Patent ID: 8656686

Claim:
An agricultural baler net wrapping system comprising: a net dispensing assembly comprising: a supply roll comprising a cylindrical body extending transversely across said agricultural baler, said supply roll holding a net material; a duckbill for receiving net from the net roll and feeding net material into a bale chamber, said duckbill being moveable between a home position, and an insert position; one or more bale chamber rolls proximate a bale chamber for receiving net from the duckbill; a direction of net travel of said net from said duckbill toward said bale chamber; a knife assembly, said knife assembly comprising: knife arms positioned proximate side walls of said agricultural baler, said knife arms having knife pivots allowing the knife arms to rotate about a transverse axis, said knife arms having distal ends; a knife bar holding a knife having a cutting edge, said knife bar and knife extending transversely across said agricultural baler and connected to said distal ends of said knife arms; a motor operatively coupled to at least one of said knife arms to cause said rotational movement of said up-cut knife assembly between a home position, and a cut position; and a direction of knife travel of said knife cutting edge, wherein the direction of said knife travel is configured to align in substantially the same direction as said net travel to the cut position, wherein in the cut position the material and knife are moved into cutting contact.