US 12,351,349 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. 18/151,739.
Application 18/151,739 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 63/196,391, filed on Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,965, filed on Jul. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0159198 A1, May 25, 2023
Prior Publication US 2024/0051693 A2, Feb. 15, 2024
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;
a sealing assembly mounted to the support and comprising a connector and multiple jaws pivotably connected to the connector such that the jaws are pivotable movable from respective jaw home positions to respective jaw sealing positions, wherein the sealing assembly including the connector and the jaws is movable up and down relative to the support between a sealing assembly home position and a sealing assembly sealing position, and wherein at least part of the connector extends between the jaws;
a conversion assembly comprising a linkage comprising a first link and a second link connected to one another;
wherein the linkage is operably connected to the sealing assembly and configured to move the sealing assembly from the sealing assembly home position to the sealing assembly sealing position and, in addition, to move the jaws from their respective jaw home positions to their respective jaw sealing positions,
wherein the first and second links are configured to move relative to one another to change an effective length of the linkage while moving the sealing assembly from the sealing assembly home position to the sealing assembly sealing position; and
a drive assembly operably connected to the conversion assembly and configured to drive the linkage.