Patent ID: 7690296

Claim:
A method of tying wire ties about a bale of material, comprising the steps of: providing a bale of material at least partially enclosed by at least one loop of wire said loop being formed by a strand of wire having first and second integral lengths; providing at least one elongated member having a plate and a pulley located thereon, the plate having an upward slant forming a tip portion and a back portion and the pulley is located adjacent to said back portion; bringing the first and second integral lengths of wire into engagement with at least a first twister head located in a twister assembly by extending the elongated member to contact the first and second integral lengths of wire so that the wire will pass up and over the plate and pulley, then retracting the elongated member so that the wire contacts the pulley and is brought into engagement with the twister head; extending the twister assembly outwardly from within a slide housing to further facilitate the engagement of the twister head and the length of wire; rotating each twister head to twist the wire together and thereby creating a twisted section of wire wherein the slide housing pivots about an axis as the wire is twisted; and subsequently cutting the twisted section of wire with a cutting assembly.