A WINDING DEVICE FOR WINDING BINDING MATERIAL

Abstract

A binding material winding device for winding binding material from an object tied with said binding material comprises a guiding member and a winding member. The binding material is e.g. a strap, wire or string. The guiding member is arranged to be introduced with the binding material and configured to guide said binding material towards said winding member. The winding member is configured to be introduced with said binding material during actuation of said winding member and thereby wind and remove said binding material via said actuation.

Claims

1. A binding material winding device for winding binding material from an object tied with said binding material, comprising: a guiding member arranged to be introduced with the binding material and configured to guide said binding material towards a winding member; wherein said winding member is configured to be introduced with said binding material during actuation of said winding member and thereby wind and remove said binding material via said actuation; and the winding member comprises a movable portion, and a counterpart portion, wherein said guiding member is configured to introduce said binding material between said counterpart portion and the movable portion so that said winding member is configured during actuation to move towards said counterpart portion and catch said binding material between the movable portion and said counterpart portion, and to wind and remove said binding material introduced.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the winding member comprises a gripper, whereupon during said actuation said gripper is introduced with said binding material and rotated so that said binding material introduced is winded by said gripper into a coil form bundle.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the gripper of said winding member comprises at least two protrusion members, rods or hooks, whereupon the guiding member is configured to introduce said binding material between said at least two protrusion members, rods or hooks.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein said at least two protrusion members, rods or hooks comprises a common rotational axis around which the winding member is configured to rotate said at least two protrusion members, rods or hooks and thereby wind said binding material.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein said counterpart portion comprises a recess for receiving the end portion of said movable portion of said winding member in order to catch said binding material more tightly between the winding member and the counterpart portion.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein said winding member is, during the actuation, configured to press said introduced binding material between the movable portion and said counterpart portion, and additionally configured to wind and thereby remove said binding material by rotating said winding member.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein said counterpart portion is configured to move against the winding member, and whereupon during actuation of said winding member the counterpart portion is configured to move backwards thereby controlling the thickness of the winded binding material in the direction of rotational axis of said winding member.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the device comprises at least one guiding device, which is configured to elongate around the winding member during actuation and guiding and forcing said binding material against the winding member during winding and thereby controlling the size of the winded binding material.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein said movable portion is configured after winding the binding material into a form of a coil, to move backwards from the counterpart portion and release said winded binding material.

10. The device of claim 2, wherein said device or said winding member comprises a releasing member for releasing said winded binding material away around the winding members thereby cleaning the winding member after winding.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the guiding member comprises a hook-shaped portion and is configured to catch the binding material when removed at least partially from the object tied by said binding material.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the device additionally comprise or is configured to cooperate with an external gripping mechanism, where said gripping mechanism is configured to be introduced with the object supported by a supporting is structure, to grip said binding material, and again to be moved away from the object with said gripped binding material, and again configured to introduce said binding material to the guiding member.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein said guiding member and winding member are mutually arranged so to enable said gripping mechanism returning back towards said supporting structure at the same when said winding member is actuated to wind and remove said binding material.

14. The device of claim 1, wherein said binding material comprises a strap, wire or string, and the device is configured to wind said binding material as a form of a coil.

15. The device of claim 1, wherein said device is a mobile vehicle.

16. The device of claim 2, wherein the winding member comprises a protrusion member or a slit.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] Next the invention will be described in greater detail with reference to exemplary embodiments in accordance with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0028] FIGS. 1-5 illustrate a principle of an exemplary device in different operation modes for winding binding material according to advantageous embodiments of the invention, and

[0029] FIG. 6 illustrates a side view of an exemplary device according to advantageous embodiments of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] FIGS. 1-5 illustrate a principle of an exemplary device 100 in different operation modes for winding binding material 101 according to advantageous embodiments of the invention. In addition a side view of an exemplary device 100 according to advantageous embodiments of the invention is illustrated FIG. 6.

