Twine knotter and method of forming two knots in a twine

US11950540B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rasspe Systemtechnik Gmbh · DE

Inventors

• Karsten Baldsiefen · Lindlar, DE
• Felix Höller · Lindlar, DE
• Bartlomiej Mateusz König · Remscheid, DE
• Andreas Acimas · Veldhoven, NL
• Michael Flanhardt · Langenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 2022
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2024
• Expiry date: Jul 18, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01F15/145
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A twine knotter (10) for forming two knots (16, 33) in a pair of twine strands comprising: a drive pulley (20), a bill hook (9) rotatably driven by the drive pulley (20) about a knotter axis (K) to form two successive knots (16, 33) in the pair of twine strands (5, 7), a twine holding device (18) for clamping the pair of twine strands (5, 7) between a first clamping element (21) and a second clamping element (22), and a twine knife (13) for cutting the pair of twine strands (5, 7). The second clamping element is driven rotatably about a twine holder axis (G) by the drive pulley such that the rotatable second clamping element completes two rotations for one rotation of the drive pulley, and the twine holder axis (G) and the knotter axis (K) enclose an angle of less than 45° with one another.