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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1980
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Yatcilla, Newton, KS (US);
William C Peterson, Hesston, KS (US);
Assignee:
Hesston Corporation, Hesston, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
100-4 ; 100 99 ; 116282 ; 200 6118 ; 340677 ;
Abstract
The knotting mechanism of a crop baler has a spring-loaded arm normally pulled down to a lowered position by the binding twine during operation of the knotter. However, if the knotter accidentally fails to tie a knot or the twine otherwise slips loose, the resulting slack will allow the arm to swing upwardly, and this motion may be used to trigger a switch for setting off an alarm or to raise a signal flag, either of which would indicate that the knotter needs attention.