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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7412815 | Welding head for a strap binding machine A welding head for a strap binding machine includes a strap guide element that can be moved into and out of a strap guide path, a welding device that can be moved into and out of the strap guide path and that is for fusing strap segments of overlapping strap ends th... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7377212 | Automatic band conveying device An automatic band conveying device includes a band transmitting device employed to pass a band into a band rail, and a pressing rail device composed of an electromagnetic valve, a connecting rod and a pressing plate. As the electromagnetic valve is electrified, it c... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7334610 | Harness board fixture A harness board fixture with improved mounting features enables better positioning and securing of an automatic cable tie tool to the fixture. The mounting features may be provided on the same side or on opposite sides of an arcuate wire bundle support surface of th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331164 | Apparatus for strapping a packaged item An apparatus for strapping a packaged item using at least two strapping elements, which can be placed crosswise on the packaged item. A transport unit moves the packaged item into a strapping position a guide device for the strapping elements. The guide device arran... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7237477 | Compactor/baler with built-in supply storage A trash compactor is provided with a channel in the cavity of the trash compactor for allowing string to pass behind and below the compacted trash in the cavity of the trash compactor making it easy to secure the compacted trash in bales before removing the bale fro... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222565 | Twist neck A device and method for changing the orientation of an object. One such device includes a twist neck that is used in strapping machines. The twist neck includes an ingress portion, which includes an ingress opening formed therein, and a middle portion. The middle po... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7201100 | Pneumatic assist baler doors and platen interlocks A baler utilizing gas springs for controlling the movement of a loading door. Also disclosed is a baler for paper recycling having a control system responsive to switches and digital timers, and an electromagnetic interlock coupling a loading door and a chamber door... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7150222 | Apparatus longitudinally strapping a package, in particular a stack of newspapers, magazines or the like A strapping apparatus includes a conveyor for moving the pack to a strapping station containing, a strap guide duct and a tautening and sealing head. The strap guide duct is mounted laterally offset from the direction of conveyance and being curved and twisted towar... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7121193 | Flexible strap feed guide for overhead strapper A flexible strap guide for an overhead strapper having a feed head for feeding the strapping material from a supply to a strapping head being mounted to a movable platen. The guide includes an elongated flexible spine formed from a plurality of hinged elements. Each... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111547 | Method and apparatus for wire guide wear plate A tying device and method of assembling same is disclosed. The tying device has a wire guide member adapted for mounting on an upper platen of a baling press. The wire guide member includes a top wall and side walls depending laterally from the top wall to form a ch... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7086213 | Strapping device including loop forming channel and loop guide A strapping installation, which serves in particular for longitudinally strapping stacks of printed products such as newspapers or periodicals with a strap (6), includes a strapping position with a bearing surface (2) and a device for positioning the o... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085625 | Control system for baling machine A control system for a bulk material baler embodied in a machine readable data structure and including an instruction to a moveable guide track to move from a removed position to a closed position to create a guide track loop around a volume of bulk material to be b... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6994019 | Expand-and-constrict style band guiding device for a strapping machine An expand-and-constrict type band-guiding device for a strapping machine includes an expand-and-constrict unit, an elastic coiled rod, a receiving member, a roller unit, a motor and a clamp device. The clamp device clamps the end of a strap band, and the motor drive... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6975911 | Operator input interface for baling machine An operator interface for a control system for a bulk material baler includes interface means such as a touch screen or keyboard for an operator to enter process parameters into a control system memory. A display shows process parameter fields into which an operator... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971307 | Wide aperture wire tracking with partition A guide track for a strap with which to bind a bale of bulk material. The guide track includes a convex portion and a restraining portion. Two lateral guide track halves are biased together. On their internal faces the guide track section halves have channels. The b... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968779 | Apparatus and methods for wire-tying bundles of objects Systems and methods for threading and feeding a length of wire into a wire-tying track, for withdrawing at least some of the wire from the wire-tying track to tension the wire around one or more objects, and for extracting waste wire from the system. The object of t... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966163 | Method for banding product and apparatus therefor An apparatus and a method for banding fence posts are disclosed. The apparatus includes a pair of vertically disposed conveyor systems with U-shaped cradles for delivering the fence posts in a horizontal disposition to a pair of stationary strapping machines. Opposi... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6941734 | Production line banding system An apparatus and a method for banding fence posts are disclosed. The apparatus includes a pair of vertically disposed conveyor systems with U-shaped cradles for delivering the fence posts in a horizontal disposition to a pair of stationary strapping machines. Opposi... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6925930 | Compactor/bailer combination The device is a combination bailer/compactor that is a structure with a series of sidewalls and a floor portion, the structure having a top portion and a bottom portion. The sidewalls form an interior, where the interior is further subdivided into a bailer compartme... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922974 | Three-part wire return for baling machine The invention is a baling machine with an articulated guide track disposed in three operationally distinct sections. One section of the articulated guide track, representing approximately one-half of the track perimeter, is movable between a first position and a sec... