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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1992
Richard E Jennings, Lancaster, PA (US);
James T Clevenger, Jr, Lancaster, PA (US);
Douglas G Branham, Leola, PA (US);
Ford New Holland Inc., New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
An agricultural baler for making cylindrical bales of crop material having a sledge assembly moveable between bale starting and full bale positions. The sledge assembly includes a plurality of rollers which cooperate with an apron to define a bale forming chamber. A dispensing mechanism is carried on the sledge assembly for dispensing web material, such as net or the like, into the bale forming chamber whereupon it is wrapped circumferentially around a cylindrical package of crop material in the bale forming chamber. A net supply assembly is associated with the dispensing mechanism to provide net for feeding into the bale chamber via the dispensing mechanism. Included along the path of the net between the supply assembly and the dispensing mechanism is a net severing assembly for cutting the net after it has been wrapped around the cylindrical hay package formed in the chamber. The net severing assembly comprises a cutting element operatively associated with a comb element in a manner that provides improved net cutting.