Baler needle clamp arrangement for facilitating side-to-side adjustment of outer needle end
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsDavid Vincent Rotole, Roger William Frimmi, Jason Chad Eubanks, Randal Alan Cufr
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Abstract
A clamp arrangement for securing a needle to a needle support member includes an interface arrangement between a first clamp segment, defining an inner end of a baler needle, and a surface of a needle support member, on which a second clamp segment is located on a side of the support member opposite to that engaged by the first clamp segment. The interface arrangement is such as to permit the needle to be rocked sideways so as to adjust an outer twine delivery end of the needle from side-to-side as necessary to bring the twine delivery end in correct alignment with a knotter mechanism.
Claims8
In a baler needle assembly including a needle support member extending transversely to a direction of movement of the needle support member, during a tying cycle, and a plurality of needles mounted at spaced locations along said needle support member, each of said needles being curved between an inner end and an outer twine-delivery end, a clamping arrangement securing said inner end of said needle to said needle support member and including a plurality of clamping bolts carrying nuts which may be individually loosened and tightened, the improvement comprising:
- at least one of said clamping arrangement and needle support member including clamping surfaces configured such that by selectively loosening and fully tightening said plurality of clamping bolts said twine delivery end of said needle may be adjusted from side-to-side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.