US 12,291,361 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)
Filed by Signode Industrial Group LLC, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,776.
Application 18/151,776 is a continuation of application No. 18/003,366, previously published as PCT/US2021/040834, filed on Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,965, filed on Jul. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/196,391, filed on Jun. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0159200 A1, May 25, 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)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A strapping tool comprising:
a support;
a tensioning assembly mounted to the support and pivotable relative to the support and about a tensioning-assembly pivot axis between a strap-tensioning position and a strap-insertion position; and
a rocker lever mounted to the tensioning assembly and pivotable relative to the tensioning assembly and about a rocker-lever pivot axis between a home position and an intermediate position, wherein the tensioning-assembly pivot axis is different from the rocker-lever pivot axis, wherein the rocker lever comprises a body defining a slot therethrough;
a travel pin fixedly connected to the tensioning assembly and extending through the slot to enable the rocker lever to pivot relative to the tensioning assembly from the home position to, but not past, the intermediate position and from the intermediate position to, but not past, the home position;
wherein the rocker lever is pivotable relative to the support and about the tensioning-assembly pivot axis from the intermediate position to an actuated position to move the tensioning assembly from the strap-tensioning position to the strap-insertion position.