[0031] The winding device 100 operates advantageously in connection with a gripping mechanism 103, which is typically pushed into an object, such as to into a bale (not shown) so that it is able to grip the binding material 101. When the gripping mechanism 103 is caught the binding material 101 from the bale (or other object), the gripping mechanism 103 is moved away 114 from the bale with said gripped binding material 101, as is described in FIG. 1. The gripping mechanism 103 may be arranged in connection with an external bale opener or alternatively the binding material winding device 100 may comprise said gripping mechanism 103. In addition, according to an embodiment the binding material winding device 100 may be part of the bale opening device know from prior art.

[0032] The winding device 100 may also comprise a guiding member 102 for guiding the binding material 101 towards a winding member 104, as can be seen in FIG. 2. The guiding member 102 may e.g. catch the binding material 101 after the binding material 101 is moved away from the bale so after the gripping mechanism 103 is passed the guiding member 102 with the binding material 101 or otherwise introduced the binding material 101 to the guiding member 102.

[0033] When the guiding member 102 is caught the binding material 101 and introduced it to the winding member 104, the winding member 104 is actuated, typically rotated. During actuation the winding device winds and possibly also removes the binding material 101 so that the binding material 101 is winded advantageously to a small bundle 108, such as into a form of a coil 108, as can be seen in FIGS. 3-5.

[0034] The winding member 104 may also comprise a movable portion 105, such as a sledge, which comprises a gripper 107 for gripping the binding material 101. As an example the winding member 104 comprises at least two protrusion members, rods or hooks, as said gripper 107, as can be seen e.g. in FIGS. 1 and 5 and 6. The protrusion members 107 comprises advantageously a common rotational axis 109 around which the winding member 104 or the movable portion is configured to rotate.

[0035] The binding material winding device 100 may comprises also a counterpart portion 106 so that the guiding member 102 is able to introduce the binding material 101 between the counterpart portion 106 and the movable portion 105 as can be seen in FIG. 6. The counterpart portion 106 may also comprises a recess 110, which is configured for receiving the end portion of the movable portion 105 of the winding member 104, such as the sledge, as can be seen in FIG. 6.

[0036] The counterpart portion 106 may also move 116 against the winding member 104, thereby pressing the binding material 101 and guiding the binding material 101 during the winding process, as well as to move backwards 116 thereby controlling the thickness of the winded binding material 108.

[0037] It is to be noted that the components of the device, such as especially the winding member 104, end portion of the movable portion 105 and the counterpart portion 106, may be replaceable parts.

[0038] The winding device may additionally comprise a guiding device 111. The guiding device 111 is advantageously arranged around the winding member 104 during actuation so to guide and force the binding material 101 against the winding member 104 during winding. The guiding device 111 may be fixedly arranged (unmovable) or it can be configured to actively control the size of the winded binding material 108 during winding, and thus is can be arranged in movable way so that moving “outwards” 115 when the diameter of the coil is increased during winding, as can be seen in FIG. 4.

[0039] The guiding device 111 may be arranged in connection with the counterpart portion 106 so that the guiding device 111 is configured to be protruding during winding, so e.g. when the movable portion 105 and/or the counterpart portion 106 is moved against each other, or the guiding device 111 may be arranged in connection with the movable portion 105.

[0040] The winding device 100 may comprise also a releasing member 112 for releasing the coil, as can be seen in FIG. 5.

[0041] The guiding member 102 and the winding member 104 (as well as possible also the gripping mechanism 103) can be mutually arranged so to enable said gripping mechanism 103 returning back towards 113 the new bale or supporting structure for supporting the bale (or other object) essentially at the same time when the winding member 104 is winding the binding material 101, as can be seen in (and process steps of) FIGS. 3-5.

[0042] The invention has been explained above with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, and several advantages of the invention have been demonstrated. It is clear that the invention is not only restricted to these embodiments, but comprises all possible embodiments within the spirit and scope of the inventive thought and the following patent claims.

[0043] The features recited in dependent claims are mutually freely combinable unless otherwise explicitly stated.