Apparatus and method for forming a segmented round bale.

摘要

A round baler (10), having a pair of spaced side walls (52, 53) mounted on a main frame, is supported on wheels (12) and adapted to be pulled across a field. A crop confining apron (32) is mounted between the side walls (52, 53) for defining an expandable chamber that is adapted to rotatably form a cylindrical package of crop material between the side walls. A pick-up (16) picks up crop material and conveys it into the chamber through a generally transverse crop infeed opening operatively associated with the pick-up (16). A transverse starter roll (30) extends between the side walls to provide the upper limit of the infeed opening. A crop severing device (47) extends into the expandable chamber in the vicinity of the starter roll (30) to cut crop material on the surface of the cylindrical package as it is being formed. <IMAGE>