Gripping device for gripping a binding material from an object

A bale opener, wherein the bale opener comprises at least one gripping device for gripping a binding material from an object, wherein the gripping device comprises:

• first and second elongated blades having a common longitudinal axis, where
• said first and second elongated blades are arranged parallel and stationary in relation to each other,
• both first and second elongated blades comprise wedge-shaped protrusions arranged sequentially in leading edges of said blades and extending from the leading edge of said first and second elongated blades, where the adjacent wedge-shaped protrusions of each elongated blades form a spacing between said adjacent wedge-shaped protrusions and wherein said leading edges of said blades are configured to be introduced to the object in operation,
• a third elongated blade arranged between said first and second elongated blades, wherein said third elongated blade comprises finger like protrusions arranged sequentially in a leading edge of said third blade and extending from the leading edge of said third blade,
• wherein
• both of the first and second elongated blades are made of same single piece of material, and a groove for the third blade is arranged between the first and second elongated blades and the leading edges of the first and second elongated blades are closed such that said leading edges are in contact with each other,
• said third elongated blade is arranged to move in relation to said first and second elongated blades in the direction of said longitudinal axis and between first and second positions so that
• in the first position the finger like protrusions are configured to form openings parallel to the spacing of the adjacent wedge-shaped protrusions in order to allowing introduction of said binding material into said openings, and
• in the second position the finger like protrusions are deflected from the first position so that the finger like protrusions essentially close the openings formed in said first position in order to catch and grip the binding material between the finger like protrusions and the wedge-shaped protrusions, and
• each of said finger like protrusions of said third elongated blade comprises a curved tip portion, wherein said curved tip portion is arranged into a leading edge of said finger like protrusion so to form a gap between the curved tip portion and the leading edge of the third elongated blade thereby allowing capturing the binding material into the gap without cutting the binding material when the third elongated blade is moved in the second position.