US 11,305,900 B2Granted

Banding machine

AssigneesAlliance Rubber Company, Jmm-585, LLC

InventorsJoseph C. Jackson, Gary W. Castleberry, Jordan W. Steinhaus, Brandon R. Hughes, James R. Maynard, Joseph M. Maynard, Zachary D. Zelenka, Cory N. Hatcher

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Abstract

A banding machine includes a tube guide adapted to transfer an elastomeric tube from an entry end to an exit end. A frame assembly receives the elastomeric tube from the exit end. A drive assembly is carried by the frame assembly and includes a drive shaft which rotates a drive wheel that advances the elastomeric tube through the frame assembly. A knife guide assembly receives a reciprocating knife to cut the elastomeric tube to form a band. A stretcher assembly with stretcher fingers maintained substantially adjacent one another in a first position receives the band, the stretcher fingers then expand the band to a second position to receive an object upon which the band closes around.

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Dependent claims

A banding machine comprising:

a tube guide adapted to transfer an elastomeric tube from an entry end to an exit end;
a frame assembly associated with said tube guide to receive the elastomeric tube from said exit end;
a drive assembly carried by said frame assembly, said drive assembly comprising a drive shaft selectively rotating a drive wheel which advances the elastomeric tube through the frame assembly;
a reciprocating knife;
a knife guide assembly associated with said frame assembly, said knife guide assembly receiving the reciprocating knife to cut the elastomeric tube to form a band;
and
a stretcher assembly comprising:
stretcher fingers maintained adjacent one another in a first position and adapted to receive the band,
a stretcher piston;
a stretcher center linkage movable by said stretcher piston;
a top plate having a piston hole therethrough which slidably receives said stretcher piston;
a pair of frame arms extending from said top plate on either side of said piston hole;
and
a pair of stretcher arms connected at one end to said stretcher center linkage, each said stretcher arm having one of said stretcher fingers,
wherein said stretcher fingers are movable away from each other to expand the band to a second position to receive an object upon which the band closes around.

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A banding machine for placing an elastomeric band around an object, comprising:

a drive assembly that receives and selectively advances an elastomeric tube;
a knife;
a knife guide assembly that receives the advanced elastomeric tube and which receives the knife that cuts the elastomeric tube to form the elastomeric band;
a stretcher assembly having at least two stretcher fingers to receive the band at a first position within a banding assembly housing, wherein said drive assembly advances the elastomeric tube to move the cut elastomeric band on to said at least two stretcher fingers, and wherein the at least two stretcher fingers are movable vertically and away from each other to expand the band to a second position outside the banding assembly housing to receive an object upon which the band closes around, wherein in the second position, the expanded band is located above the banding assembly housing and configured to receive the object in a horizontal direction;
and
an object detector detecting placement and removal of the object received within the expanded elastomeric band located in the second position outside of the banding assembly housing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/375,964Filed 5 Apr 2019 · us provisional application
Priority: 10 Apr 2018
Published: US 2019/0308759 A110 Oct 2019
Granted: 19 Apr 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B65B 13/16
Applying and securing binding material around articles or groups of articles, e.g. using strings, wires, strips, bands or tapes: with means for…
B65B 13/022
Applying and securing binding material around articles or groups of articles, e.g. using strings, wires, strips, bands or tapes: applying…
B65B 29/00
Packaging of materials presenting special problems
B65B 57/10
Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices: responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials…

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Application62/655,480Us provisional application · filed 10 Apr 2018
US 2019/0308759 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Oct 2019
US 11,305,900 B2This patent

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