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US 8,127,669 B2Granted
Strap exchanger for a strapping system
AssigneeEnterprises International, Inc.
InventorsDavid R. Doyle, Gerald A. Ryan
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Abstract
A strapping system includes a strap exchanger that is capable of delivering one or more straps to a component of the strapping system. The strap exchanger feeds a strap to a downstream component of the strapping system. A track assembly receives the strap and uses that strap to bundle product. The strap exchanger is capable of repeatedly delivering straps to the strapping system to reduce, limit, or substantially eliminate downtime associated with manually loading straps into the strapping system.
Claims14
A strap exchanger for a strapping system capable of bundling objects, the strap exchanger comprising:
- a strap feeding assembly;
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- a reciprocating strap holder assembly capable of successively delivering a plurality of straps to the strap feeding assembly, the reciprocating strap holder assembly movable between a standby position for loading a respective one of the plurality of straps into the strap holder assembly and a delivery position for delivering the respective one of the plurality of straps to the strap feeding assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.