Patent ID: 7156015

Claim:
A fixed chamber baler for forming a cylindrical bale of material, the baler comprising: a bale forming chamber defining the bale, and within which the bale is formed, the bale forming chamber defining a geometrical main central axis and being formed by arcuate segments which form a circumferential periphery of the bale forming chamber, one of which arcuate segments is a lower arcuate segment, and a discharge means for discharging a formed bale from the bale forming chamber, the discharge means being formed by the lower arcuate segment, the lower arcuate segment being operable in a bale forming position co-operating with the other ones of the arcuate segments for defining the bale forming chamber and for forming the bale in the bale forming chamber, and being moveable in a generally upwardly direction into the bale forming chamber for discharging the bale from the bale forming chamber in a general upwardly outwardly direction therefrom.