Wire Release Mechanism
AssigneeAccent Packaging, Inc.
InventorMark Vaughn
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Abstract
A wire release mechanism for securing an end of a wire during a wire tying cycle is provided. The wire release mechanism may secure a first end of a wire around a bale of recycled material during knotting of the wire. The wire release mechanism may include a wire release portion having an engaging surface and the wire release portion may be movable between an open and closed position. The wire release mechanism may further include a gripping arm movable between a first position and a second position and having a retractable surface. The engaging surface may disengage the wire based on movement from the closed position to the open position. Further, the retractable surface may engage against the first end of the wire based on movement from the first position to the second position.
Claims17
A wire release mechanism comprising:
- a wire release portion rotatable about pivot yoke between the open position and closed position;
- said wire release portion further comprising a first portion opposite a second portion;
- said first portion further comprising a lip projecting away from said second portion;
- said lip further comprising a first wire guide flange spaced apart from an engaging surface by an offset;
- said offset comprising a gripping arm designed to press a portion of a wire against said engaging surface and towards said second portion.
A method of completing a wire tying cycle comprising the steps of:
- moving a wire release portion to the closed position;
- advancing a wire;
- gripping at least one end of a wire by pressing the wire against an engaging surface with a retractable surface of the wire tying assembly;
- tying the wire, and
- moving the wire release portion to the open position to release at least one end of a wire.
A wire release mechanism for securing at least one end of a wire during a wire tying cycle of a wire tying assembly comprising:
- a wire release portion having an engaging surface;
- said wire release portion is affixed to a wire tying assembly such that said wire release portion can move between either an open position where said engaging surface is disengaged from, and a first distance away from, at least one end of a wire, or a closed position where the engaging surface may engage, and is a second distance away from, at least one end of a wire during the wire tying cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.