Patent ID: 6502373
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
An insulation strapping machine for strapping articles, packages, and materials, comprising:a roller conveyor assembly defining a strapping station and upon which an article to be strapped is supportably disposed; a platen disposed above said roller conveyor assembly; means operatively connected to said platen for vertically moving said platen toward and away from said roller conveyor assembly; at least one pair of opposed compressors movable longitudinally across said roller conveyor assembly toward and away from each other and cooperating with said platen and said roller conveyor assembly for defining a cavity within which an article is able to be volumetrically compressed, by said at least one pair of opposed compressors when said at least one pair of opposed compressors are moved toward each other, such that the compressed article can be strapped; a support member fixedly disposed at a longitudinally central position with respect to said roller conveyor assembly; means having first end portions thereof mounted upon said support member, and second end portions extending in opposite directions away from said support member and with respect to each other, and connected to a respective one of said at least one pair of opposed compressors, for simultaneously actuating both of said at least one pair of opposed compressors for movement toward and away from each other across said roller conveyor assembly such that said at least one pair of opposed compressors can together generate a compressive force, sufficient to volumetrically compress the article disposed within said cavity defined between said platen, said roller conveyor assembly, and said at least one pair of opposed compressors, when said at least one pair of opposed compressors are moved toward each other; and strapping means for applying strapping members to the compressed article to be strapped and disposed within said cavity defined between said platen, said roller conveyor assembly, and said at least one pair of opposed compressors.