Strapping machine with easy access and feed guides

Abstract

A strapping machine for positioning a strapping material around an associated load and sealing the strapping material to itself around the load includes a frame, a chute mounted to the frame for conveying the strapping material around the load, a feed assembly mounted to the frame for feeding the strapping material, a guide configured to transfer the strapping material from the feed assembly and a strapping head. The head is configured to receive the strapping material from the feed assembly via the guide during a feed mode. The strapping head includes a body and defines a first conveyance path for the strapping material from the guide to the chute, and a second conveyance path to receive a free end of the strapping material to seal the strapping material to itself. The second conveyance path is defined by a plurality of surfaces in the body that define a substantially constant width path through the second conveyance path. The machine includes a transfer guide mounted to the frame between the feed assembly and the strapping head and a feed guide including a cover for covering at least a portion of the feed assembly. The transfer guide has a fixed portion and a removable cover portion. The feed guide cover portion includes an arcuate guide wall transverse to the cover generally parallel to the strapping material feed plane.

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