Patent ID: 6990895

Claim:
A side seal strapping machine configured to feed a strapping material around a load, position, tension and seal the strapping material around the load, the strapping machine comprising: a frame having a biased, movable carriage mounted thereto; a modular sealing head mounted to the carriage; a modular feed head mounted to the carriage; and a strap chute mounted to the frame, wherein the carriage is mounted to the frame by a linear bearing mounted to a shaft, the carriage being biasedly mounted to the frame by a spring disposed about the shaft, and wherein when strap material is fed into the strapping machine through the feed head and the sealing head into the strap chute, the strap traverses through the chute and is tensioned around the load, and wherein during tensioning, the carriage, carrying the sealing head and the feed head, floats and is moved downward in the direction of tensioning.