Patent ID: 7621214

Claim:
A baling apparatus comprising at least two first and second mutually opposed and vertically inclined conveyors, each of the conveyors having a first end and a second end, the second ends being arranged to be spaced apart to form a material entry region into which material to be baled is, in use, deposited, the first ends being relatively closely adjacent to each other, an intermediate point between the first end and the second end of each of the conveyors being arranged to form a pinch region where the two conveyors are close to one another, and the apparatus being arranged such that material deposited into the entry region moves toward the pinch region where the deposited material is rolled and compressed into a bale, the conveyors being driven in opposite directions to roll and compact the material between them, and the conveyors being mutually displaceable and resiliently biased towards one another, wherein means are provided for gathering material falling outside of the entry region to reincorporate such material, and wherein the means for gathering material comprise an outer skin positioned toward a return side of each of the conveyors away from a baling side, the outer skin being arranged such that when the bale is near a maximum size, the conveyor is arranged to pick up such material trapped between it and the outer skin and transport this material toward the pinch region.