Patent ID: 11856894
Assignee: RASSPE SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A Twine knotter comprising:
a bill hook for forming a knot in a twine,
a twine holding device for clamping twine, the twine holding device comprises a twine holder and a twine disk rotatable relative to the twine holder, the twine disk has at least two pairs of recesses over its circumference for receiving twine, 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,
a twine feeding device for feeding twine over the bill hook into the twine holding device, and
a twine knife for cutting twine,
wherein the twine holder is engaged with the twine disk in a clamping manner over a partial circumference of the twine disk, the twine holder having such a length over the circumference of the twine disk that, at least in one rotational position of the twine disk relative to the twine holder, the twine holder clampingly covers the rear recess of a front pair of recesses of said at least two pairs of recesses that is at the front in the direction of rotation and the front recess of a rear pair of recesses of said at least two pairs of recesses that follows in the direction of rotation, and exposes the front recess of said front pair of recesses.