Patent ID: 6044738
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: B65B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of removing wires from a compacted layered bale of waste material having vertical layers and a forward face across an entire width of the bale bound tightly together with wires running around the bale of waste material perpendicular to the layers and in vertical planes, the method comprising the steps of:moving said bale of waste material along a path to a cutting station;cutting through the wires on the bale of waste material and into the bale of waste material downwardly across substantially the entire width of the bale of waste material and a distance to separate a forward portion of the bale of waste material and wires leaving a remainder of the bale of waste material and wires separated from the forward portion of the wires, the forward portion including substantially the entire forward face of the bale, the cut wires having cut ends, the cut ends being relatively free of waste material;removing the wires from the remainder of the bale of waste materialremoving the separated forward portion of the bale of waste material away from the cutting station and gathering the wires.