US 12,134,495 B2
Random case sealer
William J. Menta, West Wyoming, PA (US); and Bryce J. Fox, Honesdale, PA (US)
Assigned to Signode Industrial Group LLC, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed by Signode Industrial Group LLC, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/327,263.
Application 18/327,263 is a continuation of application No. 17/575,384, filed on Jan. 13, 2022, granted, now 11,702,237.
Application 17/575,384 is a continuation of application No. 16/353,687, filed on Mar. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,242,169, issued on Feb. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/719,226, filed on Aug. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/644,850, filed on Mar. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0303284 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 59/02 (2006.01); B65B 51/06 (2006.01); B65B 57/02 (2006.01); B65B 59/00 (2006.01); B65B 61/06 (2006.01); B65B 67/02 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 59/02 (2013.01) [B65B 51/067 (2013.01); B65B 57/02 (2013.01); B65B 59/005 (2013.01); B65B 61/06 (2013.01); B65B 67/02 (2013.01); B65H 35/0013 (2013.01); B65B 2210/04 (2013.01); B65H 2701/377 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a case sealer to seal a case, the method comprising:
moving a case through the case sealer and below at least part of a tape cartridge of the case sealer;
moving, via a roller-arm actuator, a front roller arm of the tape cartridge from a front-roller-arm extended position to a front-roller-arm retracted position;
applying tape from a tape supply of the tape cartridge to the case; and
moving, via a cutter-arm actuator, a cutter arm of the tape cartridge from a cutter-arm retracted position to a cutter-arm extended position without assistance from a spring to cut the tape from the tape supply.