Patent ID: 8261512

Claim:
A baler system, comprising a baler having a bale pressing chamber for agricultural stalk materials; a wrapping device connected with the baler and having a wrapping table for wrapping of a bale with foil; at least one actively driven bale transfer device for transfer of a finished bale from the bale pressing chamber of the baler to the wrapping table of the wrapping device; control means configured so that as a function of an inclination of an apparatus selected from the group consisting of the baler, the wrapping device, and both to a plane, an operational sequence of the transfer of the bale from the bale pressing chamber to the wrapping device is controlled; and at least one guide element arranged laterally, at one side with respect to a direction that is transverse to a travelling direction, in a transfer region of the bale from the bale pressing chamber, which at least one guide element is swivelable about an axis of rotation transverse to the travelling direction, from a position of rest into a working position, directly or indirectly through a member selected from the group consisting of a tail flap, the bale, and both, to laterally hold the bale upon leaving the bale pressing chamber.