Ford New Holland, Inc.

Keith E Bose

Cecil R Sudbrack

An agricultural baler for making square bales of crop material having a bale case, a feed platform adjacent the bale case and a pickup in front of the platform for lifting crop material from the to the platform. A first feed mechanism, including a first set of crop engaging tines, is provided for urging crop material across the feed platform toward the bale case. Intermediate the first feed mechanism and the bale case is a second feeding mechanism having a second set of crop engaging tines for urging the crop material across the platform from said first feed mechanism into the crop inlet. The first and second sets of crop engaging tines are driven through endless paths each having arcuate portions in the vicinity of the feed platform and along which the tines travel in the general direction of the bale case. The paths of the second set of tines pass through said inlet into the bale case and are offset from the first set transversely relative to the general direction crop is being urged across the platform. A unique filler arrangement comprising a generally wedge shaped element affixed to the feed platform is provided to fill the space between the arcuate portions of the endless paths and the floor to prevent crop buildup in such space.

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New Holland, PA, United States of America

Keith E Bose