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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900555 | Flywheel fan for supplying pressurized air for cleaning knotter table A large square baler is equipped with a plunger drive incorporating a flywheel configured as a fan which creates a flow of air within a housing disposed about the flywheel. A duct arrangement is coupled between the housing and a knotter table housing so that air is ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7752959 | Knotter frame serving as lubrication manifold A knotter arrangement of a large square baler includes a plurality of knotter assemblies with each assembly including a knotter gear having a hub received on, and coupled for rotation with, a knotter drive shaft. Each assembly further includes a knotter frame includ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7681496 | Method and device for strapping goods In a method to seal/lock a strap (44) including a metal strap (44d) which is fitted at least in the zone of seal with a protective layer (44c), the packing strap is laid in the form of a loop around the package and is held, in part... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7600470 | Square baler for forming sliced bales A baler is described for forming square bales made up of several separately tied slices. The baler has a bale chamber and a plurality of needles movable in unison through the bale chamber to pass respective strands of twine from one side of the bale chamber to assoc... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7421944 | Strap joint rotator with pivoting linkage and pinch wheel A strap joint rotating assembly is for use with a strapping machine. The strapping machine has a feed head for feeding the strapping material into the strapping machine, a strap chute through which the strapping material is passed and a sealing head to seal overlapp... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7389723 | Strap joint rotator A strap joint rotator is for use in a strapping machine of the type for feeding a strapping material around a load, positioning, tensioning and sealing the strapping material around the load. The strap joint rotator includes a driven wheel having an axis of rotation... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7377213 | Strapping machine with improved tension, seal and feed arrangement A floating strapping head is for use in a strapping machine of the type for positioning, tensioning and sealing a strapping material to itself around a load. The strapping machine has a frame and a strap chute. The floating strapping head includes a tensioning modul... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373877 | Wire strapper for waste material baler A wire strapping or tying device (46) is provided having a rotatable pinion-type knotter assembly (56) for twist-knotting of a pair of adjacent wire sections (50a, 50b), together with a shiftable knotter cover (266) m... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7350543 | Reduced force sealless connection mechanism A reduced force sealless connection mechanism is used in a strapping machine for forming a sealless connection of strapping material overlapped onto itself. The mechanism includes an upper and a lower punch support. The upper punch support includes two punches for e... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343851 | Knotter hook and cord knotter equipped with the same A twine knotter (10) for bale compactors comprises a knotting frame (11) with a knotting hook (9), supported rotatably on a knotting hook shaft (40), which forms a swivel pin in the knotting frame (11); with a hook part (41)... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7318376 | Knotter blower for agricultural balers A crop baler having a bank of knotters employs a cross flow blower to produce a full width stream of air transversely across the line of knotters to keep them free of debris and residue. The blower is hingedly mounted on an enclosure over the knotters for selective ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7152521 | Method and device for compressing square bales for stalk material In a method and a device for compressing square large bales for stalk material on large baling presses by using twines that engage across longitudinal sides and end faces of bales and are tied together, wherein compressed large bales can be formed by a number of adj... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143689 | Strapping of bank notes The invention relates to a strapper for bank notes and a bank note processing apparatus having such a strapper. Especially reliable and fast strapping is possible if a guide for forming a strap loop around a bank-note bundle to be strapped that is brought into an in... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140293 | Single row twine box A twine box is provided for an agricultural baler. The twine box permits ready access to twine balls housed therein because all twine balls are located on a single row or tier. The twine balls are not compartmentalized and thus relocation of twine balls within twine... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121195 | Method and apparatus for driving multiple knotters An apparatus for selectively driving a pivotable knotter includes a rack, a pinion in driving communication with the rack, a knotter drive gear connected to the knotter and a linear actuator. The linear actuator is connected to the knotter and pivots the knotter abo... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111547 | Method and apparatus for wire guide wear plate A tying device and method of assembling same is disclosed. The tying device has a wire guide member adapted for mounting on an upper platen of a baling press. The wire guide member includes a top wall and side walls depending laterally from the top wall to form a ch... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7085625 | Control system for baling machine A control system for a bulk material baler embodied in a machine readable data structure and including an instruction to a moveable guide track to move from a removed position to a closed position to create a guide track loop around a volume of bulk material to be b... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7017717 | Twine brake for large round baler 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 c... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6975911 | Operator input interface for baling machine An operator interface for a control system for a bulk material baler includes interface means such as a touch screen or keyboard for an operator to enter process parameters into a control system memory. A display shows process parameter fields into which an operator... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968779 | Apparatus and methods for wire-tying bundles of objects Systems and methods for threading and feeding a length of wire into a wire-tying track, for withdrawing at least some of the wire from the wire-tying track to tension the wire around one or more objects, and for extracting waste wire from the system. The object of t... