US 12,419,223 B2
Wrap material transfer device
Daniel J. Little, Albia, IA (US); Calvin D. Meinders, Pella, IA (US); Nathan D. Dockter, Pella, IA (US); Kent P. Thoreson, Bussey, IA (US); Madison M. Delaney, Prairie City, IA (US); Jerry E. Bandstra, Pella, IA (US); Lisle J. Dunham, Grinnell, IA (US); Jacob Limke, Jamestown, ND (US); and Kent L. Thompson, Otley, IA (US)
Assigned to Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA (US)
Filed by Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/097,729.
Application 17/097,729 is a division of application No. 16/209,497, filed on Dec. 4, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/594,418, filed on Dec. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0068345 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A01F 15/07 (2006.01); B65B 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01F 15/0715 (2013.01) [B65B 11/025 (2013.01); A01F 2015/0725 (2013.01); A01F 2015/0735 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A baling machine comprising:
a baler frame including a front end, a rear end, and two opposing sidewalls extending between the front end and the rear end;
a wrapping device having a wrap material bay, the wrapping device attached to the rear end of the baler frame and operable to dispense a supply of wrap material when the wrap material is located in the wrap material bay;
a cover pivotally attached to the rear end of the baler frame, the cover being movable from the baler frame between closed and open positions to selectively provide access to the wrap material bay; and
a wrap transfer device attached directly to the rear end of the baler frame and operable to support and transfer the wrap material relative to the baler frame, the wrap transfer device including:
an arm having a first end and a second end, the first end of the arm pivotally attached to the rear end of the baler frame below a portion of the cover pivotally attached to the rear end of the baler frame,
wherein the arm includes a first member attached to the rear end of the baler frame and defines the first end of the arm, and a second member pivotally attached to the first member at an arm member pivot, the second member defining the second end of the arm; and
a lifting device positioned on the second member of the arm, wherein the lifting device is configured to be attached to the wrap material and operable to lower and lift the wrap material via a line,
wherein the lifting device is operable to lower and lift the wrap material when the cover is in the open position and the wrap transfer device is positioned within the wrap material bay.