Patent ID: 11937551
Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK BERNARD KRONE GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A twine knotter for a bale press for forming two sequential knots for holding together a tying agent surrounding a crop bale, the twine knotter comprising:
a knotter frame;
a knotter hook supported rotatably in the knotter frame and configured to knot ends of the tying agent;
a holding arrangement comprising a twine holding disk, wherein the twine holding disk is rotatably supported at the knotter frame and is configured to convey temporarily two tying agent strands of the tying agent;
a knotter disk configured to be rotatingly driven, wherein the knotter disk comprises a first drive means configured to drive the knotter hook and further comprises a second drive means configured to drive the twine holding disk;
a stripper lever configured to strip off the knots from the knotter hook;
a knife blade configured to cut through the tying agent strands;
wherein the twine holding disk upon rotation is guided along the knife blade so that the tying agent strands are cut through upon passing the knife blade;
wherein the twine holding disk is configured to stop prior to completion of a second one of the two sequential knots before the tying agent strands held in the holding arrangement pass the knife blade.