Presses – Binding – Binder applying
Patent
1985-03-29
1986-10-28
Wilhite, Billy J.
Presses
Binding
Binder applying
47 1R, 53530, 100 27, B65B 1320
Patent
active
046191933
ABSTRACT:
The invention includes a method and apparatus for baling a standing tree in situ. An adjustable tree collar is placed around the tree trunk below the tree branches. The collar is then raised along the trunk to press the branches inward toward the trunk. As the branches are pressed inward, they are bundled to the trunk. The collar is variable in size, being adapted to expand and pass downward over the tree branches to contract below the branches to encircle the tree trunk. It comprises a plurality of yoke members that are urged apart to straddle the tree and then drawn together below the extended branches to encircle the tree at the tree handle. The yoke members are mounted on a hoist which lowers them over the tree and then raises them along the trunk of the tree. A twine dispenser including a twine canister and a feed boom are rotatably mounted adjacent the yoke members to wrap twine around the pressed branches as the members are raised along the trunk to bundle the branches to the trunk.
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