Bale press
AssigneeUsines CLAAS France S.A.S
InventorsThorsten Scharf, Ulrich Hesselmann
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Abstract
A bale press includes a pressing channel in which a piston is displaceable for forming a bale from crop material supplied to the pressing channel. The bale press includes a yarn supply and a knotter device arranged at a side of the pressing channel. The knotter device has a first holder for releasably holding an end portion of a yarn, a yarn deflecting member and a knotter beak. The yarn extends between the first holder and the yarn supply across the deflecting member and a side of the bale facing away from the piston. The knotter beak ties a knot in a first stretch of the yarn extending between the first holder and the deflecting member. A second holder holds the yarn at the deflecting member in an initial phase of bale formation.
Claims5
A bale press, comprising:
- a pressing channel (1) in which a piston (2) is displaceable for forming a bale (4;
- 5) from crop material supplied to the pressing channel (1),
- a yarn supply (16), and
- a knotter device (6) arranged at a side of the pressing channel (1), wherein the knotter device (6) comprises
- a first holder (8) for releasably holding an end portion of a yarn (9),
- a second holder (22),
- a yarn deflecting member (11), and
- a knotter beak (20),
- wherein the yarn (9) extends between the first holder (8) and the yarn supply (16) across the deflecting member (11) and a side (14) of the bale (5) facing away from the piston (2),
- wherein the knotter beak (20) ties a knot in a first stretch (10) of the yarn extending between the first holder (8) and the deflecting member (11),
- wherein the second holder (22) comprises a pressing finger which in a first position presses the yarn (9) against an abutment and in a second position is spaced apart from the yarn (9) and the abutment, and
- wherein the second holder (22) holds the yarn (9) at the deflecting member (11) at least in an initial phase of bale formation.
A bale press, comprising:
- a pressing channel (1) in which a piston (2) is displaceable for forming a bale (4;
- 5) from crop material supplied to the pressing channel (1),
- a yarn supply (16), and
- a knotter device (6) arranged at a side of the pressing channel (1), wherein the knotter device (6) comprises:
- a first holder (8) for releasably holding an end portion of a yarn (9),
- a second holder (22),
- a yarn deflecting member (11), and
- a knotter beak (20),
- wherein the yarn (9) extends between the first holder (8) and the yarn supply (16) across the deflecting member (11) and a side (14) of the bale (5) facing away from the piston (2),
- wherein the knotter beak (20) ties a knot in a first stretch (10) of the yarn extending between the first holder (8) and the deflecting member (11),
- wherein the second holder (22) comprises a pressing finger which in a first position presses the yarn (9) against an abutment and in a second position is spaced apart from the yarn (9) and the abutment,
- wherein the second holder (22) holds the yarn (9) at the deflecting member (11) at least in an initial phase of bale formation, and
- wherein the yarn (9, 13) extends straight between the deflecting member (11) and an edge of the side (14) of the bale (5) facing away from the piston (2) at least while the bale (5) is subject to pressure from the piston (2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.