Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co. KG

A binding apparatus ( 10 ) for a baling press ( 1 ), having a needle rocker ( 11 ) having a plurality of binding needles ( 12 ) for supplying binding to a pressing channel ( 3 ), wherein the needle rocker ( 11 ) can be driven by a motorized drive ( 40 ) in such a manner that it moves relative to a frame ( 2 ) of the baling press ( 1 ) in accordance with a binding cycle, and having a brake apparatus ( 15 ) which is configured to apply a braking force (F) which acts at least indirectly on the needle rocker ( 11 ). In order to enable an efficient and precise guiding of a needle rocker, there is provision, according to the invention, for the binding apparatus ( 10 ) to be configured in such a manner that the braking force (F) is automatically varied in accordance with at least one parameter relating to the binding apparatus ( 10 ).

The present invention relates to a feed device ( 2 ) for a forage harvester. The feed device is formed to convey agricultural crops in a feed direction (ER) through a feed channel ( 4 ). The feed device comprises a frame device ( 40 ) which comprises at least one side wall ( 42 ) for laterally delimiting the feed channel ( 4 ). The feed device comprises at least two pairs of feed rollers ( 10 , 20 , 30 ), each comprising a rotatably mounted upper roller element ( 12 , 22 , 32 ) extending laterally through at least one roller recess ( 13 , 23 , 33 ) in the side walls ( 42 ) to delimit the feed channel, and a rotatably mounted lower roller element ( 14 , 24 , 34 ) and which are arranged offset from one another in the feed direction (ER). The feed device comprises a bearing arrangement ( 50 ) which is formed for such mounting of the upper roller elements ( 12 , 22 , 32 ) in such a way that they are movable in a vertical direction (HR). The feed device comprises a covering apparatus ( 60 ) which has at least one covering element ( 62 , 64 ) which is movable relative to the frame device ( 40 ) by means of the bearing arrangement ( 50 ) for covering the at least one roller recess ( 13 , 23 , 33 ). According to the invention, the covering apparatus ( 60 ) comprises at least one intermediate covering element ( 66 ) for covering the at least one roller recess ( 13 , 23 , 33 ), which is movably mounted relative to the frame device ( 40 ) and relative to the covering element ( 62 , 64 ) by means of the bearing arrangement ( 50 ).

The invention relates to an agricultural machine. It comprises a first machine segment and a second machine segment which is pivotably mounted relative to the first machine segment about a segment pivot axis. The machine also comprises a transfer device which is designed to pivot the second machine segment about the segment pivot axis from a segment working position into a segment transport position, which has at least one actuator arranged so as to be pivotable about an actuator segment pivot axis relative to the first machine segment and which has at least one transmission element which is mounted on the actuator so as to be pivotable about an actuator transmission pivot axis spaced from the segment pivot axis and is arranged on the second machine segment. According to the invention, the transmission element is mounted on the second machine segment so as to be pivotable about a transmission segment pivot axis, and the transfer device has a pivot limiting device which is designed to limit the pivoting mobility of the transmission element about the transmission segment pivot axis in such a way that the transmission segment pivot axis is spaced from the actuator pivot plane.

The present invention relates to a header ( 10 ) for row-independent harvesting of corn using a forage harvester ( 80 ). The header ( 10 ) comprises at least three header segments ( 1, 2, 3, 4 ), including a first central header segment ( 1 ). Each of the header segments ( 1, 2, 3, 4 ) includes a conveying element ( 18 ) that rotates during operation to convey corn plants in a segment-specific conveying direction (SR 1, SR 2, SR 3, SR 4 ) toward a feed area ( 14 ). The header ( 10 ) further comprises a transfer mechanism ( 20 ) for shifting the header ( 10 ) from a working position (I) into a transport position (VI). In the working position (I), the header segments ( 1, 2, 3, 4 ) are arranged side-by-side in a transverse direction (QR) such that their segment-specific conveying directions (SR 1, SR 2, SR 3, SR 4 ) are aligned parallel to a ground plane (AE) and oriented toward the feed area ( 14 ). In the transport position (VI), at least one of the header segments ( 1, 2, 3, 4 ) is arranged such that its segment-specific conveying direction (SR 1, SR 2, SR 3, SR 4 ) is angled relative to the ground plane (AE). According to the invention, the transfer mechanism ( 20 ) is configured such that the segment-specific conveying direction (SR 1 ) of the first header segment ( 1 ) is angled relative to the ground plane (AE) in the transport position (VI) of the header ( 10 ).

