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US 12,351,349 · App. 18/151,739 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Strapping tool

Inventors: Mirco Neeser (Ehrendingen, CH); Kurt Bolliger (Ehrendingen, CH); Andreas Keller (Birr, CH)
Assignee: SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP LLC
B65B13/22B65B13/025B65B13/305
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Patent No.
US 12,351,349
App. No.
18/151,739
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a strapping tool configured to tension metal strap around a load and, after tensioning, attach overlapping portions of the strap to one another by cutting notches into a seal element positioned around the overlapping portions of the strap and into the overlapping portions of the strap themselves.

Claims (21)

1. A strapping tool comprising:

a support;

a sealing assembly mounted to the support and comprising a connector and multiple jaws pivotably connected to the connector such that the jaws are pivotable movable from respective jaw home positions to respective jaw sealing positions, wherein the sealing assembly including the connector and the jaws is movable up and down relative to the support between a sealing assembly home position and a sealing assembly sealing position, and wherein at least part of the connector extends between the jaws;

a conversion assembly comprising a linkage comprising a first link and a second link connected to one another;

wherein the linkage is operably connected to the sealing assembly and configured to move the sealing assembly from the sealing assembly home position to the sealing assembly sealing position and, in addition, to move the jaws from their respective jaw home positions to their respective jaw sealing positions,

wherein the first and second links are configured to move relative to one another to change an effective length of the linkage while moving the sealing assembly from the sealing assembly home position to the sealing assembly sealing position; and

a drive assembly operably connected to the conversion assembly and configured to drive the linkage.

2. The strapping tool of claim 1 , wherein the conversion assembly further comprises a drive wheel comprising a driveshaft radially spaced from a rotational axis of the drive wheel, wherein the drive assembly is operably connected to the drive wheel and configured to rotate the drive wheel, wherein the first link of the linkage is mounted to the driveshaft and pivotable about the driveshaft.

3. The strapping tool of claim 2 , wherein the second link is operably connected to the sealing assembly.

4. The strapping tool of claim 3 , wherein the effective length of the linkage is a minimum effective length when the first and second links are in a first orientation relative to one another and is a maximum effective length when the first and second links are in a second, different orientation relative to one another.

5. The strapping tool of claim 4 , wherein a first angle is defined between the first and second links when in the first orientation and a second, greater angle is defined between the first and second links when in the second orientation.

6. The strapping tool of claim 5 , wherein the conversion assembly is mounted to the support, wherein the support comprises a first linkage engager and a second linkage engager, wherein the linkage further comprises a first support engager and a second support engager.

7. The strapping tool of claim 6 , wherein the first and second linkage engagers are positioned such that, as the drive wheel rotates from a drive wheel home position toward a drive wheel sealing position, the second support engager engages the second linkage engager and continued rotation of the drive wheel toward the drive wheel sealing position causes the first link to pivot about the driveshaft and relative to the second link to increase the effective length of the linkage.

8. The strapping tool of claim 7 , wherein the first and second links are in the first orientation when the drive wheel is in the drive wheel home position and in the second orientation when the drive wheel is in the drive wheel sealing position.

9. The strapping tool of claim 7 , wherein the first and second linkage engagers are positioned such that, as the drive wheel rotates from the drive wheel sealing position toward the drive wheel home position, the first support engager engages the first linkage engager and continued rotation of the drive wheel causes the first link to pivot about the driveshaft and relative to the second link to decrease the effective length of the linkage.

10. The strapping tool of claim 9 , wherein the sealing assembly is in the sealing assembly home position and the jaws are in the jaw home positions when the effective length of the linkage is the minimum effective length.

11. The strapping tool of claim 10 , wherein when the sealing assembly is in the sealing assembly sealing position and the jaws are in the jaw sealing positions, the effective length of the linkage is the maximum effective length.

12. The strapping tool of claim 11 , wherein the first link further comprises a stop finger, wherein the second link further comprises a stop element comprising a stop surface, wherein the stop finger engages the stop surface when the effective length of the linkage is the maximum effective length.

13. The strapping tool of claim 12 , wherein the second support engager disengages the second linkage engager as the effective length of the linkage reaches the maximum effective length.

14. The strapping tool of claim 13 , wherein the first and second links are in the first orientation when the drive wheel is in the drive wheel home position and in the second orientation when the drive wheel is in the drive wheel sealing position.

15. The strapping tool of claim 1 , wherein the second link comprises a foot of the linkage that is coupled to the sealing assembly, wherein the effective length of the linkage comprises a distance between the driveshaft of the drive wheel and the foot of the linkage.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2023
From: NEESER, MIRCO; BOLLIGER, KURT; KELLER, ANDREAS; SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP GMBH
To: SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 062853/0346 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2023
From: NEESER, MIRCO; BOLLIGER, KURT; KELLER, ANDREAS; SIGNODE SWITZERLAND GMBH
To: SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 062853/0506 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18003366
Provisional Application 63196391 · Jun 3, 2021
Provisional Application 63050965 · Jul 13, 2020
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