US 12,344,419 B2
Taping unit for gummed paper tape and box closing machine including said taping unit
Andrea Monti, Milano MI (IT)
Assigned to S.I.A.T. SOCIETA' INTERNAZIONALE APPLICAZIONI TECNICHE S.P.A., Milan (IT)
Filed by S.I.A.T. SOCIETA' INTERNAZIONALE APPLICAZIONI TECNICHE S.p.A., Milano MI (IT)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/080,204.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000031241 (IT), filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182945 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 51/06 (2006.01); B65B 61/06 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 51/067 (2013.01) [B65B 61/06 (2013.01); B65H 35/0053 (2013.01); B65H 35/0086 (2013.01); B65H 2301/5142 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51532 (2013.01); B65H 2801/81 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A taping unit for a box closing machine, the taping unit comprising:
an enclosure frame;
a gummed tape reel configured to hold gummed tape;
a plurality of running rollers mounted on said enclosure frame;
at least one applicator roller disposed in a bottom part of said enclosure frame;
a plurality of plates defining a guiding and sliding path of said gummed tape within said enclosure frame;
an operating assembly comprising
a respective frame movably mounted on said enclosure frame,
a drive roller,
a drive motor connected to the drive roller,
a cutting blade, and
at least one actuator configured to operate the cutting blade; and
a wetting system comprising a tank storing wetting liquid, the tank being disposed in a position below said operating assembly,
wherein said guiding and sliding path extends between the drive roller and the wetting system, and wherein the plurality of plates and the guiding and sliding path are arranged in a substantially vertical plane, and
wherein said operating assembly is movably mounted between an operating position, in which the operating assembly prevents said tank from being removed, and a disengagement position in which said tank is released.