Patent ID: 8991061
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A01F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A twine cutting apparatus for a bale processor, where the bale processor includes a cutting drum rotatably mounted in a bale chamber about a rotational axis extending substantially from a front wall to a rear wall of the bale chamber, the apparatus comprising: a guide extending along substantially a length of a floor of the bale chamber and defined by the floor of the bale chamber; a knife engaged in the guide and configured such that the knife can slide along the length of the drum and such that a cutting edge of the knife contacts twine wrapped around an outer surface of the drum; a substantially rigid handle attached at a knife end thereof to the knife and configured to be gripped by an operator at a grip end thereof outside the bale chamber a twine access area defined along a length of the drum, the twine access area configured to provide an open area between the outer surface of the drum and twine wrapped around the drum; and a drum lock operative to lock the drum with respect to the bale chamber in an orientation where the twine access area is aligned with the guide such that when the knife is moved along the guide, an upper end of the knife moves along the twine access area.