Presses – Binding – With automatic or material-triggered control
Patent
1977-10-11
1979-03-27
Wilhite, Billy J.
Presses
Binding
With automatic or material-triggered control
100 26, 226 25, 226 37, 226188, B65B 1304
Patent
active
041459636
ABSTRACT:
A combination jam-clearing and torque sensing traction wheel assembly and strap feed stopping mechanism is disclosed for use in a strapping machine which feeds strap in a chute about an article to form a loop and subsequently tensions the loop tightly about the article. The strap is fed into the chute by a rotating traction wheel which is driven through a torque sensing assembly comprising a driven plate, a spring-biased driver plate, and drive motor. Feeding of the strap is intermittently stopped and started as the driver plate is forced out of engagement with the driven plate when the torque increases beyond a predetermined amount in response to increased strap feed resistance resulting from an obstruction in the chute. In one embodiment, the strap feed stopping mechanism includes a permanent strap end abutment member located just past the strap overlap region in the strapping machine. When the strap free end hits the abutment member, the driver plate is forced out of engagement with the driven plate and feeding of the strap is terminated. In another embodiment, the strap feed stopping mechanism includes a ratchet wheel and a pawl actuated by a sensor in the strap chute and which is responsive to the strap free end location in the chute when a loop is being formed. Tripping of the sensor by the strap free end actuates a mechanism to move a pawl into engagement with the ratchet wheel to prevent further strap feed rotation of the traction wheel secured thereto. Additionally, the restraint against the traction wheel rotation causes the driver plate to disengage from the traction wheel.
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Crosby George A.
Leslie John H.
Signode Corporation
Wilhite Billy J.
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