Patent ID: 7574955

Claim:
A mounting apparatus for a bale-forming roll in a round baler, the round baler having an apron, a wheel-supported frame with an elongate fore and aft axis, a pair of laterally displaced generally parallel and opposing planar side walls supported by the frame, at least one bale-forming roll generally transversely disposed with respect to the fore and aft axis and generally horizontal, the roll further having an elongate axle with an axis of rotation and generally opposing ends rotatably supported by the mounting apparatus, a pair of elongated apertures, one of the elongated apertures in each of the side walls, through which respective ends of the axle extend, each mounting apparatus comprising: a mounting plate having a bearing for connection to said axle, said mounting plate and bearing, when connected to the respective side wall, restraining movement of said axle to substantially rotational about the axis of rotation; a reversible adapter for covering a portion of said aperture while allowing said axle to extend therethrough, said adapter being selectively connectable to the respective side wall in either a first location or a second location; and a structure for selectively connecting said mounting plate to said respective side wall in one of two positions, the second position being radially displaced from the first position, said structure further including a first connector structure for connecting said mounting plate to said side wall and a second connector structure for connecting said mounting plate to said adapter which is, in turn, connected to said side wall wherein by positioning said adapter in said first location said bale-forming roll is located in a first position, and by positioning said adapter in said second location said axis of rotation of said bale-forming roll is radially displaced from said first location.