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US 2011/0214579 A1Published application
Knotter assembly
AssigneeL&P Property Management Company
InventorsCRAIG V. MILLETT, J. SCOTT GIETT
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Abstract
The subject invention relates to a knotter assembly for use in a wire-tieing system. The knotter assembly includes a slidably removable twist module assembly, a ratcheted cover arm assembly, and a torque tube assembly having two operating arms that carry all of the operating components for actuating various elements of the knotter assembly.
Claims3
A knotter assembly for use in a wire-tieing system on a baler, the assembly comprising:
- a base plate;
- a pair of parallel opposed side walls;
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- a set of spacers for supporting a torque tube assembly disposed between the side walls, wherein the torque tube assembly includes a torque tube and a pair of operator members fixably attached to the torque tube, wherein a first operator member includes components for actuating a cutter assembly and a first cover arm, the first cover arm being coupled with a knotter cover,
- and further wherein the second operator member includes components for actuating a gripper assembly and a second cover arm, the second cover arm being coupled with the knotter cover.
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A wire-tieing machine for twisting or tieing together end portions of wires comprising:
- a frame assembly, wherein the frame assembly includes a base plate and a pair of parallel opposed side walls, and wherein a first mounting block and a first twist-module guide rail is attached to an inside surface of a first side wall, and further wherein a second mounting block and a second twist-module guide rail is attached to an inside surface of a second side wall;
- a knotter cover arm assembly, wherein the knotter cover arm assembly includes a pair of opposed knotter cover arms coupled, at a lower end of each arm, to a knotter cover, and pivotably coupled, at an upper end of each arm, to a shaft such that rotation of the arms causes the knotter cover to lift away from the wire-tieing machine;
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- a twist module assembly, wherein the twist module assembly includes a main block that houses a twister pinion having a pinion gear, and wherein the twist module assembly is removably coupled to the frame assembly by way of a pair of slots that fit over the respective twist module guide rails.
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A wire-tieing machine for twisting or tieing together end portions of wires comprising:
- a frame assembly, wherein the frame assembly includes a base plate and a pair of parallel opposed side walls;
- a knotter cover arm assembly, wherein the knotter cover arm assembly includes a pair of opposed knotter cover arms coupled, at a lower end of each arm, to a knotter cover, and pivotably coupled, at an upper end of each arm, to a shaft such that rotation of the arms causes the knotter cover to lift away from the wire-tieing machine, and further wherein the knotter cover arm assembly includes a ratchet assembly for locking the knotter cover in a lifted-away position;
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- a twist module assembly, wherein the twist module assembly includes a main block that houses a twister pinion having a pinion gear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.