US 11,987,407 B2
Robotic strapping machine and method
Lee A. Stone, Girard, OH (US); Brian Rea, Boardman, OH (US); and Jeffery Bell, Newton Falls, OH (US)
Assigned to Taylor-Winfield Technologies, Inc., Youngstown, OH (US)
Filed by Taylor-Winfield Technologies, Inc., Youngstown, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/468,807.
Application 17/468,807 is a continuation of application No. 16/306,923, granted, now 11,142,359, previously published as PCT/US2017/035895, filed on Jun. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/358,368, filed on Jul. 5, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0089305 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 13/04 (2006.01); B65B 25/14 (2006.01); B65B 27/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 13/04 (2013.01) [B65B 25/148 (2013.01); B65B 27/06 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A strapping system for automatically applying strapping to at least one associated object, the strapping system comprising:
a first end effector and a second end effector, each of the end effectors mountable to a robotic arm having multiple axes of rotation for movement in X-Y-Z dimensions, and each of the end effectors including at least a portion of a chute, the end effectors movable relative to each other when mounted to said robotic arm such that the chute portions of each end effector can be selectively brought together in a plurality of orientations to define a generally continuous chute loop through which a strapping material can be advanced to surround the at least one associated object located at least partially within the chute loop, wherein at least one of the chute portions is adjustable in length and lateral spacing to change a dimension of the chute.