US 11,718,430 B2
Sealing tool for strap
Janusz Figiel, Mundelein, IL (US); Ka Kuen Leung, Antioch, IL (US); Jason R. Nasiatka, Northbrook, IL (US); and John W. Croll, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Signode Industrial Group LLC, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed by Signode Industrial Group LLC, Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/404,586.
Application 17/404,586 is a continuation of application No. 16/217,925, filed on Dec. 12, 2018, granted, now 11,097,863.
Application 16/217,925 is a continuation of application No. 15/052,488, filed on Feb. 24, 2016, granted, now 10,183,769, issued on Jan. 22, 2019.
Application 15/052,488 is a continuation of application No. 13/618,686, filed on Sep. 14, 2012, granted, now 9,272,799, issued on Mar. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/543,161, filed on Oct. 4, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0371142 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B65B 13/30 (2006.01); B65B 13/02 (2006.01); B65B 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 13/305 (2013.01) [B65B 13/025 (2013.01); B65B 13/187 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for forming notches in overlapping portions of a strap to attach the overlapping portions of the strap to one another, the device comprising:
first and second jaws defining a strap path therebetween;
a first connector about which the first jaw is rotatable between a first jaw rest position and a first jaw notch-forming position
a second connector about which the second jaw is rotatable between a second jaw rest position and a second jaw notch-forming position;
a drive element rotatable about a drive-element rotational axis, wherein the drive-element rotational axis is spaced-apart from and extends parallel to the strap path, and wherein the drive element is operably connected to the first and second jaws so rotation of the drive element about the drive-element rotational axis in a first rotational direction results in the first and second jaws rotating from their respective rest positions to their respective notch-forming positions to form the notches in the overlapping portions of the strap and, afterwards, further rotation of the drive element about the drive-element rotational axis in the first rotational direction results in the first and second jaws rotating back to their respective rest positions; and
a motor operably connected to the drive element to rotate the drive element in the first rotational direction.