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A bale wrapping apparatus having an infeed conveyor, a wrapping mechanism and an outfeed conveyor synchronized to convey bales through the apparatus while continuously wrapping a bale in the wrapping mechanism and forming a continuous protective cocoon around a row of bales. The wrapping mechanism i

A bale wrapping apparatus having an infeed conveyor, a wrapping mechanism and an outfeed conveyor synchronized to convey bales through the apparatus while continuously wrapping a bale in the wrapping mechanism and forming a continuous protective cocoon around a row of bales. The wrapping mechanism includes a rotating cage and a pair of film dispensers that cooperatively wrap layers of film in successively overlapping helically wound paths around the bale. The apparatus is self-motivated when wrapping so as to discharge a continuous row of wrapped bales.

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An apparatus for wrapping hay bales with a web of weather resistant material comprising: (1) an elongate frame; (b) infeed conveyor means mounted on said frame and adapted to receive upwrapped bales; (c) bale wrapping means mounted on said frame adjacent to said infeed conveyor means; said bale wrap

An apparatus for wrapping hay bales with a web of weather resistant material comprising: (1) an elongate frame; (b) infeed conveyor means mounted on said frame and adapted to receive upwrapped bales; (c) bale wrapping means mounted on said frame adjacent to said infeed conveyor means; said bale wrapping means for wrapping a continuous web in a helical path about a series of bases so as to form a row of bales in a single protective cocoon of said web material; said infeed conveyor means adapted to transport bales to said bale wrapping means and urge bales through said bale wrapping means; (d) outfeed conveyor means mounted on said frame adjacent to said wrapping means for receiving bales from said wrapping means, controlling the speed of bales being transported through said wrapping means resulting in a uniform and continuous wrapping of said web material about the bales and transporting wrapped bales to the ground; and (e) motor means for operatively motivating said infeed conveyor means, said bale wrapping means and said outfeed conveyor means; said motor means also operatively propelling said elongate frame during bale wrapping so as to synchronize the discharge of bales from the apparatus to place wrapped bales in generally adjacent end-to-end relationship within the cocoon of the web material; and (f) control means cooperating with said motor means for independently driving: (1) said infeed conveyor means; (2) said wrapping means; (3) said elongate frame; and (4) said outfeed conveyor means.