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Title: Method of wrapping bales of staple fiber
Claims: I claim: 1. In a method of wrapping a bale of staple fiber with bale wrap, the bale being shaped with a ram against a platen in a bale press chamber comprising dressing said ram head with said bale wrap while said bale press chamber is empty, covering said platen with said bale wrap while said bale press chamber is empty, said ram head and said platen being covered with sufficient bale wrap to overlap and cover the entire said bale and said bale wrap being position to overlap and cover the entire said bale loading and tamping said staple fiber into said bale press chamber, pressing said loaded tamped staple with said ram to compress said staple into a bale, covering the remaining sides of said bale with bale wrap, leaving overlapping end flaps of bale wrap, wrapping said covered bale with multiple wires, joining the wires, so that each wire encircles the bale in a loose manner, and releasing the ram, the improvement comprising before said ram is released, securing each of said bale wrap overlapping end flaps around one of said loose multiple encircling wires to bow said wire transverse to said wire axis, and pinning said wrap with a pinning means to hold said wire in the bowed position until said ram is released so that said wire straightens out on release of said ram to exert tension on said overlapping end flaps of said bale wrap thereby eliminating the need to fasten said overlapping end flaps of said bale wrap. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said bale wrap overlapping end flaps are also each secured around one of said multiple encircling wires near each end of said bale. 3. The method of claim 2 wherein said pinning means is an awl. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein said wires encircle said bale transverse to the longest dimension of said bale. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein said bale wrap overlapping end flap also passes under the loose wire near the end of said bale after passing around said bowed wire. Other info: Inventors: Jones, Bobby Gene (Columbia, SC, US) Application Number: 510931 Filing Date: 1974-10-01 Publication_date: 1976-04-06 Assignee: Allied Chemical Corporation (Petersburg, VA) Primary Class(es): 53/399 53/438, 53/449 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
Other Refs: Other References: McCormick, Def. Pub. of Serial No. 104,058, filed Jan. 5, 1971, Def. Pub. No. T893,007. | |