Patents by Inventor Klaas Smit

Klaas Smit has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method, an implement and a twister for tying together end portions of wire material extending around a bale
    Patent number: 7690402
    Abstract: For tying wire material around a bale, a pair of end portions of the loop is held in a substantially mutually parallel orientation. An engaged section of at least one of the end portions is moved about a longitudinal axis of the other end portion of that pair, such that the pair of end portions is twisted into a wire twist between an engagement area and a portion of the loop extending about the bale. During twisting, wire material of at least one of the end portions slips through the engagement area towards the portion of the loop extending about the bale. An implement and twisters for use in such a method are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Machinefabriek Bollegraaf Appingedam B.V.
    Inventors: Hermannus Johannes Maria Legtenberg, Klaas Smit
  • Method, an implement and a twister for tying together end portions of wire material extending around a bale
    Publication number: 20070089617
    Abstract: For tying wire material around a bale, a pair of end portions of the loop is held in a substantially mutually parallel orientation. An engaged section of at least one of the end portions is moved about a longitudinal axis of the other end portion of that pair, such that the pair of end portions is twisted into a wire twist between an engagement area and a portion of the loop extending about the bale. During twisting, wire material of at least one of the end portions slips through the engagement area towards the portion of the loop extending about the bale. An implement and twisters for use in such a method are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Hermannus Legtenberg, Klaas Smit