Hay baler

Claim 1

IN A HAY BALER, A BALE CASE HAVING A PAIR OF UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS, A TOP WALL AND A BOTTOM WALL, ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING A FEED OPENING AND SAID TOP WALL HAVING A SLOT COMMUNICATING WITH SAID OPENING, A HAY RECEIVING PLATFORM EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM SAID SIDE WALL ADJACENT A LOWER PORTION OF SAID OPENING, A TRACK MOUNTED ABOVE SAID PLATFORM AND SAID BALE CASE AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSE TO THE BALE CASE, A CARRIAGE MOUNTED ON SAID TRACK FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID BALE CASE, SAID CARRIAGE HAVING A FORWARD END TOWARD SAID BALE CASE AND A REAR END REMOTE THEREFROM, A FINGER DEPENDING FROM SAID CARRIAGE ADJACENT SAID FORWARD END AND ENGAGEABLE WITH HAY ON SAID PLATFORM, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID FINGER ON SAID CARRIAGE FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS TRANSVERSE TO SAID TRACK, A PAIR OF ANGULARLY SPACED STOPS ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, ONE OF SAID STOPS BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID CARRIAGE AND LIMITING PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID FINGER IN ONE DIRECTION AND THE FINGER BEING HELD THEREBY IN A NORMAL PIVOTAL POSITION ON A WORKING STROKE OF SAID CARRIAGE, THE OTHER OF SAID STOPS BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID CARRIAGE AND LIMITING PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID FINGER IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SPRING MEANS BIASING SAID FINGER TO PIVOT IN SAID ONE DIRECTION, SAID FINGER HAVING A STRAIGHT UPPER SECTION INCLINED DOWNWARDLY AND TOWARD SAID BALE CASE AND A CURVED LOWER SECTION EXTENDING GENERALLY VERTICALLY WHEN THE FINGER IS IN SAID NORMAL POSITION AND SAID LOWER SECTION BEING SPACED FROM SAID PLATFORM, A CLAMP ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS THROUGH WHICH SAID FINGER UPPER SECTION EXTENDS, MEANS FOR RELEASING SAID CLAMP WHEREBY SAID FINGER MAY BE ADJUSTED RELATIVE TO SAID CARRIAGE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE FINGER UPPER SECTION TO VARY THE SPACE BETWEEN THE FINGER LOWER SECTION AND SAID PLATFORM, SAID FINGER UPPER SECTION PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID TOP WALL SLOT WHEN SAID CARRIAGE IS AT THE END OF A WORKING STROKE AND URGING MATERIAL TOWARD THE UPPER CORNER OF THE BALE CASE REMOTE FROM SAID ONE SIDE WALL AND SAID FINGER LOWER SECTION URGING MATERIAL TOWARD THE BALE CASE SIDE WALL OPPOSITE SAID ONE SIDE WALL.