Patent ID: 6622463
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: A01F,B65B

Abstract:
In a net wrap material feeding mechanism mounted to an exterior location of a large round baler so as to be adjacent a bale forming chamber, the feeding mechanism including upper and lower feed rolls arranged for directing net wrap material along a flight path extending tangent to said feed rolls and toward the bale forming chamber, the improvement comprising: a net material holding device extending alongside said feed rolls at a location to one side of said flight path; a cut-off mechanism including a cut-off arm having a cut-off element moveable from a standby position, at an opposite side of the flight path from said net material holding device, to a cut-off position adjacent said net material holding device; and said cut-off element being so located relative to said net material holding device that, during operation in severing a length of net wrap material tensioned between the feed rolls and a wrapped bale located in the baling chamber, the cut-off element will engage and carry the net wrap material to said net material holding device where the net wrap material comes into engagement with, and is held by, said net material holding device at a location adjacent its severed end once severing is completed, thereby setting up a condition which results in a folded net material leading end portion being formed during the next wrapping cycle prior to the net material pulling free of said net material holding device.