Method, an implement and a twister for tying together end portions of wire material extending around a bale
AssigneeMachinefabriek Bollegraaf Appingedam B.V.
InventorsHermannus Johannes Maria Legtenberg, Klaas Smit
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Abstract
For tying wire material around a bale, a pair of end portions of the loop is held in a substantially mutually parallel orientation. An engaged section of at least one of the end portions is moved about a longitudinal axis of the other end portion of that pair, such that the pair of end portions is twisted into a wire twist between an engagement area and a portion of the loop extending about the bale. During twisting, wire material of at least one of the end portions slips through the engagement area towards the portion of the loop extending about the bale. An implement and twisters for use in such a method are also described.
Claims9
A method for tying wire material around a bale, comprising:
- arranging a loop of wire material around a bale;
- holding a pair of end portions of the loop in a substantially mutually parallel orientation;
- engaging the pair of end portions in an engagement area near the bale and moving by twisting an engaged section of at least one of the end portions about a longitudinal axis of the other end portion of that pair, such that the pair of end portions is twisted into a wire twist that is located between the engagement area and a portion of the loop extending about the bale;
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- during twisting, feeding wire material of at least one of the end portions to the twist being formed by arranging for the wire material of at least one of the end portions to slip through the engagement area towards the portion of the loop extending about the bale to establish a longitudinal tension in the twist that is less than a greater longitudinal tension that would exist in the twist without feeding the wire material to the twist during twisting.
A method for tying plastic wire material around a bale, comprising:
- arranging a loop of plastic wire material around a bale;
- holding a pair of end portions of the loop in a substantially mutually parallel orientation;
- engaging the pair of end portions in an engagement area near the bale and moving by twisting an engaged section of at least one of the end portions about a longitudinal axis of the other end portion of that pair, such that the pair of end portions is twisted into a wire twist that is located between the engagement area and a portion of the loop extending about the bale;
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- during twisting, feeding wire material of at least one of the end portions to the twist being formed by arranging for the wire material of at least one of the end portions to slip through the engagement area towards the portion of the loop extending about the bale to reduce longitudinal tension in the twist from a greater longitudinal tension that would result in the twist without feeding the wire material to the twist during twisting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.