Patent ID: 7900427

Claim:
A round baler wrapping mechanism for use with a wrapping material roll containing a wrapping material, comprising: a wrapping material feed roller; a wrapping material roll loading device including: an elongate carrier for supporting the wrapping material roll, the carrier being pivotally mounted for swinging vertically about a horizontal axis extending parallel to and being located in adjacent spaced relationship to, and at a level approximating a level of, said feed roller for movement between a loading position, wherein said carrier is substantially horizontal for receiving a roll of wrapping material to be loaded, and an operating position, wherein said carrier is substantially vertical for ejecting the roll of wrapping material into engagement with said feed roller, whereby wrapping material can be removed from the wrapping material roll by said feed roller; said carrier including a first stop having a first stop surface disposed adjacent to said axis; an arm mounted for pivoting vertically about said axis and including a second stop having a second stop surface engaged with said first stop surface when said carrier is in said loading position; an activating device coupled directly to said arm and being configured to resiliently bias said second stop surface into engagement with said first stop surface so as to assist movement of said carrier from said loading position toward said operating position.