US 12,063,895 B2
Crop baler with stuffer countermass
Valentin Gresch, Ensheim (DE); Benedikt Jung, Kaiserslautern (DE); and Christian Waibel, Mannheim (DE)
Assigned to Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/948,095.
Application 16/948,095 is a division of application No. 15/809,265, filed on Nov. 10, 2017, granted, now 10,785,917.
Claims priority of application No. 102016222081.0 (DE), filed on Nov. 10, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0396902 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. A01F 15/04 (2006.01); A01D 89/00 (2006.01); A01F 15/08 (2006.01); A01F 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01F 15/0841 (2013.01) [A01D 89/002 (2013.01); A01F 15/042 (2013.01); A01F 15/046 (2013.01); A01F 15/08 (2013.01); A01F 17/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crop baler with a stuffer flywheel mass for baling a crop, the baler comprising:
a supporting frame configured to be moved across a field;
a crop pick-up configured to pick up the crop from a ground of the field;
a conveyor configured to convey the crop picked up by the crop pick-up;
a pressing chamber having a stuffer configured to compress the crop conveyed into the pressing chamber by the conveyor into a form of a bale; and
a drive for producing a reciprocating movement of the stuffer, the drive further comprising a flywheel mass with a variable moment of inertia, the flywheel mass having a radially extending support plate and rotational masses, wherein the rotational masses are connected via connecting pieces extending through slots in the radially extending support plate.