Patent ID: 7162951
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
1. A round baler having fixed side structures carrying a plurality of fixed rolls, two moveable tensioning arms each carrying one or more mobile rolls, and a flexible bale-forming arrangement creating one endless circle, as considered in side view, and routed over said fixed and mobile rolls to define and encompass a bale chamber, comprising: a first tensioning arm of said two moveable tensioning arms being vertically pivotally mounted to said side structures and carrying first and second mobile rolls for guiding said flexible bale-forming arrangement over a first of said fixed rolls carried by said side structures; and a second tensioning arm of said two moveable tensioning arms carrying a third mobile roll acting on a strand of said bale-forming arrangement extending between second and third fixed rolls of said plurality of fixed rolls, an actuator being coupled directly between said first and second tensioning arms for controlling the movement of the first and second tensioning arms, wherein said second of said two moveable tensioning arms, as considered in side view with said bale chamber being full, at least partially overlaps said bale chamber.