Machine for binding packages
OwnerHans H. Buttnerinventor
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Abstract
A machine for tying packages having a guide device for the tying means, the guide device placing the tying means on a prescribed path around the package which is supported below a press on a conveyor belt, the press effecting a pressing operation on the package, the machine also having a fastening device which connects the ends of the tying means. The press is arranged on a carriage which travels along synchronously with the conveyor belt, which conveyor belt is moved even during the pressing process, or the guide device for the tying means and the fastening device are arranged on a carriage which travels along synchronously with the conveyor belt, the latter being moved even during the tying process.
Claims10
In a machine for tying packages having a conveyor belt, tying means, a guide device for the tying means, and a press, the guide device placing the tying means on a prescribed path around the package which is supported below the press on the conveyor belt, the press effecting a pressing operation on the package, the machine also having a fastening device which connects the ends of the tying means, the improvement comprising
- a carriage, said press being mounted on said carriage,
- means for synchronously moving said carriage along with said conveyor belt, the latter being moved even during the pressing operation,
- said carriage has guide rollers constituting means for forming courses of the conveyor belt, such that said courses leave a tying slot free between each other and are connected with each other by a loop of the conveyor belt which lies witin said carriage,
- a machine frame,
- said carriage is moveable relative to said machine frame,
- means comprising a package table for supporting package support sections of the courses of said conveyor belt,
- said package table comprises two sets of overlapping bars, said bars of each of said sets are arranged spaced from each other,
- one of said sets of bars extends from said carriage, and
- said other set of bars extends from said machine frame.
In a machine for tying packages having a conveyor belt, tying means, a guide device for the tying means, and a press, the guide device placing the tying means on a prescribed path around the package which is supported below the press on the conveyor belt, the press effecting a pressing operation on the package, the machine also having a fastening device which connects the ends of the tying means, the improvement comprising
- a carriage, said guide device and said fastening device are arranged on said carriage,
- means for synchronously moving said carriage along with said conveyor belt, the latter being moved even during a tying process,
- said carriage has guide rollers constituting means for forming courses of the conveyor belt, such that said courses leave a tying slot free between each other and are connected with each other by a loop of the conveyor belt which lies within said carriage,
- a machine frame,
- said carriage is moveable relative to said machine frame,
- means comprising a package table for supporting package support sections of the courses of said conveyor belt,
- said package table comprises two sets of overlapping bars, said bars of each of said sets are arranged spaced from each other,
- one of said sets of bars extends from said carriage, and
- said other set of bars extends from said machine frame.
In a machine for tying packages having a machine frame, a conveyor belt, tying means and a guide device for the tying means, a press, the guide device placing the tying means on a prescribed path around the package, the package being supported below the press on the conveyor belt, the press being provided over the conveyor belt, the press effecting a pressing operation on the package, the machine also having a fastening device which connects the ends of the tying means, the improvement comprising
- a carriage, said guide device, said tying means, said fastening device and said press being mounted on said carriage,
- said carriage having guide rollers constituting means for forming courses of the conveyor belt, such that said courses define a tying slot where said courses are free of each other, said courses being connected with each other by a loop of the conveyor belt which lies within said carriage, and wherein said conveyor belt courses include package support sections,
- said guide rollers comprise two rollers mounted on said carriage spaced apart, defining said slot therebetween, and
- means comprising a package table for supporting the package support sections of the courses of said conveyor belt,
- said package table comprising two sets of overlapping bars, said bars of each of said sets being arranged spaced from each other,
- one of said sets of bars extending from said carriage, and
- said other set of bars extending from said machine frame, and,
- means for synchronously moving said carriage along with said conveyor belt relative to said frame, the conveyor belt being movable during the pressing operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.