Patent GB-923608-A (GB)
IPC: A61K31/505
Filed: 1959-07-16
Abstract: 923,608. Binding machines. POWER STRAPPING SYSTEMS Ltd. Oct. 17, 1960 [July 16, 1959], No. 24430/59. Class 94(1). A package placing apparatus for a binding machine has a means for sensing a linear dimension of a package and means set by the sensing means for placing the package in the machine so that binding metal may be looped around it in a pre-determined position e.g. mid way along the package. The apparatus includes piston and cylinder assemblies 7 and 8, cylinder 5 of the assembly 8 being pivoted to the apparatus frame and cylinder 4 of the assembly 7 being horizontally slidable with respect to the frame. The cylinder 4 is connected by a lever 10 pivoted to a horizontally slidable block 12 to piston rod 9 of the assembly 8. A serrated edge cam 16 mounted on a fixed but adjustable pivot 17 is connected for angular movement with the lever 10 by means of a rod 18. In operation a package P is delivered down a roller conveyer 38 to abut against a stop plate 30 in a plane 28. It is then pushed, by means of a ram 33, in a direction parallel to the plane so as to be placed in the path of pusher 21 of the assembly 7, the assemblies 7, 8 being in the position shown in Fig. 6a. This initial position is such that a point mid way between the pusher 21 and the plane 28 is at a distance S, where S is the length of stroke of the pusher 21, from the binding plane 23. The assembly 8 is operated to pivot the lever 10 about the stationary block 12 to move the assembly 7 forward a distance x at which instant the pusher 21 contacts the package P. Simultaneous to this movement the cam 16 rotates to increase the gap between it and the block 12 to a distance of x/4, Fig. 6b. On the pusher 21 contacting the package the assembly 8 is brought to a halt and the assembly 7 commences to operate. flue to the inertia of the package, the cylinder 4 moves away from the package, pivoting lever 10 about its conconnection with the piston rod 9. This moves the block 12 against the action of a spring 12<SP>1</SP> through the distance x/4 to contact the cam 16. On contact, further motion of the cylinder 4 is prevented, serrated surfaces locking the cam and block in position. During this motion the cylinder 4 has moved back a distance x/2, Fig. 6c, and the remaining part s-x/2 of the stroke of the piston 21 pushes the package forward to centre it about the plane 23, Fig. 6d. The bound package is pushed off on to a roller conveyer 39 by the arrival of the next package. The apparatus may be incorporated in a machine as described in Specification 698,181 the machine being modified for fully automatic working. Detectors for signalling absence of binding metal or seals may be provided. In a plant layout two sets of apparatus and associated binding machines are arranged along a conveyer with a package turning means provided between them so that two bands may be put on at right angles to each other. For single band binding, one machine may be used while the other is being re-loaded. Each set is slidably mounted for movement transverse to the conveyer when it requires attention, the set being replaced by a length of roller conveyer.