# US 10,745,156 B2 · Apparatus for banding products > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,745,156 B2 - Document ID: US10745156B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/764,133 - Filed: 2016-10-07 - Published: 2019-02-21 - Granted: 2020-08-18 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-08 - Assignees: Bandall Productie B.V. - Applicants: Bandall Productie B.V. - Inventors: Henk Hendriks - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10745156B2 ## CPC - B65B 13/06: Stationary ducts or channels - B65B 13/184: {Strap accumulators} - B65B 13/22: Means for controlling tension of binding means - B65H 27/00: Special constructions, e.g. surface features, of feed or guide rollers for webs (rollers in general F16C13/00) - B65H 2404/2611: forming curved transport path - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES ## Abstract A device for banding products includes a supply mechanism for supplying band material from a supply roll, a strap chute for forming a loop in an end portion of the band material around a space for accommodating products, and a cutter for cutting off the end portion and means for closing the loop. The supply mechanism includes conveyors for gripping the band material over part of its length and conveying the same in a guided manner, as well as a motor for driving the conveying means. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for banding products, comprising: a supply mechanism for supplying band material from a supply roll, means for forming a loop in an end portion of the band material around a space for accommodating products, and a cutter for cutting off the end portion and a sealer for closing the loop, wherein the supply mechanism comprises conveying means for gripping the band material over part of its length and conveying the same in a guided manner, as well as driving means for driving the conveying means; wherein the conveying means comprise at least two assemblies, which each of said at least two assemblies comprise pulleys and at least one endless conveyor belt to be passed thereover; wherein the at least two assemblies comprise a first assembly and a second assembly, and a length portion of a side of the conveyor belt of the first assembly that faces away from the pulleys is in contact with a length portion of a side of the conveyor belt of the second assembly that faces away from the pulleys via band material to be guided therebetween; wherein the length portions are in contact with each other at a location of one of said pulleys, such that a curvature of the pulley defines a curved contact surface between the length portions of the conveyor belts; and wherein one of the pulleys is driven. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor belts move forward at a same angular speed at the location of the contact therebetween. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein at least part of a surface of the conveyor belt that faces away from the pulley is rough. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein at least part of an outer surface of at least one pulley of at least one assembly of the conveying means is rough; and wherein at least part of a surface that faces the pulleys, of the conveyor belt of said at least one assembly of the conveying means, is rough. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the pulleys are externally toothed, and wherein the conveyor belts comprise toothed endless belts for engaging the pulleys. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor belts are made of an elastic material. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said pulleys of each said assembly is driven. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein axes of rotation of said pulleys extend parallel to each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein circular centre planes of said pulleys lie in a same flat plane. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein at least part of an outer surface of at least one pulley of at least one assembly of the conveying means is rough; or wherein a surface that faces the pulleys, of the conveyor belt of said at least one assembly of the conveying means, is rough. ### Claim 11 (depends on 5) The device according to claim 5, wherein the toothed endless belts are toothed on one side. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The device according to claim 6, wherein the elastic material is rubber.