Apparatus for hooping a fiber bale in a fiber bale press
US4566378A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/1467
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fiber bale press is equipped with a hooping mechanism for applying wire-hoops to a fiber bale produced by the press. The press has at least one pressing plate and a counter pressure plate as well as a hoop material supply device. The hoop material is steel wire cut to suitable lengths for forming hoops. The steel wire ends are secured to each other by a sealing member, such as a tubular metal sleeve, which receives one steel wire end in each of its ends. The tubular metal sleeve is rigidly secured to the ends of the hoop forming wire by a crimping mechanism. Preferably the steel wires are hooped around a bale in a cross-over relationship so that at least the wire-hoops close to and in parallel to a bale edge are held in place by wire-hoops running perpendicularly to the bale edge. This mechanism avoids loops at the ends of the baling wire.
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