Method for removing a twist-module sub-assembly in a knotter assembly
AssigneeL&P Property Management Company
InventorsCraig V. Millett, J. Scott Giett, Brian C. Edgar
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Abstract
The subject invention relates to a knotter assembly for use in a wire-tieing system. The knotter assembly includes a slidably removable twist module assembly, a ratcheted cover arm assembly, and a torque tube assembly having two operating arms that carry all of the operating components for actuating various elements of the knotter assembly.
Claims15
A method for removing a twist-module sub-assembly in a knotter assembly on a material baling apparatus, the knotter assembly including a frame having a base plate and a pair of parallel opposed side walls, a knotter cover arm assembly including a pair of opposed knotter cover arms coupled, at a first end of each arm, to a knotter cover, and pivotably coupled, at a second end of each arm, to a shaft such that rotation of the arms about the shaft causes the knotter cover to at least partially extend from a first side of the knotter assembly, the method comprising:
- rotating the knotter cover arm assembly outwardly from the first side of the knotter assembly;
- securing the knotter cover arm assembly in a raised rotated position;
- accessing, through the first side of the knotter assembly, one or more coupling devices securing the first twist-module sub-assembly to the knotter assembly;
- removing the one or more coupling devices;
- extracting the first twist-module sub-assembly as a unit from the knotter assembly substantially via the first side of the knotter assembly;
- inserting a second twist-module sub-assembly into the knotter assembly substantially via the first side of the knotter assembly;
- installing the one or more coupling devices;
- releasing the knotter cover arm assembly from the raised rotated position;
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- rotating the knotter cover arm downwardly to a substantially vertical original position.
A method for removing a twist-module sub-assembly, as a unit, from a knotter assembly on a material baling apparatus, the method comprising in a knotter assembly including a knotter cover arm assembly having at least a knotter cover, and pivotably coupled, to the knotter assembly such that rotation of the knotter cover arm assembly causes the knotter cover to at least partially extend from a front of the knotter assembly, and a first twist-module sub-assembly that includes a modular housing that houses a twister pinion and one or more wire guides:
- rotating the knotter cover arm assembly outwardly from the front of the knotter assembly;
- securing the knotter cover arm assembly in a raised rotated position;
- accessing, through the first side of the knotter assembly, one or more coupling devices securing the first twist-module sub-assembly to the knotter assembly;
- removing the one or more coupling devices;
- extracting the first twist-module sub-assembly as a unit from the knotter assembly substantially via the front of the knotter assembly;
- inserting a second twist-module sub-assembly into the knotter assembly substantially via the front of the knotter assembly;
- installing the one or more coupling devices;
- releasing the knotter cover arm assembly from the raised rotated position;
- and
- rotating the knotter cover arm downwardly to a substantially vertical original position.
A method for removing a twist-module sub-assembly in a knotter assembly on a material baling apparatus, the knotter assembly including a frame having a base plate and a pair of parallel opposed side walls, a knotter cover arm assembly including a pair of opposed knotter cover arms coupled, at a first end of each arm, to a knotter cover, and pivotably coupled, at a second end of each arm, to a shaft such that rotation of the arms about the shaft causes the knotter cover to at least partially extend from a first side of the knotter assembly, the method comprising:
- rotating the knotter cover arm assembly outwardly from the first side of the knotter assembly;
- securing the knotter cover arm assembly in a raised rotated position;
- accessing, through the first side of the knotter assembly, one or more coupling devices securing the first twist-module sub-assembly to the knotter assembly;
- removing the one or more coupling devices;
- and
- extracting the first twist-module sub-assembly as a unit from the knotter assembly substantially via the first side of the knotter assembly,
- wherein the knotter assembly includes a ratchet assembly configured to lock the knotter cover arm assembly in the raised rotated position, and wherein securing the knotter cover arm assembly in a raised rotated position further comprises:
- engaging a ratchet gear associated with the knotter cover arm assembly with a pawl associated with the frame assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.