Arrangement of twine tensioners for an agricultural baler
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsSven Monbaliu, Kenny Maelfeyt
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Abstract
An agricultural baler including a chassis, an axle system, a main bale chamber carried by the chassis, and a tying assembly configured for tying a twine around a bale within the main bale chamber. The tying assembly includes a plurality of knotters supported by the chassis, a needle yoke having a plurality of needles coupled thereto, an upper tensioner device, and a lower tensioner device located underneath the upper tensioner device. The axle system includes a first axle, and the lower tensioner device is attached to the first axle and correspondingly moves with the first axle.
Claims15
An agricultural baler, comprising:
- a chassis;
- an axle system coupled with the chassis and including a first axle;
- a main bale chamber carried by the chassis;
- and
- a tying assembly including:
- a plurality of knotters supported by the chassis;
- a needle yoke having a plurality of needles coupled thereto;
- and
- an upper tensioner device and a lower tensioner device, the lower tensioner device being located underneath the upper tensioner device, wherein the lower tensioner device is directly attached to the first axle via a mounting bracket which includes a base bracket fixedly attached to the first axle, wherein the base bracket surrounds the first axle on three sides along a length of the first axle, and wherein the lower tensioner device moves with the first axle as the first axle pivots between a plurality of positions relative to the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.