Patent ID: 9090367
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B23P,B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for removing and reinserting a twist-module sub-assembly in a knotter assembly on a material baling apparatus, the knotter assembly including a frame having a base plate and a pair of parallel opposed side walls, a knotter cover arm assembly including a pair of opposed knotter cover arms coupled, at a first end of each arm, to a knotter cover, and pivotably coupled, at a second end of each arm, to a shaft such that rotation of the arms about the shaft causes the knotter cover to at least partially extend from a first side of the knotter assembly, the method comprising: rotating the knotter cover arm assembly outwardly from the first side of the knotter assembly; securing the knotter cover arm assembly in a raised rotated position; accessing, through the first side of the knotter assembly, one or more coupling devices securing the twist-module sub-assembly to the knotter assembly; removing the one or more coupling devices; and extracting the twist-module sub-assembly as a unit from the knotter assembly substantially via the first side of the knotter assembly, wherein upon extraction of the twist-module sub-assembly as a unit from the knotter assembly substantially via the first side of the knotter assembly, the knotter assembly is configured to receive the twist-module sub-assembly reinserted into the knotter assembly.