Round baler having simplified bale discharge structure

In a large round baler including a wheel-supported chassis including a pair of transversely spaced side walls, an expansible baling chamber defined in part by at least one flexible, endless bale-forming arrangement conducted over a plurality of rotary bodies, wherein some of the plurality of rotary bodies are on stationary axes and others of the plurality of rotary bodies are on movable axes, and said at least one flexible, endless bale-forming arrangement including an expansible span supported by first and second ones of said plurality of rotary bodies respectively located on opposite sides of an inlet, wherein said first and second ones of said plurality of rotary bodies respectively define lower and upper bounds of said inlet, and wherein said inlet leads into said expansible baling chamber, the improvement comprising:

• a) a carrier mounted to said chassis for pivoting about a horizontal transverse axis between a lowered baling position and a raised bale-discharge position;
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• b) said first one of said plurality of rotary bodies being mounted to said carrier in a position supporting one end of said expansible span of said at least one flexible, endless bale-forming arrangement at a lower side of said inlet when said carrier is in said lowered baling position, and for supporting said expansible span of said at least one flexible, endless bale-forming arrangement in a position along a path extending directly between said first and second ones of said plurality of rotary bodies and above said horizontal transverse axis to be moved to a location overlying an upper region of said baling chamber when said carrier is moved to said bale-discharge position.