, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 12, 2013.
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