Semicontinuous large round baling method and machine

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Semicontinous formation of round bales is permitted by positively capturing material introduced into the bale-forming chamber of a round baler after ejection of the last-formed bale and while the web normally defining the chamber remains displaced from its forming position. In one embodiment the crop-capturing, function is performed by a grid comprising a plurality of parallel upwardly arcuate, elongate bars forwardly mounted on the baler for swinging movement about a transverse axis toward and away from the lower apron of the chamber. Another embodiment employs rearwardly mounted, vertically swingable grid of parallel substantially, rectilinear,elongate bars to positively retain crop …