US 12,221,238 B2
Strapping device
Mirco Neeser, Ehrendingen (CH); Roland Widmer, Haar (DE); and Flavio Finzo, Wurenlos (CH)
Assigned to Signode Industrial Group LLC, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed by Signode Industrial Group LLC, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed on May 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/671,487.
Application 18/671,487 is a continuation of application No. 18/342,304, filed on Jun. 27, 2023, granted, now 11,999,516.
Application 18/342,304 is a continuation of application No. 18/058,011, filed on Nov. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,731,794, issued on Aug. 22, 2023.
Application 18/058,011 is a continuation of application No. 16/677,266, filed on Nov. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,530,059, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Application 16/677,266 is a continuation of application No. 14/918,167, filed on Oct. 20, 2015, granted, now 10,518,914, issued on Dec. 31, 2019.
Application 14/918,167 is a continuation of application No. 12/989,112, granted, now 9,174,752, issued on Nov. 3, 2015, previously published as PCT/CH2009/000001, filed on Jan. 6, 2009.
Application 14/918,167 is a continuation of application No. 12/989,142, granted, now 9,284,080, issued on Mar. 15, 2016, previously published as PCT/CH2009/000002, filed on Jan. 6, 2009.
Application 14/918,167 is a continuation of application No. 12/989,181, granted, now 9,315,283, issued on Apr. 19, 2016, previously published as PCT/CH2009/000003, filed on Jan. 6, 2009.
Application 14/918,167 is a continuation of application No. 12/989,281, granted, now 9,193,486, issued on Nov. 24, 2015, previously published as PCT/CH2009/000004, filed on Jan. 6, 2009.
Application 14/918,167 is a continuation of application No. 12/989,355, granted, now 9,254,932, issued on Feb. 9, 2016, previously published as PCT/CH2009/000005, filed on Jan. 6, 2009.
Claims priority of application No. 645/08 (CH), filed on Apr. 23, 2008; application No. 646/08 (CH), filed on Apr. 23, 2008; application No. 647/08 (CH), filed on Apr. 23, 2008; application No. 648/08 (CH), filed on Apr. 23, 2008; and application No. 649/08 (CH), filed on Apr. 23, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2024/0308704 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 13/32 (2006.01); B65B 13/02 (2006.01); B65B 13/18 (2006.01); B65B 13/22 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 13/187 (2013.01) [B65B 13/025 (2013.01); B65B 13/22 (2013.01); B65B 13/322 (2013.01); B65B 13/327 (2013.01)] 45 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A strapping device comprising:
a tensioning wheel;
a welding shoe movable from a rest position downward to a connecting position to connect overlapping upper and lower strap layers together;
a transitioning device configured to move the welding shoe from the rest position downward to the connecting position;
a rotatable component configured to rotate relative to the transitioning device about a rotational axis, the rotatable component comprising a protrusion positioned to contact the transitioning device, wherein the protrusion is shaped such that rotation of the rotatable component about the rotational axis while the protrusion contacts the transitioning device causes the protrusion to exert a force on the transitioning device to move the welding shoe from the rest position to the connecting position, wherein the protrusion comprises an outer surface; and
a motor configured to rotate the rotatable component about the rotational axis,
wherein at least part of the transitioning device extends between the welding shoe and the rotatable component, and wherein at least part of the outer surface of the protrusion is spaced apart from the rotational axis.