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US 2023/0312155 A1Published application
Strap-segment-cutting system
AssigneeSignode Industrial Group LLC
InventorsBongcheon SONG, Yongho SHIN, Junyeong KIM, TaeWon KANG
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a strap-segment-cutting system for locating and removing strap segments from an object, such as a metal coil.
Claims20
A strap-segment-cutting system comprising:
- a strap-segment-cutting head comprising:
- a frame;
- a first cutter supported by the frame;
- a first carriage movable relative to the frame between a first-carriage home position and a first-carriage actuated position;
- a first clamp pivotably mounted to the first carriage and comprising a body having a clamping head and an opposing foot;
- a first-clamp biasing element biasing the first clamp to a first-clamp home position in which the clamping head of the first clamp is spaced-apart from the first carriage;
- a second carriage movable relative to the frame and the first cutter between a second-carriage home position and a second-carriage actuated position;
- a second cutter mounted to the second carriage and comprising a body having a lifting-and-cutting head;
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- one or more carriage actuators operably connected to the first and second carriages and configured to move the first and second carriages relative to one another from their respective first-carriage and second-carriage home positions in which a first distance separates the first and second carriages to their respective first-carriage and second-carriage actuated positions in which a smaller second distance separates the first and second carriages.
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A method of removing a strap segment from an object, the method comprising:
- positioning a strap-segment-cutting head so it is spaced apart from the object and adjacent to the strap segment, wherein the strap-segment-cutting head includes a first cutter;
- moving the strap-segment-cutting head toward the object to a strap-segment-cutting position such that a clamping head of a first clamp is positioned on a first side of the strap segment and a lifting-and-cutting head of a second cutter is positioned on an opposing second side of the strap segment;
- moving the first clamp toward the strap segment such that the first clamp clamps the strap segment;
- and
- moving the second cutter toward the strap segment such that the second cutter lifts the strap segment into contact with the first cutter and cooperates with the first cutter to cut the strap segment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.