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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul Bentley, Gainesville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hay & Forage Industries, Hesston, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; A01F / ; B26D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
100-5 ; 56341 ; 83346 ; 83659 ; 83950 ; 492 36 ;
Abstract
The twine cutter includes an anvil and swingable knife on opposite sides of the path of travel of the taut twine so that when the knife swings into cutting engagement with the anvil, the twine is severed. The anvil is rotatably mounted to the baler for shedding crop material and trash which would otherwise interfere with the cutting engagement of the knife and anvil. The anvil preferably presents a cylindrical cutting surface having circumferential V-shaped grooves which deflect the twine around the knife when the knife swings into engagement with the anvil for enhancing the cutting action of the twine cutter.