Cylindrical baler with flare sheets on crop pickup

摘要

A baler for forming cylindrical bales is comprised of a bale forming chamber having a downwardly facing opening. A pickup is pivotably mounted to the frame of the baler for movement through a range of vertical positions, and transversely extends between the sidewalls of the baler below the opening. Flare sheets are mounted on each side of the pickup for aiding in feeding and guiding of crop into the bale forming chamber by the pickup. The pickup is mounted pivotably to the frame of the baler adjacent to the rear of the opening. Each flare sheet is mounted to the frame of the baler adjacent to the front of the opening in a guide slot which permits the flare sheet to be pivotably and slidably moved back and forth therein. The flare sheets and the pickup are mounted together for conjoint movement through the range of positions by mounting each flare sheet at respective ends of the pickup reel. When the pickup and flare sheets are moved from an elevated position to a lowered position; the flare sheets are pivotally and rearwardly moved in the guide slot, the pickup is pivotally moved downwardly toward the ground, and the flare sheets and pickup together are moved downwardly about their common pivot spaced midway between the forward pivot of the flare sheet to the frame and the rearward pivot of the pickup to the frame.