Patent ID: 8333059

Claim:
A crop converging apparatus for a round baler comprising: a frame-supported bale chamber having a generally rectangular crop inlet configured to receive crop material for infeed to the bale chamber, said crop inlet laterally bounded by left and right side portions defining an inlet width and vertically bounded by spaced-apart upper and lower feed devices forming a portion of a bale forming chamber , said side portions and said forward most points of the upper and said lower feed devices in the crop flow path defining an inlet opening plane; a crop pickup apparatus forwardly connected to the baler, said pickup apparatus configured to lift crop material from the ground and convey crop material toward said crop inlet, said pickup apparatus having a pickup width greater than said inlet width; and first and second rotating crop convergers arranged on a common transverse axis adjacent to said crop inlet, one of said crop convergers disposed outboard of each said crop inlet side, said crop convergers having a circumference and positioned such that the circumference of at least one converser overlaps with the circumference of the lower roll in a side view of the baler.