Title: Apparatus and process for sealing mechanically formed forage bales and stacks

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming hay bales or the like which are treated as they are formed with an additive substance for sealing, adding nutrients or preventing spoilage of such hay or other forage crop. Spraying apparatus is attached to a hay baling machine in a preferred embodiment of the invention for spraying such a substance on a bale of hay as it is being formed.

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Inventors: Wolrab, Milo (Mount Vernon, IA, US)

Application Number: 939251
Filing Date: 1978-09-05
Publication_date: 1980-06-03
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Primary Class(es): 56/341 100/73, 100/88
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US Patent Ref:

1996395	Apr, 1935	Arnold	426/636.
2482635	Sep, 1949	Petering et al.	426/73.
2711962	Jun, 1955	Bickoff	426/636.
2716317	Aug, 1955	McClellan	56/1.
3218786	Nov, 1965	Johnson et al.	56/1.
3218993	Nov, 1965	Forth	107/14.
3274761	Sep, 1966	Soteropulas et al.	56/1.
3280543	Oct, 1966	Lawrence et al.	56/1.
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3722197	Mar, 1973	Vermeer	56/341.

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Primary Examiner: Kinsey, Russell R.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Henderson & Sturm