Patent ID: 6948298
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A strapping machine comprising: a housing; a mount on the housing attachable to an overhead balancer lines; tensioning and sealing devices in the housing; an elongated handle pivotal about an axis on the housing between an open position and a closed position and having an outer end remote from the axis and an inner end close to the axis, the inner end of the handle being formed with an annular inlet passage and a radially throughgoing inlet port opening into the inlet passage, the handle also being formed with axially extending passages extending from the inlet passage to the outer handle end; a pneumatic motor in the outer handle end; a transmission in the inner end of the handle and connected to the motor and to the tensioning and sealing devices in the housing; an inlet fitting on the housing connectable to a compressed-air supply line; and a conduit having one end connected to the housing and communicating with the inlet fitting and an opposite end opening radially inward into the inlet port of the handle, whereby compressed air from the inlet fitting can flow through the conduit and the inlet port to the inlet passage and thence via the axial passages to the motor to power same, the outer handle end being formed with an outlet opening for venting air from the motor.