US 11,667,417 B2
Strapping device having a pivotable rocker
Flavio Finzo, Würenlos (CH); Mirco Neeser, Ehrendingen (CH); and Dimitrios Takidis, Dübendorf (CH)
Assigned to Signode Industrial Group LLC, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed by Signode Industrial Group LLC, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/149,827.
Application 15/910,346 is a division of application No. 14/430,163, granted, now 9,938,029, issued on Apr. 10, 2018, previously published as PCT/IB2013/002116, filed on Sep. 24, 2013.
Application 18/149,827 is a continuation of application No. 17/653,581, filed on Mar. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,560,245.
Application 17/653,581 is a continuation of application No. 16/448,167, filed on Jun. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,267,596, issued on Mar. 8, 2022.
Application 16/448,167 is a continuation of application No. 15/910,346, filed on Mar. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,370,132, issued on Jul. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1723/12 (CH), filed on Sep. 24, 2012; and application No. 1724/12 (CH), filed on Sep. 24, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0145839 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 13/22 (2006.01); B65B 13/32 (2006.01); B65B 13/18 (2006.01); B65B 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 13/22 (2013.01) [B65B 13/02 (2013.01); B65B 13/025 (2013.01); B65B 13/187 (2013.01); B65B 13/32 (2013.01); B65B 13/322 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A strapping device comprising:
a base comprising a tensioning plate;
a rocker pivotable about a rocker-pivot axis from a first rocker position to a second rocker position;
a tensioning wheel rotatable about a tensioning-wheel axis and pivotable with the rocker such that movement of the rocker from the first rocker position to the second rocker position moves the tensioning wheel away from the tensioning plate and movement of the rocker from the second rocker position to the first rocker position moves the tensioning wheel toward the tensioning plate;
a sealing device;
a spring imparting a spring force to the rocker that biases the rocker to the first rocker position; and
an input device movable from a release position to an activated position to activate a motor operably connected to the rocker to pivot the rocker from the first rocker position to the second rocker position, wherein the spring forces the rocker from the second rocker position toward the first rocker position responsive to the input device being released from the activated position.