Patent ID: 6655121
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
A round baler for forming round bales of crop material, comprising:a crop pickup for feeding crop material rearwardly; a belt arrangement located rearwardly of the crop pickup and including a bale-forming section located between a pair of baler rollers; at least one floor roller located forwardly of the bale-forming section of the belt arrangement; a fixed-position upper bale-forming roller located forwardly of the bale-forming section of the belt arrangement and located above the floor roller; wherein a bale-forming chamber is defined by the bale-forming roller, the floor roller and the bale-forming section of the belt arrangement; and a powered feed roller located below the upper bale-forming roller and above the floor roller, wherein the powered feed roller cooperates with the floor roller to define a crop inlet therebetween for receiving crop material from the crop pickup and feeding crop material rearwardly to the bale-forming chamber, wherein the powered feed roller is movable relative to the floor roller to vary the size of the crop inlet, and wherein the bale-forming chamber is configured such that the floor roller supports the bale from below during formation of the bale in the bale-forming chamber.