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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8051770 | Robot binding apparatus for coil packaging A robot binding apparatus for coil packaging includes: a grip unit that grips a band used for packaging a coil; a grip robot that supports the grip unit, rotates the grip unit seizing the band at the periphery of the coil to make the band wound on the coil, and move... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042460 | Head unit for coil packaging A head unit for coil packaging is disclosed to transfer and fasten band for fixing a packaging material to a coil. The head unit for coil packaging, including: a band transfer unit that transfers a front end of a band supplied for coil packaging to a position at whi... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7073432 | Binding device and a method for forming a stock of brushwood A method for binding logging waste or small timber material by using an automatic binding device, wherein the material is collected in a continuous bundle of brushwood and fed in the longitudinal direction. The material of the bundle of brushwood is compressed furth... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6935665 | Apparatus and method for spooling of wire cores A wire core spool including a central axial member, a plurality of expansion swing arms, each having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal ends pivotally attached to the central axial member, a plurality of contact members, each having a top and a bottom end... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6871583 | Method and system for individual tire recycling The method of the present invention for handling scrap tires, includes a step of providing a compacting apparatus to a scrap tire generator, such as a tire retailer. Before compacting the tires, the tire can be marked with a unique identifier assigned to every tire ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6594976 | Packaging device The object of the present invention is to provide a packaging apparatus that supplies the packaging material by the packing material supply means provided independently of the mobile body that moves along the annular guide body. In order to achieve the ob... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6513745 | Closure and discharge device for a winding of an elongated element The closure device is intended to hold the free end of an elongated element on a winding collected on a winding station during the operations of making ligatures on this winding. The device includes a support, capable of being set in rotation about a shaf... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6354197 | Device to remove coils of rolled stock from a corresponding coiling machine A device to remove coils of rolled stock from a corresponding coiling machine located downstream of a rolling train is disclosed. The coiling machine includes a mandrel mounted to be rotatable around an axis of rotation. The device includes a coil remover... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6341476 | Apparatus for bundling layered material A method and apparatus for bundling layered material comprises an anvil for receiving multiple units of bundled material, and a plurality of blades for compressing a tying material onto the bundled material. An apparatus of the invention is illustrated fo... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6305277 | Coil handling device A coil handling system, and a method of operating the same, comprises an indexer assembly having a pair of rotatable spindles mounted thereon for supporting a coil of material upon which binding straps are to be placed at predetermined circumferential pos... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5718166 | Method for making pipe made of discarded vehicle tires An apparatus and a method for making pipes made of a plurality of axially juxtaposed discarded vehicle tires wherein several batches of vehicle tires are sequentially compressed against one-another for forming long pipes of discarded tires. In one aspect ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5582097 | Method for dividing, cutting and binding wire coils Method and apparatus for dividing wire coils into two wire coils of equal weight or any different weights. A non-bound, loose wire coil is placed on a double screw rod on which two screws of reverse directions of thread are facing in opposite directions a... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5540142 | Machine for strapping sheet metal coil In a machine for strapping a sheet metal coil, two rollers support such a coil with its axis extending transversely. A carriage mounted upon a fixed base is longitudinally movable toward and away from the rollers. A strapping head cradle mounted upon the ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5427022 | Apparatus for axial compression of tires having aligning member An apparatus for batch compression of tires has a support frame for supporting and aligning a plurality of tires in a generally axially aligned position. A mechanism for securing the plurality of tires is provided, as well as a ram member for axially comp... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5347919 | Tractive tire compactor A machine for compacting a row of tires in side-by-side relationship comprises a support housing containing a dual action hydraulic cylinder. A first compactor plate, contacting a first tire of the row is mounted on the support housing. An extended piston... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5279216 | Tire compactor and method A machine for compacting a row of vehicle tires is provided in which the tires are compressed between a fixed and a movable compactor plate with the movable plate being actuated by an hydraulic cylinder. A safety mandrel is inserted through the center of ... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5152214 | Tire compacting machine A tire compacting machine has a pair of compactor plates mounted on hydraulic cylinders formed around the tie bars of the frame to move the compactor plates from the ends of the machine toward the center of the machine to compact therebetween a number of ... