US 2012/0097053 A1 · BANDING DEVICE

Abstract

A banding device includes a frame. A feeding assembly is mounted on the frame for feeding elastic tubing into the frame. A transfer assembly disposed within the frame includes transfer arm and fingers. The fingers receive the rubber tubing as fed. A cutting assembly is disposed between the transfer assembly and the feeding assembly for cutting the tubing into bands. The fingers of the transfer assembly move between a first closed position for receiving the band and a second open position for opening the band. The transfer arm is moveable between a first position for receiving the band and a second position for transferring the band. A banding assembly disposed at the second position receives the band from the transfer assembly. The banding assembly stretches the band and receives an item to be bundled within the band. The banding assembly releases the band about the bundle.

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Dependent claims

A banding device comprising:

a frame;
a feeding assembly for feeding an elastic tubing into the frame;
a transfer assembly including a body is disposed within the frame, the transfer assembly having a pick up assembly, the pick up assembly having two or more fingers, the fingers adapted to receive the elastic tubing as fed from the feeding assembly;
a cutting assembly disposed between the transfer assembly and feeding assembly for cutting predetermined lengths of tubing into at least a band, at least one of the two or more fingers moveable between a first closed position for receiving the band and second open position for opening the band, and the body being moveable between a first position for receiving the band and a second position for transferring the band to a banding assembly, and the banding assembly for receiving the band from the transfer assembly at the second position and further opening the band, and adapted to receive an item to be bundled, and releasing the band about the item.

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A banding assembly for banding a bundle of items, comprising:

a first banding mechanism having a first finger mechanism, a second finger mechanism and at least third finger mechanism, the first finger mechanism, second finger mechanism, and third finger mechanism, together receiving and opening a first band;
and
a second banding mechanism having a fourth finger mechanism, a fifth finger mechanism, and at least a sixth finger mechanism, the fourth finger mechanism, fifth finger mechanism, and at least sixth finger mechanism, receiving and opening a second band so that the second band is open coaxially with the first band and first banding mechanism releasing the first band and the second banding mechanism releasing the second band about an item to be bundled.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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