US 12,291,360 B2
Strapping tool
Mirco Neeser, Ehrendingen (CH); Kurt Bolliger, Ehrendingen (CH); and Andreas Keller, Birr (CH)
Assigned to SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP LLC, Tampa, FL (US)
Appl. No. 18/003,366
Filed by Signode Industrial Group LLC, Tampa, FL (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/040834
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/015566, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/196,391, filed on Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,965, filed on Jul. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0150704 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 13/22 (2006.01); B65B 13/02 (2006.01); B65B 13/30 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 13/22 (2013.01) [B65B 13/025 (2013.01); B65B 13/305 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A strapping tool comprising:
a support comprising a foot;
a tensioning assembly mounted to the support and movable relative to the foot of the support between a strap-tensioning position and a strap-insertion position, the tensioning assembly comprising a rotatable tension-wheel shaft and a tension wheel mounted to the tension-wheel shaft to rotate with the tension-wheel shaft;
a motor operably connected to the tension-wheel shaft and configured to rotate the tension-wheel shaft in a first rotational direction;
a retainer comprising a body having a tension-wheel-shaft engager, wherein the retainer is movable relative to the tension-wheel shaft between a release position and a retaining position; and
a retainer-biasing element biasing the retainer to the retaining position,
wherein when the tensioning assembly is in the strap-insertion position and the retainer is in the retaining position, the retainer-biasing element forces the tension-wheel-shaft engager of the retainer into contact with the tension-wheel shaft of the tensioning assembly to retain the tensioning assembly in the strap-insertion position.