US 12,258,156 B2
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 Oct. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/048,189.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2021 105 773.4 (DE), filed on Oct. 21, 2021; and application No. 20 2022 101 283.0 (DE), filed on Mar. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0126004 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 13/06 (2006.01); B65B 13/22 (2006.01); B65B 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 13/06 (2013.01) [B65B 13/22 (2013.01); B65B 13/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic bundling tool device (ABT) configured for bundling a bundling good by means of a one-piece-tie (OPT), the ABT comprising:
a holding unit configured to receive, hold, and release a respective OPT which is provided to the ABT from an external reservoir of OPTs;
a linear motion guiding unit configured to linearly guide the holding unit in a longitudinal direction while moving between a receiving position where the holding unit receives, during intended use, the respective OPT and a releasing position where the holding unit releases, during intended use, the respective OPT; and
a drive unit configured to move the holding unit along the linear motion guiding unit,
wherein the holding unit comprises two gripping elements which are arranged movably on a common base element, each gripping element with a respective gripping contour for accommodating the respective OPT, and configured to each be moved, in a translational movement in a lateral direction running traverse to the longitudinal direction, from an open position for receiving and releasing the respective OPT to a closed position for holding the respective OPT and from the closed position to the open position.