Patent ID: 6789469
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A bundling assembly for use with a strapping machine that is configured to position a strap material around a load and tensions the strap material around the load, strapping machine having an entrance, a chute through which the strap material is conveyed and an exit, the bundling assembly comprising:first and second moving belts positioned at the strapping machine entrance in opposing relation to one another, the belts each having a paddle mounted thereto, the moving belts defining a pathway through the bundling assembly; a movable stop positioned at the exit of the strapping machine, the stop being movable between a stop position and a convey position, wherein the moving belts rotate to contact the paddles with the load to urge the load into the entrance of the strapping machine and into an area under the chute, the belts stopping rotation to stop movement of the load upon contact of the load with the stop, and wherein the movable stop moves to the convey position and the moving belts rotate, the paddles moving the load out of the exit of the strapping machine.