Patent ID: 7690297
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: B30B,B65B

Abstract:
1. A baler tie feed apparatus for securing a bale of compacted material formed in a baler having a compaction chamber for receiving material to be compacted and having a top, bottom and sides, a platen movable from a rear position to a forward position for compacting material within the compaction chamber into a bale and a door operable between a closed position when the bale is being formed and an open position when the bale is being discharged from the baler, comprising: (a) plurality of spaced channels defined in said top and bottom of said compaction chamber; (b) a plurality of spaced channels defined in said platen, each of said platen channels being aligned with one of said spaced open channels in said top and bottom of said compaction chamber; (c) a plurality of spaced channels defined in said door, each of said door channels being aligned with one of said channels in said top and bottom of said compaction chamber, whereby the aligned channels for a plurality of spaced channels surrounding a bale formed within said baler through which a plurality of bale ties may be inserted; (d) a tie guide mechanism positioned beneath said compaction chamber having a plurality of tie engaging members, each of said tie engaging members being operable within said channels defined in said bottom of said compaction chamber and having a forward end defining means for engaging a tie, said tie guide mechanism being operable between a first position wherein said forward end of each of said tie guide members is positioned beneath one of said channels defined in said platen and a second position wherein said forward end of each of said tie guide members extends through one of said channels defined in said door; and (e) means for moving said tie guide mechanism between said first position and said second position.