Drive arrangement for powering the plunger of an agricultural baler
US-9277692-B2 · Mar 8, 2016 · US
Drive arrangement for powering the plunger of an agricultural baler
US10517222B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-10517222-B2 |
| Application number | US-201615001816-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jan 20, 2016 |
| Priority date | Dec 19, 2011 |
| Publication date | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2019 |
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An agricultural baler including a base unit, a plurality of ground engaging devices and a transmission. The plurality of ground engaging devices support the base unit. The transmission is mounted on the base unit. The transmission includes an input shaft and an other shaft. The other shaft is separate from the input shaft. The other shaft is drivingly coupled to the input shaft. The other shaft is connected to a flywheel and/or a hydraulic pump. The other shaft is configured to operate at a different speed than the speed at which the input shaft operates.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A method of powering an agricultural baler, the method comprising the steps of: providing shaft torque to an input shaft of a transmission, the transmission being mounted on a base unit of the agricultural baler; driving at least one of a flywheel and a hydraulic pump connected to a fixed speed shaft drivingly coupled to the input shaft, the fixed speed shaft being configured to operate at a higher speed than a speed at which the input shaft operates; and driving a plunger mechanism connected to a variable speed shaft drivingly coupled to the input shaft, the variable speed shaft configured to operate at a different speed than the speed at which the fixed speed shaft operates. 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said speed of said fixed speed shaft and said speed of said input shaft are related to each other by a gearing ratio, said gearing ratio being greater than 1:1. 3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the speed of the fixed speed shaft and the speed of the input shaft are related to each other by a gearing ratio, the gearing ratio being at least 2:1. 4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input shaft, the fixed speed shaft and the variable speed shaft each operate at different speeds from each other. 5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fixed speed shaft and the input shaft have a fixed gearing ratio relationship therebetween. 6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the speed of the input shaft and the speed of the variable speed shaft are related to each other by a variable gearing ratio, the variable gearing ratio having a plurality of gearing ratio selections.
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- A01F15/085Primary
for round balers · CPC title
Gearing · CPC title
- A01F15/0841Primary
Drives for balers · CPC title
Plunger presses · CPC title
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- What does patent US10517222B2 cover?
- An agricultural baler including a base unit, a plurality of ground engaging devices and a transmission. The plurality of ground engaging devices support the base unit. The transmission is mounted on the base unit. The transmission includes an input shaft and an other shaft. The other shaft is separate from the input shaft. The other shaft is drivingly coupled to the input shaft. The other shaft…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Deere & Co
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification A01F15/085. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Dec 31 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 1 related publication on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).