Binding device for a square baler
AssigneeUsines CLAAS France S.A.S
InventorsLaurent Rongvaux, Jean Constant Albrecht, Marc Altmayer, Cyrille Arnould
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Abstract
A binding device for a square baler for knotting a strip-shaped binder which is provided for binding a pressed bale. The binding device comprises at least one knotting device driven by a knotter shaft, a needle rocker pivotable about a pivot axis extending parallel to the knotter shaft on which binding needles are positioned, and a drive unit that has a shiftable gearbox which is driven by a drive shaft and is configured to drive the at least one knotting device and the needle rocker when a binding operation is triggered. The shiftable gearbox comprises a gearbox housing in which components of the gearbox and a triggering device for triggering the binding operation are positioned.
Claims20
A binding device for a square baler for knotting a strip-shaped binder that is provided for binding a pressed bale, the binding device comprising:
- at least one knotting device driven by a knotter shaft;
- a needle rocker pivotable about a pivot axis extending parallel to the knotter shaft on which binding needles are positioned;
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- a drive unit including a shiftable gearbox that is driven by a drive shaft and that is configured to drive the at least one knotting device and the needle rocker responsive to a triggering device triggering a binding operation being triggered, wherein the shiftable gearbox comprises a gearbox housing that houses one or more components of the shiftable gearbox and the triggering device configured to trigger the binding operation;
- wherein an output shaft is configured to drive at least one of the one or more components of the shiftable gearbox housed within the gearbox housing or is configured to be driven by the drive shaft;
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- wherein the triggering device comprises a claw coupling positioned on the output shaft.
A square baler comprising:
- a binding device configured to knot a strip-shaped binder for binding a pressed bale, the binding device comprising:
- at least one knotting device driven by a knotter shaft;
- a needle rocker pivotable about a pivot axis extending parallel to the knotter shaft on which binding needles are positioned;
- and
- a drive unit including a shiftable gearbox that is driven by a drive shaft and that is configured to drive the at least one knotting device and the needle rocker responsive to a triggering device triggering a binding operation being triggered, wherein the shiftable gearbox comprises a gearbox housing that houses one or more components of the shiftable gearbox and the triggering device configured to trigger the binding operation;
- wherein an output shaft is configured to drive at least one of the one or more components of the shiftable gearbox housed within the gearbox housing or is configured to be driven by the drive shaft;
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- wherein the triggering device comprises a claw coupling positioned on the output shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.