Patent ID: 6016645
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
A windrow deflector device for attachment to a conventional round baler used in the baling of forage crops and other crop material, said baler comprising substantially a pick-up; a bale forming chamber; a feed gap through which the baling material enters the baling chamber, said feed gap having a top edge and a bottom edge; a lower roller, said lower roller defining the bottom edge of the feed gap; an upper roller, said upper roller defining the top edge of the feed gap; bale forming means; and bale tying and dumping means; where in operation of the baler the top of said lower roller is rotating in a direction towards the rear of the baler and the bottom of said upper roller is rotating in a direction towards the front of the baler, the windrow deflector device comprising:a plate having first and second opposite long sides and first and second opposite short sides, said plate attached to the baler such that the edge of the first long side is substantially parallel to said upper roller and located vertically at or below, and in proximity to, the bottom of said upper roller and horizontally in proximity to the upper roller, and such that the edge of the second long side is located forward of and above the edge of said first long side;wherein said first long side of said plate extends substantially the length of said upper roller; andwhereby crop material entering said feed gap is deflected down and through said feed gap, and contact of said crop material with said upper roller is inhibited.