Patent ID: 7430959

Claim:
A baler including a device for lifting rolls of bale wrapping material into the baler, comprising: a baler housing mounted on ground wheels for movement over the ground; a compartment at the rear of the baler housing for containing a supply of a wrapping material to be supplied to and wrapped around a bale when completed; the compartment having a cover member pivotally mounted on the baler housing for pivotal movement from a closed position covering the compartment to an open raised position about an axis across a top of the cover member; the device comprising: a base arm mounted at an upper rear part of a rear wall of the baler housing, the base arm positioned above the cover member, and the base arm includes a guide; a winch and a pulley are positioned on the base arm; an opening through the cover member; a cable arranged to extend from the winch over the pulley through the guide and through the opening in the cover member such that with the cover member opened the cable passes through the opening in the cover member to pass through the compartment to the ground below the compartment; and an element carried on the cable for lifting a roll of the wrapping material by the winch into the compartment.