Patent ID: 7210281

Claim:
An assembly for securing a loose yarn end on a cylindrical bale contained in a baling chamber of a large round baler comprising: a carrier for a pulley shaped band supply being mounted on said baler exteriorly of said baling chamber; a flexible, adhesive band supply being mounted on said carrier for rotation about a first horizontal axis; an advance assembly including first and second feed rolls mounted on said baler adjacent said carrier for rotation about respective horizontal axes which are parallel to said first horizontal axis, with said first roll having a circumference engaged with a circumference of said second feed roll; a band of said band supply being inserted between said first and second feed rolls and adapted for being conveyed along a path to said baling chamber by counter-rotating said first and second rolls of said advance assembly, such that in the baling chamber the band can be wrapped around a cylindrical bale in the region of the loose yarn end; a bi-directional motor being coupled to said first roll of said advance assembly by a drive connection including an overrunning clutch, the overrunning clutch establishing a drive connection between the motor and said first roll of the advance assembly only when said motor is being driven in a first direction causing said first roll to be driven in a first motion transmission direction so as to convey the band in the direction of the baling chamber.