US 11,702,237 B2
Random case sealer
William J. Menta, West Wyoming, PA (US); and Bryce J. Fox, Honesdale, PA (US)
Assigned to Signode Industrial Group LLC, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed by Signode Industrial Group LLC, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/575,384.
Application 17/575,384 is a continuation of application No. 16/353,687, filed on Mar. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,242,169.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/719,226, filed on Aug. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/644,850, filed on Mar. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0135268 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 59/02 (2006.01); B65B 61/06 (2006.01); B65B 51/06 (2006.01); B65B 57/02 (2006.01); B65B 59/00 (2006.01); B65B 67/02 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 59/02 (2013.01) [B65B 51/067 (2013.01); B65B 57/02 (2013.01); B65B 59/005 (2013.01); B65B 61/06 (2013.01); B65B 67/02 (2013.01); B65H 35/0013 (2013.01); B65B 2210/04 (2013.01); B65H 2701/377 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tape cartridge for a case sealer, the tape cartridge configured to apply tape to a case moving through the case sealer, the tape cartridge comprising:
one or more mounting plates;
a front roller arm mounted to the one or more mounting plates and comprising a front roller, wherein the front roller arm is movable relative to the one or more mounting plates between a front-roller-arm retracted position and a front-roller-arm extended position;
a roller-arm actuator operably coupled to the front roller arm and configured to actively move the front roller arm between the front-roller-arm retracted position and the front-roller-arm extended position, wherein the roller-arm actuator is configured to actively move the front roller arm from the front-roller-arm retracted position to the front-roller-arm extended position without assistance from a spring;
a cutter arm mounted to the one or more mounting plates and comprising a cutting device, wherein the cutter arm is movable relative to the one or more mounting plates between a cutter-arm retracted position and a cutter-arm extended position; and
a cutter-arm actuator operably coupled to the cutter arm and configured to actively move the cutter arm between the cutter-arm retracted position and the cutter-arm extended position,
wherein the roller-arm actuator and the cutter-arm actuator are configured to:
responsive to the case reaching a first position in the case sealer relative to the tape cartridge, respectively move the front roller arm and the cutter arm from their extended positions to their retracted positions; and
responsive to the case reaching a second position in the case sealer relative to the tape cartridge, respectively move the front roller arm and the cutter arm from their retracted positions to their extended positions.