Twine knotter and method of forming a knot in a twine

US11856894B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rasspe Systemtechnik Gmbh · DE

Inventors

• Michael Flanhardt · Langenfeld, DE
• Heinrich Günter Schumacher · Eichelhardt, DE
• Hans-Robert Lüttich · Heidenau, DE
• Christian Steglich · Freren, DE
• Andreas Acimas · Veldhoven, NL
• Karsten Baldsiefen · Lindlar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 2, 2024
• Expiry date: Nov 3, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01F15/12
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A twine knotter including a bill hook for forming a knot in a twine, a twine holding device for clamping twine with a twine holder and a twine disk rotatable relative thereto, the twine disk having recesses over its circumference for receiving twine, a twine feeding device for feeding twine over the bill hook into the twine holding device, and a twine knife for cutting twine. The twine disk has at least two pairs of recesses over the circumference, each pair of recesses having a front recess in a direction of rotation of the twine disk for receiving a single twine strand or a single twine strand pair and a rear recess for receiving a further single twine strand or said single twine strand pair.