Patent ID: 11950540
Assignee: RASSPE SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method of forming two knots in a twine by means of the twine knotter according to claim 1, the method comprising the following sequence of method steps:
feeding a pair of twine strands by means of a twine feeding device over the bill hook to the twine holding device,
rotating the bill hook one full turn about the knotter axis by rotating the drive pulley a half turn about a drive axis to form a first loop in the pair of twine strands for a first knot,
rotating said rotatable second clamping element one full turn about the twine holder axis by rotation of said drive pulley said half turn for clamping said pair of twine strands in said twine holding device, wherein said rotating of said rotatable second clamping element starts after at least partial rotation of said bill hook and at least partial formation of said first loop and wherein the twine holder axis and the knotter axis, viewed in the direction of the drive axis, enclose an angle of less than 45° with one another,
cutting the pair of twine strands between the bill hook and the twine holding device after the pair of twine strands has been clamped in the twine holding device,
pulling the first loop off the bill hook to form the first knot,
feeding the pair of twine strands by means of the twine feeding device (6) from the twine holding device over the bill hook,
rotating the bill hook one full turn to form a second loop in the pair of twine strands for a second knot,
rotating said rotatable second clamping element to release said pair of twine strands from said twine holding device, said rotating of said rotatable second clamping element starts after at least partial rotation of said bill hook and at least partial formation of said first loop, and
pulling the second loop off the bill hook to form the second knot.