Patent ID: 6895733

Claim:
A pneumatic strapping tool for tensioning a strap around a load, adhering the strap onto itself, and cutting a feed end of the strap, comprising: a cylinder housing; a piston disposed within a cylinder in the cylinder housing; a pneumatic weld motor operably connected to the piston; a vibrating weld element operably connected to the piston for contacting the strap and adhering the strap onto itself; a pneumatic tensioning motor; a feed wheel operably connected to the tensioning motor to tension the strap prior to adhering the strap onto itself; and a self-contained pneumatic module removably mounted to the cylinder housing, the pneumatic module including a compressed gas inlet, a plurality of valves and passageways between the inlet and the valves to provide compressed gas to the cylinder housing, the pneumatic weld motor and the pneumatic tensioning motor, the module further including at least one timer for operation of the weld motor and for providing pressure to the cylinder, the module including a part of an accumulator for the accumulation and storage of compressed gas, the accumulator controlling timing of the weld motor, the self-contained pneumatic module being removable from the cylinder housing.