L&p Property Management Company

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Gerald Lee Johnson

Samuel E Jones

Barton Wade Daniel

Timothy Charles Stamps

Harold Campbell Lummus, Jr

Ray Whittinghill

Craig Val Millett

Craig Van Millett

John Wiedel

Gregg Eugene Weeks

Eugene C Rossum

Brady L Mork

The invention is a baling machine with an articulated guide track disposed in three operationally distinct sections. One section of the articulated guide track, representing approximately one-half of the track perimeter, is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the large section completes a guide track perimeter. In the second position, the large section pivots away from tying heads of the baling machine to permit ejection of the bale from the machine.

Three-part wire return for baling machine

A bale binding machine utilizes controlled pins to guide the path of a wire (or strap) around a bale such that strength-reducing bending is not introduced to the wire. The bale binding machine binds bales of fibrous bulk materials such as cotton and nylon.

Method of baling and binding using wire-tie pull pins

Three-part wire return for bailing machine

Wire-tie pull pins

A manually-operated baling wire twisting and tying tool, and a method of twisting and together the wires together, comprises a first handle having a first wire-twisting implement mounted therein, and a second handle having a second wire-twisting implement mounted therein. An axially oriented slot is effectively defined within the tool throughout substantially the entire axial extent thereof for accommodating the wires, and when the first and second handles, having the first and second wire-twisting implements disposed therein, are rotated with respect to each other, the wires are twisted and tied together. A visually indicating mechanism is also provided upon the tool for indicating to the operator when a predetermined number of twists have been imparted to the wires.

Manually operated wire twisting and tying tool and method of twisting and tying the wires together

A mechanism for tying a bale of compressible material comprises a housing, a gear rotatably mounted with respect to the housing, and a drive mechanism operable for rotating the gear. A twister pinion is rotatably mounted with respect to the housing and is coupled to the gear to rotate when the gear rotates. The twister pinion includes a slot formed therein for receiving overlapped wire sections and twisting the wire sections upon rotation of the pinion. The twister pinion includes a sloped surface formed therein proximate at least one end of said slot. The sloped surface engages the overlapped wire sections and directs the wire sections inwardly toward a center axis of the pinion when the pinion is rotated.

Apparatus for tying and binding bales of compressed materials

An automatic baler for creating a bale of compressible material comprises a mechanism for compressing an amount of the material into a bale and moving the bale along a path past a continuous strand of wire which extends across the path to engage a front end of the bale and wrap around the bale as it moves along said path. Opposing arm elements positioned on opposite sides of the path are movable toward each other to engage the path and are operable for engaging sections of the continuous wire strand. The opposing arm elements form at least two overlapped sections of wire proximate the rear end of the bale, and a twisting mechanism with twister pinions engages the overlapped wire sections to simultaneously tie the overlapped wire sections to both secure the wire wrapped around the bale and to reform a continuous strand of wire to engage the next bale.

Automatic baler with tying system having simultaneously engaged twister

An apparatus for tying a bale of material with a baling wire comprises an elongated body having a longitudinal axis and opposite ends, and a leg extending from each end of the body and including a forked portion. A retention clip is rotationally mounted about an axis proximate each of the forked portions, and the axis of rotation of each clip is oriented generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body. The clips are operable to rotate automatically in a first direction on said axes when wires, oriented along the longitudinal axis of the body, are directed against the clips, and are further operable to automatically rotate in a second direction to capture wires directed thereagainst for maintaining wires along the body between the clips.

A hand cart for transporting a roll of wire and straightening and measuring a length of wire pulled from the roll. The hand cart comprises a generally planar frame having upper and lower transverse mounting plates located in the plane of the frame. A center post extends outwardly from the lower transverse mounting plate and rotatably supports a rotatable reel. The rotatable reel is adapted to support a roll of wire for rotation about a reel axis, the reel axis being generally perpendicular to the plane of the frame. The hand cart further comprises a transverse axle and a pair of rotatable wheels rotatable mounted on opposite ends of the axle. A wire straightener and a wire counter are secured to the upper mounting plate of the frame so that a length of wire pulled off the roll may be straightened and measured before it is cut to the appropriate length.

Baling wire cart

A mechanism for securing together the overlapped ends of an elongated binding device wrapped around a bale of compressible material for binding the bale comprises a housing and a twister pinion rotatably coupled to the housing and configured to receive overlapped ends of the elongated binding device into a slot therein. The twister pinion includes alignment pins positioned on opposite sides of the slot for engaging the overlapped ends and maintaining those ends in the pinion slot. A drive mechanism is coupled to the pinion and rotates the pinion to twist the overlapped ends. In another embodiment of the invention, the twister pinion is coupled to a twister gear by an alignment pin which extends into an alignment aperture and an alignment groove in the gear and pinion. In another embodiment of the invention, a retrieving device is movably coupled with the body for moving toward and away from the twister pinion for moving the ends of the binder device into the twister pinion slot.

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Carthage, MO, United States of America

Gerald Lee Johnson