Structure for guiding surface wrap into a bale chamber

Abstract

A wrap material guide assembly is positioned beneath a run of each of a plurality of bale-forming belts extending between a lower rear and a lower front roll carried by a discharge gate of a large round baler. The guide assembly includes a guide member including a plurality of relatively narrow slats that are each in engagement with the bottom of a respective one of the bale-forming belt runs. The rear ends of the slats are fixed to a panel that extends transversely beneath and extends behind the lower rear roll and serves to intercept the leading edge of wrap material being fed by feed rolls and to direct the material to a pinch point defined between the panel and the bale-forming belts so that the belts grip and carry the material along the slats and into a bale chamber inlet located just forwardly of the front roll. The front of the slats are fixed to a cross member that is fixed to a belt guide structure positioned adjacent the front roll.