Strap dispensing system

Apparatus for dispensing a continuous strip of strapping material from a heavy coil thereof to associated strap-utilizing equipment wherein the coil is supported on a pallet and held against horizontal movement with respect thereto with the axis of the coil disposed substantially vertically, said apparatus comprising a substantially horizontal turntable mounted for rotation about a substantially vertical axis and adapted for receiving the pallet thereon in a dispensing position with the coil disposed substantially coaxially with said turntable, pallet positioning means on said turntable for holding the pallet in the dispensing position thereof, drive means for effecting rotation of said turntable in a coil-unreeling direction, accumulating means disposed between said turntable and the associated strap-utilizing equipment for storing unreeled strapping material dispensed from the coil and feeding it to the associated strap-utilizing equipment, said accumulating means including a storage member engageable with the stored strap and movable among a plurality of positions for varying the capacity of the accumulating means, and control means coupled to said drive means and responsive to the position of said storage member for sensing the quantity of strapping material accumulated in said accumulating means, said control means deactuating said drive means when the amount of accumulated strapping material is at least a predetermined quantity and for actuating said drive means when the amount of accumulated strapping material is less than said predetermined quantity, whereby strapping material may be dispensed directly from the pallet by rotation of said turntable without handling of the coil or removal thereof from the pallet.

Apparatus for dispensing a continuous strip of strapping material from a heavy coil thereof supported on and held against horizontal movement with respect to a pallet having a pair of spaced-apart feet depending therefrom with the axis of the coil disposed substantially vertically, said apparatus comprising a substantially horizontal turntable mounted for rotation about a substantially vertical axis and having a pair of elongated laterally spaced-apart low-friction turntable track assemblies thereon, said turntable track assemblies being adapted for receiving the pallet thereon with the pallet feet respectively received therein and facilitating horizontal movement of the pallet therealong to a dispensing position with the coil disposed substantially coaxially with said turntable, said turntable track assemblies being respectively engageable with the pallet feet for preventing horizontal movement of the pallet from the dispensing position thereof laterally of said turntable track assemblies, an entry conveyor disposed adjacent to said turntable and having a pair of elongated laterally spaced-apart low-friction conveyor track assemblies for receiving a pallet thereon with the pallet feet respectively received therein, coupling means for interconnecting and locking said turntable and said entry conveyor in a loading configuration with said turntable track assemblies respectively disposed in longitudinal alignment with said conveyor track assemblies for facilitating horizontal movement of the pallet from said conveyor track assemblies onto said turntable track assemblies, two pallet positioning members respectively carried by said turntable adjacent to the opposite ends of said turntable track assemblies and engageable with the pallet for preventing horizontal movement thereof from the dispensing position thereof longitudinally of said turntable track assemblies, and drive means for effecting rotation of said turntable in a coil-unreeling direction, whereby strap may be dispensed directly from the pallet by rotation of said turntable without handling of the coil or removal thereof from the pallet.

A system for dispensing a continuous strip of strapping material from a heavy coil thereof, said system comprising a coil of strapping material, a pallet supporting said coil thereon with the axis of said coil disposed substantially vertically, coil positioning means carried by said pallet for engagement with said coil to prevent horizontal movement thereof with respect to said pallet, said pallet having a pair of elongated substantially parallel laterally spaced-apart feet depending therefrom, a substantially horizontal turntable mounted for rotation about a substantially vertical axis and having a pair of elongated laterally spaced-apart track assemblies thereon, said turntable being adapted for receiving said pallet thereon in a dispensing position with said feet respectively received in said track assemblies and with said coil disposed substantially coaxially with said turntable, said track assemblies being respectively engageable with said feet for preventing horizontal movement of said pallet from the dispensing position thereof laterally of said track assemblies, two pallet positioning members respectively carried by said turntable adjacent to the opposite ends of said track assemblies and engageable with said pallet for preventing horizontal movement thereof from the dispensing position thereof longitudinally of said track assemblies, and drive means for effecting rotation of said turntable in a coil-unreeling direction, whereby strapping material may be dispensed directly from said pallet by rotation of said turntable without handling of said coil or removal thereof from said pallet.

A system for dispensing a continuous strip of strapping material from a heavy coil thereof, said system comprising a coil of strapping material, a pallet supporting said coil thereon with the axis of said coil disposed substantially vertically, coil positioning means carried by said pallet for engagement with said coil to prevent horizontal movement thereof with respect to said pallet, said pallet having a pair of elongated substantially parallel laterally spaced-apart feet depending therefrom, a substantially horizontal turntable mounted for rotation about a substantially vertical axis and having a pair of elongated laterally spaced-apart low-friction turntable track assemblies thereon, said turntable track assemblies being adapted for receiving said pallet thereon with said feet respectively received therein and facilitating horizontal movement of said pallet therealong to a dispensing position with said coil disposed substantially coaxially with said turntable, said turntable track assemblies being respectively engageable with said feet for preventing horizontal movement of said pallet from the dispensing position thereof laterally of said turntable track assemblies, an entry conveyor disposed adjacent to said turntable and having a pair of elongated laterally spaced-apart low-friction conveyor track assemblies for receiving a pallet thereon with said feet respectively received therein, coupling means for interconnecting and locking said turntable and said entry conveyor in a loading configuration with said turntable track assemblies respectively disposed in longitudinal alignment with said conveyor track assemblies for facilitating horizontal movement of said pallet from said conveyor track assemblies onto said turntable track assemblies, two pallet positioning members respectively carried by said turntable adjacent to the opposite ends of said turntable track assemblies and engageable with said pallet for preventing horizontal movement thereof from the dispensing position thereof longitudinally of said turntable track assemblies, and drive means for effecting rotation of said turntable in a coil-unreeling direction, whereby strap may be dispensed directly from said pallet by rotation of said turntable without handling of said coil or removal thereof from said pallet.