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966255 | Lock-out for power assisted strapping tool A lock-out assembly for a strapping tool prevents inadvertent actuation of the tool sealer cycle prior to completion of the tensioning cycle. The tool includes a pneumatic module having tensioning cycle and sealer cycle valves mounted therein. The valves are actuate... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6945164 | Strapping machine with pivoting weld blade A strapping machine of the type configured to feed a strapping material around a load, position, tension and seal the strapping material around the load includes a weld head having a readily removable and serviceable weld blade. The head includes a body, a blade arm... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6732638 | Time-out indicator for pneumatic strapper A time-out indicator is adapted for use in a pneumatic strapping tool for tensioning a strap around a load, adhering the strap onto itself, and cutting a feed end of the strap. The strapping tool has a cylinder housing, a piston disposed within a cylinder in the cyl... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6655266 | Hay bale stacking apparatus Apparatus for stacking bales of hay into large bundles such as, for example, three bales high and seven bales wide, positions bands about the stacked array to provide a tightly bound, compressed stack of bales. The stacking apparatus compresses the stacke... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6382289 | Binding machine for gardening This invention relates to a binding machine which is binding a sapling or a tree branch to a support with a binding tape for fixing, particularly wherein a tape guide bar 2 comprises a garnering case built at the bottom of a body; a binding needle guide b... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6341476 | Apparatus for bundling layered material A method and apparatus for bundling layered material comprises an anvil for receiving multiple units of bundled material, and a plurality of blades for compressing a tying material onto the bundled material. An apparatus of the invention is illustrated fo... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6283017 | Apparatus for tying and binding bales of compressed materials A mechanism for tying a bale of compressible material comprises a housing, a gear rotatably mounted with respect to the housing, and a drive mechanism operable for rotating the gear. A twister pinion is rotatably mounted with respect to the housing and is... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5870950 | Automatic tie system for baler An automatic tie system for a baler for tying a bale of compressible material comprises a reciprocating ram for pushing the bale along a path. A continuous strand of baling wire extends generally transverse to the path and engages the bale front end and w... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5644978 | Wire tying apparatus for down-packer cotton press A tying device is provided for mounting on a down-packer type baling press in which cotton is boxed for baling at a loading side of a substantially horizontal rotating turntable, the tying device for tying a plurality of wires having pre-formed interlocki... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5606909 | Apparatus for winding tape A plurality of wires W are caused to hang downward substantially in U-shape, such that the ends of wires W to be bound together are closely fixed. The end portions of a plurality of fixed wires W are positioned in the vertical direction by straightener 16... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5577371 | Apparatus for hooping a package An apparatus for hooping a package is described, in which the band in its end position, applied to the package and tensioned, defines a hooping plane which extends in the conveying direction. A band guide channel in the form of a plane, rectangular frame ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5546855 | Automatic bale tying apparatus A bale tying apparatus for use with a baling press distinguished from the prior art mechanisms in that the articulated arms which shape wire ties about a bale also incorporate elements on the ends thereof to effect the tying of the wires without engagemen... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5395466 | Back pasting apparatus and method A back pasting apparatus which uses a back pasting adhesive tape and is intended to make the apparatus compact and to improve back pasting quality. A guide rail (16) movable back and forth with respect to a frame (14) is provided. A paper table (15) arran... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5249517 | Line bundling apparatus This pneumatic operated and controlled machine secures a line about nursery stock placed upon a table top to form a bundle. The line is fed from a source through an upper mechanism comprising a tensioner arranged to hold the line with a predetermined forc... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5088395 | Tool for tensioning and cutting off a tape loop placed about an object Tool for tensioning and cutting off a tape loop (2) placed about an object (17), the ends (3A, 3B) of the tape loop being led through a lock (7) which serves for their connection. One end (3B) of the loop is initially connected to a tape supply. The tool ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5070779 | Tying mechanism This invention pertains to a tying mechanism applying twisting and winding of the two strands of the string or twine forming a closed loop around a bale or a package, until an overlapping and self-locking multiple-stranded configuration is achieved.... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5048408 | Bundling device The present invention is embodied as a device for bundling annular articles. This device utilizes a tape bundling machine which bundles articles with an adhesive bundling tape. A pressing table which pinches a top end of the tape is made detachable from a... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4791968 | Head for sealless strapping machine In a strapping head, slitting dies on a pair of pivotally mounted sealing jaws and a longitudinally movable punch on a punch holder cooperate and are adapted to make a sealless connection in two overlapped layers of a tensioned loop of steel strap. A long... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4709627 | Locking sleeve magazine feed attachment for a device for sealing steel wrapping bands There is described a tube magazine on a device for sealing steel wrapping bands around filled packages in which to seal the steel wrapping bands the steel band is initially conveyed twice through a first smooth oval sheet metal tube contained in the tube ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4484518 | Tying device A tying device is provided for mounting on a baling press for tying a plurality of wires having preformed interlocking ends around a bale formed in the press. The device includes a center plate mounted above the press chamber in which the bale is formed a... | 11/27/1984 |
