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US 12,351,349 B2Granted
Strapping tool
AssigneeSignode Industrial Group LLC
InventorsMirco Neeser, Kurt Bolliger, Andreas Keller
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a strapping tool configured to tension metal strap around a load and, after tensioning, attach overlapping portions of the strap to one another by cutting notches into a seal element positioned around the overlapping portions of the strap and into the overlapping portions of the strap themselves.
Claims15
A strapping tool comprising:
- a support;
- a sealing assembly mounted to the support and comprising a connector and multiple jaws pivotably connected to the connector such that the jaws are pivotable movable from respective jaw home positions to respective jaw sealing positions, wherein the sealing assembly including the connector and the jaws is movable up and down relative to the support between a sealing assembly home position and a sealing assembly sealing position, and wherein at least part of the connector extends between the jaws;
- a conversion assembly comprising a linkage comprising a first link and a second link connected to one another;
- wherein the linkage is operably connected to the sealing assembly and configured to move the sealing assembly from the sealing assembly home position to the sealing assembly sealing position and, in addition, to move the jaws from their respective jaw home positions to their respective jaw sealing positions,
- wherein the first and second links are configured to move relative to one another to change an effective length of the linkage while moving the sealing assembly from the sealing assembly home position to the sealing assembly sealing position;
- and
- a drive assembly operably connected to the conversion assembly and configured to drive the linkage.
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