Patent ID: 8069638

Claim:
In an expansible module-forming chamber for forming large cylindrical modules of cotton, with the chamber including opposite side wall arrangements, a plurality of fixed belt-support rolls extending between, and having opposite ends respectively mounted for rotation in, said side wall arrangements, a belt tension arm arrangement including at least a pair of parallel arms located adjacent said opposite side wall arrangements and being mounted to said side wall arrangement for pivoting vertically during formation of a module within said chamber, a plurality of movable belt-support rolls extending between and having opposite ends mounted for rotation in said pair of arms, a circumference of said chamber being defined by a plurality of endless, flexible belts mounted in side-by-side relationship to each other across said plurality of fixed and movable rolls, said chamber including a fixed front section and a movable rear section defining a discharge gate mounted to an upper rear location of said front section for swinging vertically between a lowered baling position and a raised discharge position, an inlet being defined in a bottom of said chamber and bounded at a rear side by a lower front gate roll of said fixed rolls, when said discharge gate is in its baling position, and a module wrapping arrangement being mounted on said discharge gate and including feed elements for selectively feeding a length of plastic wrapping material into said inlet for being carried about a cotton module formed in said chamber, the improvement comprising: said baling chamber further including a cotton bunching eliminator including an elongate cross-member located in said inlet in front of, and extending parallel to said lower front gate roll, the elongate member extending between, and being mounted to said opposite side wall arrangements forming part of said fixed front section of said chamber; and a plurality of bunching-preventing elements being joined to, and projecting to the rear from, said elongate member.