Patent ID: 9402348
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A01D,A01F,B65B

Claim Text:
1. A baling press with a rope tying system for tying rope around pressed bales, the press comprising: a bale pressing channel; a ram reciprocally movable in the bale pressing channel for pressing material in the bale pressing channel; at least one first rope feeding structure for feeding first rope material along a first feeding path on a first side of the bale pressing channel; at least one second rope feeding structure for feeding second rope material along a second feeding path on a second side of the bale pressing channel opposite of said first side of the bale pressing channel; for each pair of first and second rope feeding structures: a knotter on said first side of the bale pressing channel, said knotter comprising: a loop supply member for forming a loop of the second rope material across the bale pressing channel to said first side of said bale pressing channel and a loop of the first rope material at said first side; and a rope diverter; wherein said loop supply member is suspended on said first side of said bale pressing channel and movable between an extended position in which the loop supply member projects from said first side across said bale pressing channel to said second side of said bale pressing channel and a retracted position on said first side of said bale pressing channel; wherein said loop supply member has a hook adjacent to a free end for catching said second rope material on said second side of said bale pressing channel and for catching said first rope material on said first side of said bale pressing channel; and wherein the rope diverter is arranged for urging sections of the first and the second rope materials between the hook and the rope holder towards the bale pressing channel into positions extending through the knotting area.