Wrapping apparatus for round balers
AssigneeNew Holland Inc.
InventorJohan L. M. Raes
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Abstract
A round baler comprising a bale chamber in which crop material is formed into a bale, crop material pick-up means operable to deliver crop material to the bale chamber, apparatus for wrapping a formed bale with sheet material comprising feed rolls operable to feed the sheet material so that it can engage the formed bale and be wrapped therearound, and a knife operable to sever the sheet material when the formed bale has been wrapped with a predetermined length thereof. A further roll is disposed between the feed rolls and the formed bale for applying the sheet material in its full nominal width to the formed bale.
Claims9
A round baler comprising a bale chamber in which crop material is formed into a bale, crop material pick-up means operable to deliver crop material to the bale chamber, means for wrapping a formed bale with sheet materal comprising feed means operable to feed the sheet material so that is can engage the formed bale and be wrapped therearound, and severing means operable to sever the sheet material when the formed bale has been wrapped with a predetermined length thereof, the improvement comprising material applying means disposed between the feed means and the formed bale for applying the sheet material in a predetermined width to the formed bale, the material applying means being mounted for movement between an operative position in which it is located in a throat of the bale chamber through which crop material is fed by the pick-up means and a retracted, inoperative position in which it is disposed clear of the throat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.