Patent ID: 8516779
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
1. A baler having a round bale forming mechanism including: bale forming elements having portions with exposed surfaces engageable from the exterior of a bale forming chamber; a wrapping material feeding attachment for supplying a wrapping material to wrap around a formed bale in the bale forming chamber, said wrapping material feeding attachment comprising a mounting frame supported adjacent an exposed surface of a bale forming element; a supply roll of wrapping material supported on the wrapping material feeding attachment in position to provide a length of wrapping material from the supply roll; a cutter slidably mounted on the mounting frame, said cutter having a knife extending laterally of the length of wrapping material; a drive member coupled between the mounting frame and the cutter, and selectively moving the cutter between a retracted position and a cutting position; a feed bar moveably mounted on supports to the attachment and moveable between a first position spaced from the mounting frame to a second position wherein a portion of the feed bar moves wrapping material supported on the feed bar to engage an exposed surface of a bale forming element; a link between the cutter and the feed bar moving the feed bar to its second position when the cutter is moved to its retracted position, wherein the wrapping material supported by the feed bar engaging the exposed surface of the bale forming element when the feed bar is in its second position and being carried with the bale forming elements to wrap around a bale; and a fixed laterally extending cutter anvil on the wrapping material feeding attachment, wherein the wrapping material overlying the fixed laterally extending cutter anvil on the attachment when the wrapping material engages the bale forming element, and the drive member being operable to move the cutter to its cutting position to cut the wrapping material against the cutter anvil when the cutter moves to its cutting position.