US 12,439,855 B2
Bale retriever for transporting a bale, work train comprising a round baler and a bale retriever, and method of discharging bales from a round baler of such work train
Markus Mösker, Lünne (DE); Michael Kreyenhagen, Böhmte (DE); Nils Bruhn, Spelle (DE); André Berghaus, Billerbeck (DE); and Hannes Mählmann-Dunker, Neuenkirchen (DE)
Assigned to Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co. KG, Spelle (DE)
Filed by Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co. KG, Spelle (DE)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/618,832.
Claims priority of application No. 102023108773.8 (DE), filed on Apr. 5, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0334875 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. A01D 85/00 (2006.01); A01F 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 85/005 (2013.01) [A01F 15/0883 (2013.01); A01D 2085/007 (2013.01); A01D 2085/008 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bale accumulator (1) attaching to a round baler (2) and for transporting a bale (6) comprising of:
a carrying device (12) for carrying the bale (6), the carrying device (12) comprising retaining struts (121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126) which have in particular hollow profiles;
wherein the carrying device (12) is adjustable into;
a loading position (L) to pick up the bale (6), wherein in the loading position (L) a first strut (121) is rotated to a location below a wheel axis (163) of the carrying device (12) at or near the ground,
a transport position (T) to transport the bale (6), wherein in the transport position (T) the first strut (121) is rotated away from the ground, and
an unloading position (A) to discharge the bale (6) onto the ground (4), wherein in the unloading position (A) the first strut (121) is rotated further away from the ground;
wherein the bale accumulator (1) has two wheels (16), wherein the carrying device (12) is mounted, as seen in a first spatial direction (52), at the height of or below the wheel axis (163) of a wheel (16) of the bale accumulator (1) and/or that the carrying device (12) is arranged between the two wheels (16) of the bale accumulator (1).