Patent ID: 6679040
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
In a large round baler including a mobile main frame supporting transversely spaced frame side walls, a bale-forming chamber formed in part by said side walls, by an upper conveyor arrangement including a first endless flexible component arrangement having a crop-engaging lower run and by a bottom conveyor arrangement including a second endless flexible component arrangement having a crop-engaging upper run spaced below said lower run and extending between front and rear fixed rollers, and said bale-forming chamber having an inlet located at a front location of said chamber between said upper and bottom conveyor arrangements, the improvement comprising: said bottom conveyor arrangement including a moveable roller engaging said second endless flexible component arrangement and being mounted for movement between a starting position, wherein it supports an intermediate portion of said upper run so that said intermediate portion is inclined upward to the rear from said inlet to a location at least in close proximity to said lower run of said upper conveyor, and an ending position, wherein said upper run is supported by said front roller and at least one of said rear and moveable rollers to form a planar support surface inclined downward to the rear from said front fixed roller for discharging a bale resting thereon from said baling chamber.