US 12,258,155 B2
Automatic bundling tool device
Taro David Fukuda, Hamburg (DE); and Andreas Schwinn, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to HELLERMANNTYTON GmbH, Tornesch (DE)
Filed by HELLERMANNTYTON GmbH, Tornesch (DE)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/936,690.
Claims priority of application No. 202021105310.0 (DE), filed on Oct. 1, 2021; and application No. 202022101064.1 (DE), filed on Feb. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0104154 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 13/02 (2006.01); B65B 13/18 (2006.01); B65B 13/22 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 13/027 (2013.01) [B65B 13/187 (2013.01); B65B 13/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bundling tool device configured for bundling a bundling good with a one-piece-tie (OPT) and configured for automatically tightening the OPT, the bundling tool device comprising:
a tightening mechanism with a tightening gear unit with a tightening gear, and with a tightening roller unit with two tightening rollers, forming a gap in between tightening gear and tightening rollers, where the gap is configured to hold a strap of a respective OPT processed by the bundling tool device, and the tightening gear of the tightening gear unit comprises teeth which are configured to fit into a serration of the strap,
wherein the tightening roller unit comprises a lever with the two tightening rollers being arranged on the lever in a first end section of the lever, a turning point of the lever being arranged in a middle section of the lever, and an adjustment element of the tightening roller unit, being in mechanical contact to a second end section of the lever, which is arranged oppositely to the first end section along a main extension direction of the lever, the adjustment element comprising an excentric shaft, the excentric shaft in mechanical contact with the second end section of the lever, the adjustment element configured to adjust a minimal distance of the tightening rollers to the tightening gear by a rotation of the excentric shaft.