Patent ID: 6986233

Claim:
A bale dewiring system for removing one or more wires wrapped around a bale from the bale, comprising: a frame; a receiving region defined by the frame and defining a longitudinal direction, the receiving region configured for receiving the bale; an upper compression platen mounted to the frame, the upper compression platen configured for vertical movement into contact with the bale to compress the bale, and out of contact with the bale; a rail operably mounted to the upper platen for vertical movement therewith, the rail mounted transverse to the longitudinal direction; a cutting assembly mounted to the rail for movement along the rail, the cutting assembly including a cutting element for cutting the one or more wires; side compression plates movable in the longitudinal direction into contact with the bale to compress the bale, and out of contact with the bale; at least one winding assembly operably mounted to the frame, the winding assembly including a rotating winding element having a wire receiving region and a wire winding region, wherein a bale having one or more wires wrapped around the bale is positioned in the receiving region with the wires oriented in the longitudinal direction, and wherein the upper platen moves vertically downward to compress the bale and the side compression plates move into contact with the bale to compress the bale, and wherein the cutting assembly traverses along the rail to cut the one or more wires, and wherein the upper platen and side compression plates move away from the bale, and the one or more cut wires are positioned in respective rotating winding element wire receiving regions, the wires being wound onto the rotating element for removal from the bale.