Patent ID: 6971220

Claim:
A method for wrapping a round bale pressed in a round bale press about at least a cylindrical surface area with an at least unilaterally adhesive film, the method comprising pulling the film off from a film roll in its entire width by means of a pulling-off device; forming a section of a film rope from the film by twisting the film during a predetermined space of time of the pulling-off operation according to the pulling step; introducing the film rope into a gap between the round bale to be wrapped and a device forming a circumferential press chamber wall; rotating the round bale so that the film rope present in the gap is carried along the cylindrical surface area; wrapping the bale with a portion of the film at its entire width following the section of the film rope; and continuing to rotate the round bale until a desired number of film layers of the film have formed on the cylindrical surface area of the round bale.