Patent ID: 9403609
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B65B

Claim Text:
1. Mobile strapping device for strapping goods with a strap, comprising: a tensioning means for applying a tension to a loop of said strap, a connecting means for providing a connection in said strap for forming a closed loop of said strap, a drive means for driving said tensioning means and said connecting means, said tensioning means comprising a tensioning wheel having an outer circumferential surface and being rotatably drivable about its rotational axis by said drive means and a tensioning element having a surface which faces the outer circumferential surface of said tensioning wheel, wherein: said tensioning wheel is supported rotatably about a rotational axis at a tensioning wheel support element which is in turn pivotably supported at a main body of the strapping device about a pivot pin forming a pivot axis, a distance between said outer circumferential surface of said tensioning wheel and said surface of said tensioning element is variable by pivoting said tensioning wheel, said pivot axis is parallel to and offset from said rotational axis of said tensioning wheel, and a lever is further provided hinged to said tensioning wheel support element via a pivot element, a ratchet protrusion of the pivot element being engageable with a ratchet wheel which is rotated together with a drive train of the tensioning wheel.