A baler implement has a pick-up to gather crop material, a baling chamber having an inlet, and a uniform feeding apparatus. The uniform feeding apparatus includes a flap. The flap is positioned downstream of the pick-up and upstream of the inlet relative to movement of the crop material along a crop path. The flap is selectively controllable for movement relative to a central longitudinal axis of the baler implement between a first position of the flap to direct the crop material toward a first lateral side of the baling chamber relative to the central longitudinal axis, and a second position of the flap to direct the crop material toward a second lateral side of the baling chamber relative to the central longitudinal axis.

A round baler has a feed channel, a bale chamber, and a starter roll. The starter roll is arranged at an inlet side of the bale chamber and driveable about an axial roll axis in rotational direction. The starter roll feeds a crop flow from the feed channel to the bale chamber for bale formation. A catch device is provided for catching falling material. A tangentially extending catching chamber is formed between the catch device and the starter roll. The starter roll engages material in the catching chamber and feeds the material back to the crop flow. The catch device has a deflector element that, in a rest position, delimits the catching chamber at least in sections radially outwardly. The deflector element is elastically deflectable at least radially outwardly from the rest position such that an exit opening for the material from the catching chamber is produced or expanded.

An agricultural baler includes: a frame; a feeder system coupled with the frame and including: a cutting assembly coupled with the frame and including: at least one knife configured for cutting a crop material; an overload protection mechanism associated with a single one of the at least one knife and including a pivot device including an engagement device including an offset configuration; and a displacement apparatus configured for selectively forcing the at least one knife to occupy a first position and for selectively forcing the at least one knife to occupy a second position, each by way of the engagement device.

An agricultural baler includes: a frame; a feeder system coupled with the frame and including: a cutting assembly coupled with the frame and including: at least one knife configured for cutting a crop material; an overload protection mechanism associated with a single one of the at least one knife and including a pivot device including an engagement device including an offset configuration; and a displacement apparatus configured for selectively forcing the at least one knife to occupy a first position and for selectively forcing the at least one knife to occupy a second position, each by way of the engagement device.

A stuffer assembly includes a clutch assembly for selectively coupling an input shaft to an output shaft of a drive mechanism, the clutch assembly including a first rotary element and a second rotary element, one of which is provided on the input shaft and the other one on the output shaft, a plurality of engagement elements, and an electronically controllable actuator configured to engage and disengage the plurality of engagement elements with both of the first rotary element and the second rotary element.

A stuffer assembly includes a clutch assembly for selectively coupling an input shaft to an output shaft of a drive mechanism, the clutch assembly including a first rotary element and a second rotary element, one of which is provided on the input shaft and the other one on the output shaft, a plurality of engagement elements, and an electronically controllable actuator configured to engage and disengage the plurality of engagement elements with both of the first rotary element and the second rotary element.

A square baler has a baling chamber, a plunger reciprocable at one end of the baling chamber, a pre-compression chamber within which charges of crop are amassed and pre-compressed by a rotor prior to transfer into the baling chamber, and a pickup roller having radially projecting tines for picking up crop from the ground and advancing the crop to the rotor. A torque sensor is connected to at least one tine of the pickup roller to produce an electrical output signal indicative of the torque experienced by the pickup roller, and a processing circuit is operative to estimate the rate of crop flow into the chute by analyzing the electrical output of the torque sensor only at times when the position of the tine lies within a predetermined angular position of the pickup roller.

A square baler has a baling chamber, a plunger reciprocable at one end of the baling chamber, a pre-compression chamber within which charges of crop are amassed and pre-compressed by a rotor prior to transfer into the baling chamber, and a pickup roller having radially projecting tines for picking up crop from the ground and advancing the crop to the rotor. A torque sensor is connected to at least one tine of the pickup roller to produce an electrical output signal indicative of the torque experienced by the pickup roller, and a processing circuit is operative to estimate the rate of crop flow into the chute by analyzing the electrical output of the torque sensor only at times when the position of the tine lies within a predetermined angular position of the pickup roller.

An apparatus for the automated loading of wrapping material in an agricultural baling apparatus is disclosed. A reservoir houses at least two rolls of differing wrapping material, each roll of wrapping material having a leading end forming a gathered string, the gathering string being located in an associated retention notch. A pair of opposing feed rollers are provided for feeding the wrapping material into a baling chamber. A displacement apparatus is configured to move the gathered string between a first position in which the gathered string is located at least in part within the associated retention notch and a second position in which the gathered string is located at least in part in contact with the feed rollers.

An apparatus for the automated loading of wrapping material in an agricultural baling apparatus is disclosed. A reservoir houses at least two rolls of differing wrapping material, each roll of wrapping material having a leading end forming a gathered string, the gathering string being located in an associated retention notch. A pair of opposing feed rollers are provided for feeding the wrapping material into a baling chamber. A displacement apparatus is configured to move the gathered string between a first position in which the gathered string is located at least in part within the associated retention notch and a second position in which the gathered string is located at least in part in contact with the feed rollers.