Twine knotter and method of forming two knots in a twine

A twine knotter for forming two knots in a pair of twine strands comprising:

• a drive pulley driven intermittently rotatably about a drive axis,
• a bill hook rotatably driven by the drive pulley about a knotter axis to form two successive knots in the pair of twine strands by two complete rotations of the bill hook in one rotation of the drive pulley,
• a twine holding device for clamping the pair of twine strands between a first clamping element and a second clamping element of the twine holding device, the second clamping element being rotatably driven by the drive pulley, and
• a twine knife for cutting the pair of twine strands,
• wherein the rotatable second clamping element of the twine holding device is driven rotatably about a twine holder axis by the drive pulley in such a way that the rotatable second clamping element completes two rotations for one rotation of the drive pulley, and
• wherein the twine holder axis and the knotter axis, viewed in the direction of the drive axis, enclose an angle of less than 45° with one another.