Patent ID: 9386750
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A01F

Claim Text:
1. Agricultural baler comprising: a wheeled frame; a baling chamber mounted to said frame and extending generally fore-and-aft with respect to an intended direction of movement of the baler and having an inlet opening in a lower wall thereof; a compression surface mounted for reciprocation within the baling chamber for compressing crop material fed through said inlet opening into said baling chamber to form a bale thereof; a feeder comprising tines to stuff crop material from a feeder duct into the baling chamber, the feeder duct communicating at one end with the inlet opening in the baling chamber and curving downwardly and forwardly there from and terminating in a lower, forwardly facing open crop receiving mouth; the feeder duct comprising upper and lower curved walls of which the upper wall comprises slots, extending generally from said crop receiving mouth to said inlet opening in the baling chamber for cooperation with said tines; an adjusting mechanism for setting an upper end of the upper wall in a predetermined position, and a lower end of the upper wall is designed to pivot around an axis near an entry point of the feeder into the lower end of the upper wall.