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US 4,362,096 AGranted
Tying machine
AssigneeH. F. Hanscom & Company, Inc.
InventorJohn F. Hanscom
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Abstract
A tying machine for tying articles of varying size utilizing tying material is disclosed that has a pair of normally spaced rotatable gripping devices, tying material being fed to the rotatable gripping devices in a pre-adjusted controlled length, said gripping devices moving together maintaining a grip on the ends of the tying material and then rotating to twist the material together about the article.
Claims4
A tying machine for tying articles of varying size with material comprising a pair of arms mounted for pivotal movement in a single plane whereby the ends of the arms may be moved together,
- means for continuously maintaining said arms in a non-rotative position,
- a pair of spaced grippers for gripping tying material, said grippers mounted on the ends of said pair of arms and comprising substantially semi-circular members,
- means feeding tying material to said grippers,
- means cutting a preselected length of ribbon material,
- means causing relative movement of said grippers and said articles,
- means rocking said arms to move the grippers together, and
- means rotating the grippers about a common axis to twist the material about itself and around the articles.
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