(under the class definition) Devices comprising means attached to a binder or baler traveling over a field for receiving a sheaf, bundle or bale from said binder or baler and handling the sheaf, bundle or bale to deposit it on the field.
(1) Note. A single sheaf, bundle or bale may be deposited on the field at one time or a group of sheaves, bundles or bales may be collected for depositing on the field at the same time.
(2) Note. The handling device attached to the binder or baler may be of a trailing vehicle type.
(3) Note. This subclass comprises an art collection. The binder or baler should be claimed by name only or without any detail of the binding or baling mechanism.
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67+, for corn stalk cutters with means for binding cut stalks.
120, for devices attached to corn harvesters for loading corn stalks bundles onto a vehicle. 121, for devices attached to corn harvesters for carrying bundles of corn stalks.
131+, for devices for cutting, conveying and binding grain or the like.
341+, for devices for raking and bundling hay or straw.
401+, for shocking devices. 432+, for devices mounted on a harvester for binding stalks. 473.5, for storage type receivers attached to a harvester for receiving crops from the harvester.
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100, Presses, appropriate subclasses for binder or baler structure combined with means for depositing sheaves, bundles or bales on the ground.
193, Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways, appropriate subclasses, especially
4+, for sheaf, bundle or bale depositing devices comprising no more than a mere trough chute or guideway for depositing sheaves, bundles or bales on the ground.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, for power-driven devices for moving sheaves, bales or bundles along a path; see
717+, for a conveyor having means for changing the attitude of the conveyed load relative to the conveying direction.
414, Material or Article Handling, 789.7, for discharging from a vehicle- carried bale accumulator, subclass 111 for a vehicle-carried bale accumulator, and subclasses 334+ as explained in subclass 473.5 for this class (56).
