Patent ID: 6883422

Claim:
In a binding arrangement for applying binding material to the circumference of a large round bale having a central axis disposed transverse to a forward direction of travel of said binding arrangement, said binding arrangement including at least one binding material delivery arm mounted for movement for selectively sweeping a delivery end of said delivery arm back and forth, during each binding cycle, between starting and ending positions spaced from each other along a transverse delivery path forward of, and extending in a direction of a length of, said bale, at least one cutting arrangement, for severing a length of wrapping material at a location between said ending position and a bound bale, at least one brake including cooperating braking surfaces for contacting the binding material, and a brake control arrangement for selectively effecting a variance in the amount of force exerted by said braking surfaces on said binding material, the improvement comprising: said brake control arrangement including control components operating as a function of the position of said delivery end of said delivery arm is during a binding cycle so as to effect at least two changes in braking force within each binding cycle; a second brake for the binding material being positioned upstream of said cutting arrangement so as to engage and brake said binding material, prior to said binding material being cut by said cutting arrangement, when said delivery arm is at said end position, whereby said second brake acts to prevent said binding material from recoiling and becoming entangled with adjacent structure when tension in said binding material is released after being severed from the wrapped bale.