Patent ID: 7114435

Claim:
In a large round baler including a wheeled chassis; a frame fixed to said chassis and including a pair of upright support walls respectively located at opposite sides of said baler; a baling chamber defined in part by opposite chamber side walls and bale-forming elements, for forming cylindrical bales and where at least one of said chamber side walls is at least partially elastic so that it may be flexed laterally, and at least one bale-forming element is carried by a support structure mounted for swinging about a horizontal, transverse pivot axis between a lowered baling position and a raised bale-discharge position, the improvement comprising: a pair of axles respectively fixed to said pair of support walls and projecting inwardly along said axis to a location at least near an adjacent one of said chamber side walls; said support structure including a pair of side frames respectively mounted on said pair of axles; at least one of said chamber sidewalls having an outwardly facing surface section which defines a ramp disposed about said pivot axis and increasing in height from top to bottom relative to a remainder of said at least one chamber side wall; and one of said side frames carrying an abutment surface located in contact with a bottom portion of said ramp when said support structure is in said lowered baling position and positioned for engaging said upper portion of said ramp and limiting outward flexure of said at least one chamber wall when said support structure is in said bale discharge position.