BALING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

WIPO Patent Application WO/2000/061359

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Baling agricultural products such as mown grass and straw involves gathering (1) the products, and rolling and compacting (2) them into a cylindrical mass; the cylindrical mass is then bound (3) and held together by wrapping its circumference tightly in a web of baling material. The baling material is a composite (10) comprising a sheet of polymeric material (11) bonded or fused to a reinforcing mesh (12). In use, the baling composite material (10) is wound about the cylindrical mass by more than one turn and thus overlapped on itself, and is then stuck to itself. In the case of grass to be subjected to the ensiling process, the bale comprising the compacted mass bound with the composite (10) is overwrapped with multiple turns of stretched wrap film so as to enclose the grass air-tightly.

WO/2003/053160	NEW SILAGE MAKING METHOD AND APPARATUS
JP2011000086	GRASS COLLECTOR
JP2001190148	ROLL BALER

Orpen, Kenneth Stephen Eddin (Jade House Croydon Road Westerham Kent TN1X 1TX, GB)

PCT/GB2000/001313

October 19, 2000

April 07, 2000

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Orpen, Kenneth Stephen Eddin (Jade House Croydon Road Westerham Kent TN1X 1TX, GB)

A01F15/07; B32B27/12; B65D75/00; (IPC1-7): B32B/

Harvey, David Gareth (Graham Watt & Co. Riverhead Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN, GB)

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CLAIMS :

1.

A composite baling material, for agricultural use as a baling material for agricultural products, the baling material comprising a polymeric sheet with a reinforcing mesh bonded or fused to one surface thereof, the reinforced sheet being capable of sticking to itself when wound about a bale and overlapped upon itself.

2.	A composite baling material according to claim 1, wherein the reinforced sheet is capable of sticking to itself by stiction or by selfadhesion.

3.	A composite baling material according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the reinforcing mesh is a polymeric material.

4.	A composite baling material according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the composite material has reinforcing mesh bonded or fused to both surfaces of the polymeric sheet.

5.	A composite baling material according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the composite material has a sandwich structure comprising two polymeric sheets with the reinforcing mesh therebetween and bonded or fused to both sheets.

6.	A composite baling material according to claim 1 and substantially as herein described.

7.	Use, as a baling material for agricultural products, of a polymeric sheet with a reinforcing mesh bonded or fused to one surface thereof, the reinforced sheet being capable of sticking to itself when wound about a bale and overlapped upon itself, and capable of holding the bale together.

8.	The use according to claim 7, wherein the reinforced sheet is capable of sticking to itself by stiction or by selfadhesion.

9.	The use according to claim 7 or claim 8, wherein the reinforcing mesh is a polymeric material.

10.	The use according to claim 7,8 or 9, wherein the composite material has reinforcing mesh bonded or fused to both surfaces of the polymeric sheet.

11.	The use according to claim 7,8 or 9, wherein the composite material has a sandwich structure comprising two polymeric sheets with the reinforcing mesh therebetween and bonded or fused to both sheets.

12.	The use according to claim 7, and substantially as herein described.

13.

A bale of agricultural product, such as straw or grass, wherein the product is in a compressed, generally cylindrical form and is held together by a web of composite baling material as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6, the web extending about the periphery of the compressed product, overlapping upon itself, and sticking to itself.

14.	A bale according to claim 13, wherein the web makes two or more turns about the compressed product.

15.	A bale according to claim 13 or claim 14, which is further enclosed either by a closed polymeric bag or by multiple turns of overlapping stretched wrapping film.

16.	A bale of agricultural product, such as straw or grass, according to any of claims 13 to 15 and substantially as herein described.

17.

A method of baling an agricultural product, such as grass or straw, wherein loose product is gathered, rolled and compressed into a compacted mass of generally cylindrical form, and is wrapped in a web of composite baling material as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6, the web being wound about the circumferential periphery of the compacted mass, overlapped upon itself, and stuck to itself, thereby to form a completed bale.

18.	A method according to claim 17, wherein the web is wound two or more times about the compacted mass in forming the bale.

19.	A method according to claim 17 or claim 18, wherein the bale is airtightly enclosed in a closed polymeric bag.

20.	A method according to claim 17 or claim 18, wherein the bale is airtightly enclosed by multiple turns of overlapping stretched wrapping film.

21.	A method of baling an agricultural product, such as straw or grass, according to any of claims 17 to 21, and substantially as herein described.

22.

An agricultural baling machine, including means for gathering or receiving loose agricultural product such as straw or grass, means for rolling and compressing it into a compacted mass of generally cylindrical form, and a dispenser of a web of composite baling material as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6, the machine being operable to apply a length of the web about the circumferential periphery of the compacted mass to overlap the web upon itself and for the web to stick to itself, thereby forming a completed bale.

23.	A baling machine according to claim 22, in association with apparatus for applying multiple turns of overlapping stretched wrapping film to the completed bale, to enclose the bale airtightly.

24.	An agricultural baling machine according to either of claims 22 and 23, and substantially as herein described.

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