Patent ID: 6681689
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: B30B

Abstract:
A roll baler, comprising circumferentially rotatable conveyor elements limiting a compression space therebetween; and a device for wrapping up a roll bale, which is formed in the compression space, with a section of a sheath web, the wrapping-up device including pivotable start-up means for pressing the sheath web, at least in an initial phase of a wrapping-up process, against a surface of one of the compression space-limiting, rotatable conveyor elements; separation means for cutting the sheath web off after the wrapping-up process ends and pivotable between cutting and non-cutting positions, and a common pivot axle for supporting the start-up means and separation means for pivotal movement, wherein the wrapping-up device comprises means for simultaneously pivoting the start-up means and the separation means.