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

Claim 10:
11. A method of forming a knot by means of a twine knotter according to claim 9, the method comprising the following sequence of method steps:
guiding a first individual twine strand over the bill hook to a bundle, wherein the first individual twine strand is clamped in the front recess of the front pair of recesses between the twine disk and the twine holder,
feeding a second individual twine strand by means of the twine feeding device over the bill hook into the rear recess of the front pair of recesses,
rotating the twine disk until the rear recess of the front pair of recesses reaches a clamping position range in which the twine holder covers the rear recess of the front pair of recesses in a clamping manner, and simultaneously turning the bill hook by one full turn to form a loop for a common knot in both twine strands,
continue turning the twine disk until the front recess of the rear pair of recesses reaches the insertion position,
feeding the second individual twine strand by means of the twine feeding device into the front recess of the rear pair of recesses,
turning the twine disk until the front recess of the front pair of recesses reaches a release position in which the twine holder releases the front recess of the front pair of recesses, and the front recess of the rear pair of recesses reaches the clamping position range,
cutting through the second twine strand between the bill hook and the twine holding device by means of the twine knife and
pulling out the first twine strand from the twine holding device by means of the twine knife.