A round baler ( 1 ) that includes a feed channel ( 6 ) leading to a pressing chamber ( 55 ), a drivable transfer device ( 20 ) to convey harvested material through the feed channel ( 6 ) toward the pressing chamber ( 55 ) in a pressing mode, as well as a storage device ( 30 ) with a storage space ( 32 ). There is a means to continuously pick up harvested material, and a storage device ( 30 ) has a storage space wall ( 31 ) which outwardly delimits the storage space ( 32 ), in communication with the feed channel ( 6 ) by means of at least one storage space opening ( 33 ), as well as a drivable storage space conveyor ( 34 ) for the harvested material within the storage space ( 32 ), wherein, in storage mode, the storage device ( 30 ) intakes harvested material from the feed channel ( 6 ) and, in the pressing mode, discharges harvested material to the feed channel ( 6 ) both with a storage space opening(s) ( 33 ).

A baler includes a pressing channel where crop bales are conveyable along a pressing axis, and a binding arrangement. The binding arrangement has a needle swing, a holding unit, a deflection drive, and a deflection device which has a detection element. The needle swing has binding needles arranged offset to each other. Each binding needle guides a respective binding element strand upwards through the pressing channel. The holding unit holds a holding section of the binding element strand which is guided upwards. The deflection drive adjusts the deflection device. The detection element moves relative to the holding unit and partially moves along the pressing axis. At least one binding element strand is detectable by the detecting element, and is deflected through the pressing channel to produce a binding element loop. The binding element loop changes direction relative to the pressing axis at the at least one detection element.

The present invention relates to a collecting apparatus for round bales. The collecting apparatus has a frame device and a conveying device, which is designed to convey a plurality of round bales relative to the frame device in a conveying direction. The conveying device comprises at least two traction members, which are spaced apart from one another transversely to the conveying direction and are designed to rotate about a front deflection axis and a rear deflection axis and have a conveying run and a return run. The conveying device also comprises at least two conveying elements, which are arranged offset to one another in the conveying direction, extend longitudinally between the conveying runs of the traction members transversely to the conveying direction, are attached to the traction members, and in each case have a conveying section arranged centrally between the traction members.

A radiator screen assembly for an agricultural machine includes a frame, a screening chamber which is at least partially surrounded by the frame, a screen arranged in the screening chamber, a cleaning unit which cleans the screen, and a drive unit. The screening chamber has cooling air passed therethrough. The cleaning unit has a runner unit(s) mounted on the frame to be translationally displaceable along a running direction and to extend transversely to the running direction. The drive unit oscillates the runner unit(s) in the running direction. The drive unit includes an actuator and a coupling lever having a runner arm(s). The coupling lever pivots about a pivot axis of a coupling which is stationary relative to the frame and which is coupled to the actuator in a drive-transmitting manner. The runner arm(s) of the coupling lever is coupled to the runner unit(s) in a drive-transmitting manner.

A tool for mounting a chopping knife to a chopping drum. The tool includes a clamping mechanism for releasably fixing the tool in an auxiliary bore of the chopping drum, a frame, an adjusting element, and a positioning element. The clamping mechanism is reversibly adjustable from a basic state, in which the clamping mechanism is unclamped, to a clamping state, in which the clamping mechanism is clamped. The adjusting element is reversibly displaceable relative to the clamping mechanism and/or the frame in a displacement direction along a displacement axis. The adjusting element reversibly adjusts the clamping mechanism from the basic state to the tensioned state. The positioning device positions the chopping knife on the chopping drum.

A bale accumulator for attaching to a round baler and for transporting a bale, with a carrying device for carrying the bale, which is adjustable into a loading position to pick up the bale, into a transport position to transport the bale, and into an unloading position to discharge the bale onto the ground, wherein the bale accumulator has two wheels, wherein the carrying device is mounted, as seen in a first spatial direction, at the height of or below a wheel axis of a wheel of the bale accumulator and/or that the carrying device is arranged between the two wheels of the bale accumulator. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a work train comprising a round baler and such a bale accumulator as well as a method for unloading a first and a second bale from a round baler of such a work train onto the ground.