Patent ID: 8800255

Claim:
A baler comprising: a pick-up assembly; a rotary feeder downstream of the pickup assembly within a crop flow path; a compression assembly comprising at least one upper compression roller configured to generate a pressure on crop material passed between the at least one compression roller and at least one lower compression roller, the at least one upper compression roller and the at least one lower compression roller having an adjustable gap therebetween, wherein at least one of the at least one upper compression roller and at least one lower compression roller is connected to a frame of the baler such that it is freely movable or preloaded with a spring or by an actuator and thereby is configured to adjust the size of the gap to remain in contact with crop material in the crop flow path, the compression assembly configured to pre-compress the crop material passed therethrough wherein the compression assembly is located adjacent the rotary feeder along the crop flow path and the gap of the compression assembly is less than a gap forming a portion of the crop flow path between the rotary feeder and an opposing crop guiding surface; and a bale chamber positioned downstream of the compression assembly and configured to receive pre-compressed crop.