Method, magazine strip and apparatus for attaching bendable clips to an object
AssigneeTechnopack Ewald Hagedorn KG (GmbH & Co)
InventorsEwald Hagedorn, Manfred Plewa
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Abstract
A process, a storage line and a device for applying U-shaped bending staples (17) to an object (6) to be bound are disclosed. The staples are produced and stored as straight little rods (4). They are coded and if necessary bent into the U-shape by means of the stroke of the closing machine before being transferred to the closing station of the machine.
Claims12
A method of applying markings to objects closed by a bendable clip of wire material comprising the steps of providing small wire rods prefabricated and magazined individually and in an unbent form, and coding and bending the rods around the object in a single operation.
A magazine strip of bendable clips arranged in a row for feeding to a closing station comprising a series of small straight rods (4) arranged in a row parallel to one another, said rods being profiled to form a coding surface and being arranged in a row with their coding surfaces identically oriented.
An apparatus for coding a magazine strip of bendable clips of wire material and bending the material around an object to be tied comprising a coding station having a drivable coding tool for marking the clips in the magazine strip, a bending station having a bending tool for initially bending the coded clips, a closing station having a closing tool for closing the bent clips around the object, and a feed path for the magazine strip of bendable clips passing through the coding station and bending station (18) and extending toward the closing station, said apparatus having a drive (10) operable for driving the coding tool, bending tool and closing tool by a common stroke movement.
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