Patent ID: 6575086
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A strapping machine for positioning a strapping material around an associated load and sealing the strapping material to itself around the load, the strapping machine comprising:a frame; a chute defining a strap path, the chute being mounted to the frame; a feed assembly mounted to the frame, the feed assembly configured to feed the strapping material therethrough; a guide mounted to the frame adjacent the feed assembly, the guide being mounted to the frame independent of the feed assembly, the guide configured to receive the strapping material from the feed assembly and to provide a path for the strapping material toward the chute; and a strapping head mounted to the frame independent of the feed assembly and the guide, the strapping head including a body and providing a first conveyance path for the strapping material from the guide to the chute, and a second conveyance path to receive a free end of the strapping material to seal the strapping material to itself, the strapping head including an anvil movably mounted to the body and forming a part of the second conveyance path, the anvil being movable between a conveying position in which the anvil is pivoted away from the body to enlarge the second conveyance path and a sealing position in which the anvil is pivoted toward the body to narrow the second conveyance path, wherein the anvil is pivoted to the conveying position to enlarge the second conveyance path when the strapping machine is in a strap feed mode.