US 6,637,324 B2Granted

Wide aperture wire tracking for baling machine

AssigneeL&P Property Management Company

InventorTimothy C. Stamps

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Abstract

A guide track for a strap with which to bind a bale of bulk material. The guide track includes a convex portion and a restraining portion. Two lateral guide track halves are biased together. On their internal faces the guide track section halves have channels. The baling strap or baling wire is driven through the channels and guided around the material to be baled. The channels widen from a small diameter to a wide aperture at the receiving end of the guide track sections for receiving a lead end of a wire or strap that is propelled across a gap from a preceding guide track section.

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A baling wire guide track comprising:

a first fixed section of guide track having a first and a second track section longitudinal half, and exit end, and a receiving end, said exit end of said track section being oriented to direct a progressing baling wire in a predetermined trajectory, and the receiving end of said track being oriented to receive the progressing baling ire from a predetermined direction;
a second moveable section of guide track having a first and a second track section longitudinal half, an exit end, a receiving end, said exit end of said second moveable section of guide track being oriented to direct the progressing baling wire along said predetermined trajectory, and the receiving end of said second moveable section of guide track being oriented to receive the progressing baling wire from a predetermined direction;
a third moveable section of guide track having a first and a second track section longitudinal half, an exit end, and a receiving end, said exit end of said third moveable guide track section being oriented to direct the progressing baling wire along said predetermined trajectory, and said receiving end of said third moveable guide track section being oriented to receive said progressing baling wire from a predetermined direction;
a fourth moveable section of guide track having of a first and a second track section longitudinal half, an exit end, and a receiving end, said exit end of said fourth moveable guide track section being oriented to direct the progressing baling wire along said predetermined trajectory and said receiving end of said fourth moveable guide track section being oriented to receive the progressing baling wire from a predetermined direction;
at least one spring for biasing each of said first and second track section longitudinal halves of each of said first moveable section, second moveable section, third moveable section, and fourth moveable section;
a convexity in at least one longitudinal half of at least one of said guide track sections, said convexities extending substantially the entire length of each of said guide track sections, said convexity being dimensioned to form a channel between each of said guide track section halves when each of said wire guide track section halves are biased together, said channel being dimensioned to control said trajectory of said baling wire progressing through said channel;
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a widening of said convexity tapering to at least one of said channels from a wide aperture in at least one of said receiving ends of at least one of said guide track sections, said at least one wide aperture being wider than said channel in at least one dimension.

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Abstract

A baling wire guide track comprising:

a first fixed section of guide track having a first and a second track section longitudinal half, and exit end, and a receiving end, said exit end of said track section being oriented to direct a progressing baling wire in a predetermined trajectory, and the receiving end of said track being oriented to receive the progressing baling ire from a predetermined direction;
a second moveable section of guide track having a first and a second track section longitudinal half, an exit end, a receiving end, said exit end of said second moveable section of guide track being oriented to direct the progressing baling wire along said predetermined trajectory, and the receiving end of said second moveable section of guide track being oriented to receive the progressing baling wire from a predetermined direction;
a third moveable section of guide track having a first and a second track section longitudinal half, an exit end, and a receiving end, said exit end of said third moveable guide track section being oriented to direct the progressing baling wire along said predetermined trajectory, and said receiving end of said third moveable guide track section being oriented to receive said progressing baling wire from a predetermined direction;
a fourth moveable section of guide track having of a first and a second track section longitudinal half, an exit end, and a receiving end, said exit end of said fourth moveable guide track section being oriented to direct the progressing baling wire along said predetermined trajectory and said receiving end of said fourth moveable guide track section being oriented to receive the progressing baling wire from a predetermined direction;
at least one spring for biasing each of said first and second track section longitudinal halves of each of said first moveable section, second moveable section, third moveable section, and fourth moveable section;
a convexity in at least one longitudinal half of at least one of said guide track sections, said convexities extending substantially the entire length of each of said guide track sections, said convexity being dimensioned to form a channel between each of said guide track section halves when each of said wire guide track section halves are biased together, said channel being dimensioned to control said trajectory of said baling wire progressing through said channel;
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a widening of said convexity tapering to at least one of said channels from a wide aperture in at least one of said receiving ends of at least one of said guide track sections, said at least one wide aperture being wider than said channel in at least one dimension.

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