Patent ID: 7878557

Claim:
A knotter comprising: a twine holder, a bill hook, an arm carrying a crotch and a cutter and a twine finger operated by a drive mechanism configured to form two knots consecutively, the first to tie together two runs of twine passed around a completed bale and the second to tie together two runs of twine drawn from respective supply rolls for the commencement of the next bale; the twine holder serving to grip the two runs of twine drawn from the supply rolls throughout the formation of the two knots, the bill hook serving to knot the runs of twine gripped by the holder, the cutter serving to sever the runs of twine between the holder and the bill hook, the crotch configured to push twine running off the bill hook during the completion of each knot; and the twine finger is pivotably mounted on the opposite side of the bill hook from the twine holder and configured to bring the sections of the runs of twine to be knotted within the reach of the bill hook, an edge of the twine finger, configured to contact the runs of twine as the knots are pushed off the bill hook by the crotch, comprises an obstruction configured to resist movement of the runs of twine in a direction transverse to their length.