Patent ID: 6732490
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A method of banding a workpiece comprising the steps of providing a length of band having a central portion and outer end portions and longitudinal sides and a side with a cohesive substance thereon, placing said length of band between side members with said longitudinal sides adjacent said side members, providing a workpiece having an outer side with adjacent sides proximate said outer side and an inner side opposite to said outer side, positioning said workpiece with said outer side on said central portion of said band having said cohesive substance thereon, moving said workpiece and said band into a recess in a member to cause portions of said central portion of said band to move alongside said adjacent sides and to cause an additional portion of said central portion and one of said end portions adjacent said additional portion to extend beyond said one of said adjacent sides and to cause the other of said end portions to extend beyond the other of said adjacent sides, and moving said member past a second surface to cause said additional portion of said central portion of said band to extend across said inner surface and to cause said end portions of said band to lie in pressed cohesive engagement between said second surface and a third surface which is adjacent to said recess.