Twine cutting apparatus for round baler.

摘要

A round baler (10) having a pick-up (16), a chamber for forming a cylindrical package of crop material and a generally transverse opening for feeding crop that has been picked up into the chamber. The baler includes a twine handling assembly (48) having at least one twine arm (53) with a twine dispensing end (62) from which twine (t) is dispensed in the vicinity of the transverse opening for applying a plurality of helical wraps on the cylindrical package of crop material formed in the chamber. Twine cutting apparatus (90) is provided for cutting the twine (t), and a twine guide assembly (81) is mounted to cooperate with the twine cutting apparatus (90) to guide the twine to a cutting mechanism (94) that is transferred to its operative position from a remote position after a predetermined amount of twine (t) has been dispensed. <IMAGE>