Patent ID: 7694504
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: A01D,A01F,Y02A

Abstract:
1. In combination with a baler including a baling chamber having an inlet, a crop delivery arrangement for picking up crop and transporting it to the baling chamber, comprising: a crop take-up device considerably wider than the baling chamber, for taking up crop and delivering it in a rearward direction; a crop processing arrangement including an undershot precutter rotor for cutting crop, said processing arrangement located for receiving the crop from the crop take-up device, converging the crop to nearly the bale width and delivering the crop in said rearward direction, the undershot precutter rotor having a central region having a set of rotating crop conveying members interleaved with cutting blades for cutting crop and further interleaved with strippers for conveying cut crop away from the blades, and the swath narrowing arrangement includes at least one converging region outboard of the cutter for urging crop laterally toward the cutting blades; and an overshot feed rotor rearward of the crop processing arrangement for conveying the cut crop to the baling chamber inlet.