1. A baler comprising:
a pick-up assembly;
a rotary feeder;
a compression assembly comprising at least one compression roller configured to generate a pressure on crop material passed between the at least one compression roller and at least one baler compression component, the at least one compression roller and the at least one baler compression component defining an adjustable gap therebetween, the compression assembly being configured to pre-compress the crop material passed therethrough; and
a bale chamber, wherein the pre-compressed crop forms a bale.
2. The baler of claim 1, wherein the at least one baler compression component is the rotary feeder.
3. The baler of claim 2, wherein the rotary feeder comprises one or more knives located on a periphery of the rotary feeder for cutting a crop material passing the rotary feeder to the bale chamber.
4. The baler of claim 3, wherein the compression assembly comprises dogs located on or about the compression assembly to sense at least one of: a crop material flow speed or an amount of crop material passing the compression assembly.
5. The baler of claim 4, wherein the rotary feeder and compression assembly are synchronized to efficiently generate pressure and cut the crop material passing between the rotary feeder and compression assembly.
6. The baler of claim 1, wherein the at least one baler compression component is one or more supplemental compression rollers.
7. The baler of claim 6 further comprising a pre-chamber, wherein the pre-chamber is located between the pick-up assembly and the bale chamber, and wherein the width of the pre-chamber differs from the width of the pick-up assembly.
8. The baler of claim 7, wherein the rotary feeder is located in the pre-chamber.
9. The baler of claim 8, wherein the at least one compression roller and the one or more supplemental compression rollers are located closer to the pick-up assembly than the rotary feeder is located to the pick-up assembly.
10. The baler of claim 9, wherein the at least one compression roller and the one or more supplemental compression rollers are located in or approximate to the pick-up assembly than the pre-chamber.
11. The baler claim 10, wherein the lengths of the at least one compression roller and the one or more supplemental compression roller are approximate to the width of the pick-up assembly.
12. The baler of claim 9, wherein the at least one compression roller and the one or more supplemental compression rollers are located in or approximate to the pre-chamber than the pick-assembly.
13. The baler claim 12, wherein the lengths of the at least one compression roller and the one or more supplemental compression roller are approximate to the width of the pre-chamber.
14. The baler of claim 1 further comprising a pressure sensor, wherein the pressure sensor detects the pressure generated by the at least one compression roller and the at least one baler compression component on the crop material passed therethrough; and wherein the gap between the at least one compression roller and the at least one baler compression component is adjustable to maintain the pressure generated by the at least one compression rollers and the at least one compression component on the crop material passed therethrough.
15. The baler of claim 1, wherein the at least one compression roller or at least one baler compression component are replaceable with another type of at least one compression roller or at least one baler compression component to take into account an optimal compression configuration for different harvesting conditions or crop materials.
16. The baler of claim 1 further comprising a controller operably connected to the pick-up assembly, the rotary feeder, and the compression assembly to control the synchronization of the pick-up assembly, the rotary feeder, and the compression assembly.
17. The baler of claim 1, wherein the bale chamber is a square-bale chamber.
18. The baler of claim 1 further comprising at least one starter roller and at least one floor roller to convey crop material into the bale chamber, wherein the at least one starter roller or at least one floor roller incorporates the at least one compression roller, and wherein the bale chamber is a round-bale chamber.
19. A method for pre-compressing a crop material to form a high density bale comprising:
picking up crop material by a pick-up assembly;
conveying the crop material from the pick-up assembly to a bale chamber by a rotary feeder;
pre-compressing the crop material by a compression assembly, wherein the compression assembly comprising at least one compression roller configured to generate a pressure on crop material passed between the at least one compression roller and at least one baler compression component, the at least one compression roller defining an adjustable gap between the at least one compression roller and the at least one baler compression component, the compression assembly being configured to pre-compress the crop material passed between the at least one compression roller and the at least one baler compression component; and
baling the pre-compressed material by a bale chamber to form a bale.
20. The method of claim 19 further comprising cutting the crop material by one or more blades attached to the rotary feeder, wherein the at least one baler compression component is the rotary feeder.
21. The baler of claim 20 further comprising sensing at least one of a crop material flow speed or an amount of crop material between the rotary feeder and the compression assembly by one or more dogs located on or about the compression assembly.
22. The baler of claim 21 further comprising synchronizing the pick-up assembly, the rotary feeder, the compression assembly, and the bale chamber by a controller receiving sensed crop material flow speed or the amount of crop material from the one or more dogs.
23. The baler of claim 19 further comprising replacing the one or more compression rollers with another type of compression roller to take into account an optimal compression configuration for different harvesting conditions or crop materials.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
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18. An ophthalmic method comprising:
using an instrument that is associated with a surgical microscope to intraoperatively measure one or more optical properties of an eye from which the natural lens has been removed; and
selecting an artificial lens to be inserted into the eye at least partially using the one or more measured optical properties.
19. An ophthalmic method comprising:
intraoperatively measuring one or more optical properties of an eye into which an artificial intraocular lens has been inserted; and
determining a residual refractive error of the eye at least partially using the one or more measured optical properties in order to facilitate an intraoperative corrective action to reduce the residual refractive error.
20. An ophthalmic apparatus comprising:
a measurement device configured to be associated with a surgical microscope, wherein the measurement device is configured to intraoperatively measure one or more optical properties of an aphakic or pseudophakic eye; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the measurement device, wherein the processor is configured to process the one or more measured optical properties and to provide a user with information for selection of an intraocular lens to be implanted into the eye or with information regarding an intraoperative corrective action to reduce residual refractive error.