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US 7,017,717 B2Granted
Twine brake for large round baler
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorClaude Georget
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AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorClaude Georget
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A large round baler is provided with a twine wrapping arrangement including a twine dispensing arm, a twine separating or severing device located between the dispensing arm and a baling chamber and a twine brake located between the separating device and the baling chamber. The twine brake is constructed of spring elements that are yieldably biased together, preferably in the form of a coil tension spring having a guide finger for guiding twine into a nip formed between the finger and a first coil of the spring, this nip receiving a length of twine extending between the dispensing arm and a bale being wrapped with the twine, with the twine becoming wedged between adjacent coils of the spring. As an alternative construction, a stack of Belleville springs are held together by bolt and nut assembly, with the nip being defined between adjacent springs.
In a large round baler including a baling chamber, a binding arm having a dispensing end adapted for moving transversely across said baling chamber between endpoints during a wrapping operation, a separating arrangement mounted between one of said endpoints and said baling chamber for selectively severing a length of twine extending along a predetermined path between said dispensing end of said binding arm and a bale formed in said baling chamber, and a twine brake, the improvement comprising:
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