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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438094 | Metal tie tool with rotary gripper and ball setting device A tool for installing a metal locking tie is disclosed. The tool includes a tension mechanism and a ball set and cut-off mechanism. The tension mechanism tensions the metal locking tie wrapped around a bundle. The ball set and cut-off mechanism includes a guide bloc... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7428867 | Self-energizing gripper for strapping machine A self-energizing gripper is configured for use in a strapping machine that includes a rigid surface along which a strapping material traverses and against which the strapping material is clamped. The self-energizing gripper includes first and second links mounted a... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7331165 | Packing machine with an adjustable band-compressing stroke A packing machine with an adjustable band-compressing stroke includes a compressing base provided with an accommodating chamber for installing a pulley, and a compressing device. A shaft passes through the pulley and two penetrating holes bored in two sides of the a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7100499 | Strap pressing device for a strap packing apparatus A strap pressing device for a strap packing apparatus includes a strap presser, an eccentric shaft, and a spring. The eccentric shaft consists of a first shaft and a second shaft eccentrically connected to the first shaft and received in an oval hole of the strap pr... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6991102 | Magazine strip for ratchets A magazine strip of tie ratchets which are provided for holding the ends of ties for binding elongated articles such as cable harnesses and are connected to one another by webs, the width of which is not greater than half the ratchet width and which are arranged adj... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6948298 | Pneumatic strapping machine A strapping machine has a housing carrying a mount attachable to an overhead balancer line, tensioning and sealing devices in the housing, and an elongated pivotal handle. An inner handle end is formed with an annular inlet passage and a radially throughgoing inlet ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6748990 | Method and apparatus for waterproofing a wire harness A plurality of electric wires of a wire harness have a filler applied to predetermined waterproofing portions thereof. A sheet is wound on a peripheral surface of a bundle of electric wires to which the filler has been applied, and the sheet-wound waterproofing port... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6092401 | Electronic article surveillance security device A security device affixable to a package includes a housing, a strap, and a crossover connector carried by a cable. The strap is formed with a toothed channel containing a plurality of teeth that lockingly engage with a plurality of locking fingers formed... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5845681 | Arrangement for tying an article, in particular a cable harness An arrangement for tying an article, in particular a cable harness, comprises a tough elastic tape with a closure (12) arranged at the end of an elongated tape tongue and a tying tool. Arranged at the front of the tool body (1) are wrapping tongs (2, 3) t... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5577371 | Apparatus for hooping a package An apparatus for hooping a package is described, in which the band in its end position, applied to the package and tensioned, defines a hooping plane which extends in the conveying direction. A band guide channel in the form of a plane, rectangular frame ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5471920 | Assembly device for binding bunched cables An assembly device for binding bunched cables with a plastic fastener having a serrated tension band and a separate locking clasp including a housing for holding a wound roll of the tension band, an exit opening in one end of said housing through which th... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5465659 | Automatic machine for binding bundles of pipes or the like The automatic machine comprises: a guide ring to wind a tape about pipes or the like; a mobile sealing group to tension and bind a length of tape, a shoe to fold an end of the tape back on itself and a shearing group to cut the tape. The guide ring surrou... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5351611 | Assembly device for binding bunched cables An assembly device for binding bunched cables with a plastic fastener having a serrated tension band and a separate locking clasp including a housing for holding a wound roll of the tension band, an exit opening in one end of said housing through which th... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5249517 | Line bundling apparatus This pneumatic operated and controlled machine secures a line about nursery stock placed upon a table top to form a bundle. The line is fed from a source through an upper mechanism comprising a tensioner arranged to hold the line with a predetermined forc... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5208948 | Apparatus for and method of binding electric cables An apparatus for binding electric cables, etc. containing a series of prolonged binding bands wound round an object to be bound, like electric cables, etc., in a loop fashion, formed with a plurality of convex-like gears in a rack fashion on a surface of ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5088395 | Tool for tensioning and cutting off a tape loop placed about an object Tool for tensioning and cutting off a tape loop (2) placed about an object (17), the ends (3A, 3B) of the tape loop being led through a lock (7) which serves for their connection. One end (3B) of the loop is initially connected to a tape supply. The tool ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4953599 | Method of gripping a strap for bonding the strap end portions to each other A method of gripping a leading end portion of a binding strap so as to facilitate the bonding of strap end portions to each other, and apparatus therefore, includes the provision of a movable jaw and a stationary cutter wherein the jaw and cutter are prov... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4823686 | Bale wrapping device A device for wrapping a bale or the like with a wire or band held together by a tubular seal comprises an arrangement of units wherein wire is pushed through a metal tube held in readiness, then looped around the bale, and the free end of the wire is agai... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4709627 | Locking sleeve magazine feed attachment for a device for sealing steel wrapping bands There is described a tube magazine on a device for sealing steel wrapping bands around filled packages in which to seal the steel wrapping bands the steel band is initially conveyed twice through a first smooth oval sheet metal tube contained in the tube ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4665815 | Method for wrapping a bale or the like A method for wrapping a bale or the like with a wire or band held together by a tubular seal is described wherein wire is pushed through a metal tube held in readiness, then looped around the bale, and the free end of the wire is again moved through the m... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4566378 | Apparatus for hooping a fiber bale in a fiber bale press A fiber bale press is equipped with a hooping mechanism for applying wire-hoops to a fiber bale produced by the press. The press has at least one pressing plate and a counter pressure plate as well as a hoop material supply device. The hoop material is st... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4245678 | Package strapping tools In a package strapping tool of the pusher bar type a strap foot restrainer 59 pivoted at 49 to a frame 25 carrying a strap foot 47 is swung clockwise by double-acting auxiliary piston and cylinder assembly 63 from an open position, allowing strapping to b... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4243077 | Package strapping tools A package strapping tool of the fluid pressure operating type embodying tensioning means for tightening a loop of strapping around a package and joining means for securing together overlapped portions of the loop. The tensioning means and the joining mean... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4160510 | CRT with tension band adapted for pusher-type tensioning and method for producing same A CRT (cathode-ray tube) in combination with a notch-sealed band tensioned around the tube characterized in that the inner overlapping end portion of the band is folded at least twice upon itself and is positioned between the tube and the band. In the met... | 07/10/1979 |
| 3977314 | Tying device A tying device comprising: a stand for mounting thereon an object to be tied with a tape; a slot for feeding the tying tape; a detector, disposed beyond the forward end of the slot, for detecting the end of the tying tape; a bendable arm having a grip mec... | 08/31/1976 |
