Patent ID: 9003966
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A01B,A01F

Abstract:
1. A square baler comprising a baling chamber with four side walls, a support frame surrounding walls of the baling chamber, at least one knotter mounted on an outer side of the upper wall of the baling chamber adjacent a crossbeam of the support, and a fan disposed on an opposite of the knotter from the crossbeam to blow away crop material from the vicinity of the knotter, at least part of the side of the crossbeam facing the knotter is inclined at an angle of more than ninety degrees to the upper wall of the baling chamber is order to permit a smooth flow of air from the fan past the knotter, wherein the crossbeam is shaped to provide an additional air flow passage between an underside of the crossbeam and the upper wall of the baling chamber.