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6912950 | Strapping machine with improved chute release system A strapping machine for positioning a strap material around an associated load, tensioning the strap material and sealing the strap material to itself around the load has an improved strap chute release system. Such a machine includes a frame, a strapping head mount... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6851354 | Device for compacting matter such as packaging waste A compactor according to the invention comprises a bowl (2) for receiving the matter that is to be compacted, a crushing head (1) comprising at least one shredding roll (11) that is mounted to rotate on itself and to move upon the surface of the... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6807798 | Method of banding A banding fixture including a body having a horizontal opening therein, a carriage movable into and out of the horizontal opening, a recess in the carriage, and the carriage with the recess therein movable into the horizontal opening with a surface in the carriage i... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6786026 | Strapping machine having divisible tape guide frame Described is a device for strapping packages having a tape supply for a tape-like strapping means, a tape guide channel for passage of the strapping means and a sealing unit for sealing the loop formed by the strapping means and surrounding the package, the tape gui... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6772577 | Branding fixture structures A banding fixture including a body having a horizontal opening therein, a carriage movable into and out of the horizontal opening, a recess in the carriage, the carriage with the recess therein movable into the horizontal opening with an upper surface on the carriag... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6701831 | Apparatus and method for automated binding and spooling of wire cores An apparatus for binding a transportable wire core including a binding table comprised of sections in spaced relation sufficient to allow passage between them of a binding wire, and a collapsible carrying spool having base members being in spaced relation... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6655117 | Arch type strapping machine An arch type strapping machine suitable for a quick strapping operation and having a long service life is presented. A sealing mechanism 17 for a strapping band is constituted by a right gripper 45, a left gripper 61 and a compression head 63, wherein the righ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6568159 | Strapping packing machine With a conventional baling machine, for tying an article resting on a pallet with a band, the article resting on the pallet is required to be placed in a frame of an arch guide. To solve this problem, the present invention provides a baling machine includ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6557326 | Banding fixture A banding fixture including a body having a horizontal opening therein, a carriage movable into and out of the horizontal opening, a recess in the carriage, and the carriage with the recess therein movable into the horizontal opening with a surface in the... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6363844 | Mobile system to repackage compressible materials A device for the placement of bale ties, to effect repair of cotton bales which have been damaged as a result of bale tie failures. The device, which allows placement of multiple ties without individual bale movement, includes a base frame structure, an u... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363843 | Wire tie guide with tying device and method A tying device and method of using same wherein the tying device has a wire guide member adapted to be mounted on an upper platen of a baling press. The wire guide member includes a top wall and side walls depending laterally from the top wall to form an ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6101792 | Feed guide for strapping machine A feeding device for a strapping machine comprises a feed guide mounted to a frame to receive a nylon strap from a feed coil. The feed guide comprises a housing having a triangular cross-section and an apertured transition member mounted therein which rec... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5996314 | Currency strapping machine A method and apparatus automatically process currency documents. A stack of loose bank documents are placed on a feeder having a feeder arm which pushes the documents toward a continuous vacuum belt. The feeder arm is controlled by a lever arm connected t... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5921174 | Apparatus and procedure for placement of bale ties A device for placement of bale ties to effect repair of cotton bales which have been damaged as a result of bale tie failure, includes a base frame structure and a pair of compression platens provided with elongated, generally longitudinally extending bal... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5816140 | Bale wire tying apparatus and method A bale wire tying apparatus is provided to be used in conjunction with a baling press for tying looped ends of lengths of bale wire together around a compressed bale. The bale wire tying apparatus is formed by an elongated generally U-shaped channel membe... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816141 | Vertical door baler with tab and slot construction A baler for compression and baling of waste including a ram and a reinforced vertically sliding bale chamber door at one end of a baler chamber. Tab and slot construction provide for interlocking of heavy wall components and associated members and for com... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5782185 | Play and storage table The upper side of the tabletop (11) of the play table is formed with storage depressions (14) for the storage of e.g. toy building blocks (30). The play table has slidable building plates (20) having cylindrical coupling knobs (21) on which the toy buildi... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5699727 | Method of manually tying bales in waste material presses A method of and a device for manually tying bales of cardboard, foils and similar used packaging materials produced in waste material presses predominantly of upright construction, i.e., with a vertically acting pressure ram. The method includes the steps... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5644978 | Wire tying apparatus for down-packer cotton press A tying device is provided for mounting on a down-packer type baling press in which cotton is boxed for baling at a loading side of a substantially horizontal rotating turntable, the tying device for tying a plurality of wires having pre-formed interlocki... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5546855 | Automatic bale tying apparatus A bale tying apparatus for use with a baling press distinguished from the prior art mechanisms in that the articulated arms which shape wire ties about a bale also incorporate elements on the ends thereof to effect the tying of the wires without engagemen... | 08/20/1996 |
