Baling device for agricultural crops

Claim 1

In a baling device, the combination of: a mobile frame having supporting wheels; a generally horizontal baling chamber on said frame having a movable end wall against which material is to be compressed; a collection chamber disposed laterally of said baling chamber and having a discharge mouth communicating therewith in spaced relation to said end wall whereby said baling chamber defines a compression space beyond said discharge mouth toward said end wall; a ram dimensioned to fill the cross section of the baling chamber and reciprocable therein between a retracted position clearing said discharge mouth on that side thereof remote from said end wall and in extended position beyond said discharge mouth and adjacent said end wall; drive means connecting said ram with said end wall whereby said end wall is subjected to closing force when said ram is moved toward its extended position to compress material between said ram and said end wall; means for continuously feeding material to be compressed into said collection chamber in response to movement of said frame over the ground; a closure member normally blocking said discharge mouth; and means for moving said closure member in concert with said ram whereby said closure member is moved from its normal, blocking position as said ram is moved toward its retracted position and is returned to its normal position as said ram is moved toward its extended position.