Monday Mystery

[Majorman]

Well! They are a mystery to a lot of people! I always found them reasonably easy to sort out after watching them many times both in work and when turned by hand but I did spend quite a few hours, sitting on a bale chamber, in the dust and dirt, trying to work out why one side or the other was miss-tying.
Knotters

 

[Bob Bancroft]

Indeed. I assume there was a patent somewhere. The history of it would be interesting. Who developed it? Did they make a fortune selling rights to others? Or, if there was a patent, did it expire, then others copied it?

 

[mjbrown]

The ones on reaper/binders look about the same so They've been around a while.

 

[teddy52food]

I remember reading some place the 1st knotter was carved out of apple wood. I think it was thorn apple as that is very hard.

 

[Davidj]

I think it's what was known as a "Deering Knotter". New Holland and John Deere use them. Not sure who bought the patent or who has it now. Good knotter and not hard to figure out.

 

[Davidj]

Further to my last post...

https://www.farmcollector.com/equipment/twine-tie-challenge-zmlz15deczhur/

 

[flying belgian]

Evidently Ford used them as well.

 

[wore out]

GOOGLE ''McCormick Knotter'', then ''Deering Knotter'' and you questions will be answered.