Apparatus and method for making a square bale of hay from a round bale and for compacting it
CA 2104482 A1 · Owner: Bird, Allan · Inventors: Bird, Allan; Rier, Rod
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A method and apparatus is provided for progressively separating the outer layer of hay from a round bale of hay cutting the separated layer into flakes of a size appropriate to a square bale and stacking the flakes face to face to give a square bale. Preferably the square bale is compacted under pressure applied perpendicularly to the faces of the flakes.
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- Filed August 20, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 20, 2013.
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