Tying device
AssigneeFuji Jidoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasashi Tanaka
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Abstract
A tying device comprising: a stand for mounting thereon an object to be tied with a tape; a slot for feeding the tying tape; a detector, disposed beyond the forward end of the slot, for detecting the end of the tying tape; a bendable arm having a grip mechanism and pivotally provided on the stand substantially in parallel to the slot, the bendable arm being adapted to be swung upward, so that when the end of the tying tape reaches the detector, the detector produces a signal to actuate the grip mechanism to grip the end of the tying tape and actuate the bendable arm to swing upward so as to bring the end of the tying tape over the object to be tied to the underside of the object and overlap the end on a portion of the tying tape which has been fed thereto.
Claims4
A device for tying an object with tape comprising a stand for mounting an object to be tied, a slot in the stand for feeding tying tape, means for supplying tape to the slot, detector means disposed beyond the forward end of the slot for detecting the end of the tape, an arm pivotally mounted at one end thereof to the stand for movement within the slot, a grip mechanism at the other end of the arm constructed and arranged to grip the end of the tying tape when it is detected by the detector means, a pivotal connection in the arm between the ends thereof, means for moving the arm about its pivotal mounting and the pivotal connection to bring the end of the tape held by the grip mechanism over the object to be tied to the underside of the object and in overlapping relationship with a portion of the tape on the underside of the object, means for binding the overlapped portion of the tying tape, and means for cutting the tape adjacent the upstream end of the binding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.