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5121680 | Tire compactor and method A machine for compacting a row of vehicle tires is provided in which the tires are compressed between a fixed and a movable compactor plate with the movable plate being actuated by an hydraulic cylinder. A safety mandrel is inserted through the center of ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5088394 | Binding device with improved twisting head and binder equipped with such devices, in particular for binding coils of wire A binding device is provided for placing a flexible bond (F) around an article to be bound. The binding device includes guide members (10, 11) for bringing two opposed end lengths of the flexible bond to cross over each other, and a head (32) placed at th... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5056428 | Apparatus for compacting used tires A device for compacting used tires has a rigid base member, a pair of columns rising from the base member, a top beam joining the uppermost extremities of the columns, and a movable engagement member adapted to slide upon the columns. A shaft vertically p... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5048408 | Bundling device The present invention is embodied as a device for bundling annular articles. This device utilizes a tape bundling machine which bundles articles with an adhesive bundling tape. A pressing table which pinches a top end of the tape is made detachable from a... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4996920 | Tire baler A tire baler for baling tires having tire alignment walls located about the perimeter of the tire baling compartment which can be displaced radially outwardly to accommodate radial expansion of the stack of tires when the tires are compressed to form a ba... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4829753 | Apparatus for wrapping overlapping laps of strip material over a cylindrical object having an axial opening therein A generally O-shaped track extends through the central axial opening of a cylindrical object along the ends of a cylindrical object and along its outer cylindrical surface. A trolley moves along the track and carries a roll of strip wrapping material. As ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4301720 | Machine for tying coils of metal wire A machine for tying a coil of wire with ties comprises a substantially flat support having at least one cutout, wherein the coil and the flat support are movable with respect to each other to place a portion of the coil into the cutout. A clamp is provide... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4222323 | Tire bundling machine An automotive tire bundling machine having a support framework or base which supports a pair of vertically spaced tire support members. A stack of tires are placed between the tire support members against guide rods on one of the tire support members. The... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4095560 | Baled tire process Discarded rubber automotive tires are processed into bales for disposal and use as landfill, fish habitats and other purposes by compressing a stack of such tires endwise into a compact annular bale and then securing the bale with ties at circumferentiall... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4086117 | Taping machine Apparatus for wrapping tape around the end of a stator coil. The apparatus advances tape from a spool to a position near the coil end, where it is clamped by clamping members and cut, and a section of the tape adjacent the leading end is pressed against o... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4057141 | Baled tire product Discarded rubber automotive tires are processed into bales for disposal and use as landfill, fish habitats and other purposes by compressing a stack of such tires endwise into a compact annular bale and then securing the bale with ties at circumferentiall... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4056186 | Coil handling apparatus and system An apparatus and system is disclosed for receiving upstanding cylindrical product coils from a coil forming station at the delivery end of a rolling mill, and for transporting the coils along a path along which additional processing operations are perform... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4024805 | Machine for compacting and tying coils A machine for compacting and tying coils comprises a compacting unit mounted for movement in the direction of a tying unit, which itself includes a supply of tying wire. The tying wire is supplied to wire guide channels adapted to close around the compact... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4020755 | 1-[(Allylamino)-methyl]-6-phenyl-4H-s-triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]benzodiazepines A machine for compressing and wrapping a coil of wire material is provided which includes a press for compressing the wire coil and wrapping means for wrapping the compressed wire coil with binding wire. The press includes first and second press means mov... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3974761 | Coil compactor An apparatus is disclosed for use in a rolling mill in compacting an upstanding cylindrical product coil. The apparatus includes a compacting station having a base platen divided into laterally spaced sections and an overlying vertically movable upper pla... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3973600 | Method and apparatus for feeding, cutting, stripping, coiling and tying off elongated flexible material This invention relates generally to the art of coiling elongated flexible material, and specifically to a system which includes a method and apparatus for continuously and repetitively forming, at one time, one or more discrete of descrete lengths of elon... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3955491 | Automotive tire stacking and strapping machine An automobile tire stacking and strapping machine embodying a stacking station where a predetermined number of tires are upstacked by successive application thereof to the bottom of a stack undergoing erection, and the completed stack is transferred bodil... | 05/11/1976 |
