Patent ID: 6038967
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
In a bundling system for bundling one or more objects positioned within a track with tape shaped material, the bundling system having a dispenser of tape material, the track, a first motor driven pinch roller unit, and a motor driven tape material cutting and securing unit, a method of controlling the bundling system comprising the steps of:driving the first pinch roller unit forward;feeding the tape material about the track from the dispenser;activating the cutting and securing unit to secure a free end of the tape material;reversing the first pinch roller unit;tensioning the tape material about the objects;monitoring a position of the tape material;halting the first pinch roller unit when a monitored position of the tape material has a predetermined relationship to a selected value;fixedly securing the free end and an upstream portion of the tape material together; andcutting the upstream portion of the tape material from a remainder of the tape material.