Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Signode Industrial Group LLC

Signode Corporation

Premark Packaging LLC

Signode International IP Holdings LLC

James A Haberstroh

Timothy B Pearson

Mark B Renz

Allan J Bobren

Chinbay Q Fan

Patrick Talano

Robert J Kobiella

Christopher S Krohn

Dustin D Elliott

Jeffrey D Termanas

Lemuel J Bell, Jr

Michael J McMahon

Wayne J Thas

Andrew J Nyckowski

Ahmad Qassab

Benjamin Mangrich

Sergio Falbo

Robert G Kobetsky

Darryl Devine

Michael F Hart

Douglas A Ceckowski

John A Rometty

Ronald Gurak

Kevin A Bruzzesi

Joseph E Lininger

Kurt G Adair

Lawrence G Sickels

Charles E Shewey

Roy J Jensen

Tim Pearson

Lem Bell

Robert G Kobetsy

Clayton W Beilstein

Jr Lemuel J Bell

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a combustion-powered fastener-driving tool including multiple combustion chambers and an exhaust gas recirculation system.

Fastener-driving tool with one or more combustion chambers and an exhaust gas recirculation system

A sample grinder includes a base having a bowl and a rotatable drive plate to operably support a grinding wheel. A head is configured to support a specimen holder and has a first drive for rotational drive of the specimen holder and a second drive for moving the head and specimen holder toward and away from the drive plate. The head has a sleeve that is larger than the specimen holder. A cover is disposed over the bowl and has an opening larger than the sleeve so that the sleeve fits through the opening when the specimen holder is moved toward the rotatable drive plate. The grinding wheel is mountable to the plate in a single radial orientation only. A dressing system is operably connected to a controller to monitor the current of the drive plate motor and/or the head first drive actuates the dressing system based upon the current drawn by the drive plate motor and/or the head first drive motor falling below a predetermined value.

Planar grinder

A fluid jet cutting device for sectioning materials is provided. The device includes a compact and portable body having an equipment chamber accessible through a first panel, a working chamber accessible through a second panel and a receptacle in communication with the working chamber. A pump assembly and motor are removably positioned on a base in the equipment chamber. A guide assembly is positioned in the working chamber and a cutting head having a nozzle is movably coupled to the guide assembly for movement along three axes. A drive assembly moves the cutting head along the guide assembly. A clamp for holding a work piece includes a first face and a second face movable relative to the first face so as to secure regular, irregular or complex shaped work pieces. A basket is positioned in the receptacle below the clamp and the device may be controlled by way of a touch screen user interface.

Fluid jet cutting device

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a powered fastener driving tool with an auto ignition assembly. In certain embodiments, the tool includes a housing containing a combustion chamber, a removable fuel container configured to communicate fuel into the combustion chamber, a removable oxidizer container configured to communicate an oxidizer into the combustion chamber, a piston and a fastener driving blade connected to the piston and configured to engage and drive fasteners upon the fuel and the oxidizer chemically reacting in the combustion chamber. In certain embodiments, the auto ignition assembly includes a catalyst in the combustion chamber for causing, enhancing, or accelerating the reaction between the fuel and the oxidizer.

Fastener tool having auto ignition

A modular strapping machine feeds steel strapping material around a load, tensions the strapping material and welds the strapping material to itself in an end-to-end weld. The modular strapping machine includes a frame, a feed head removably mounted to the frame, a tension head removably mounted to the frame, a sealing head removably mounted to the frame and a strap chute. A strap straightener is mounted between the tension head and the sealing head. A leading end of the steel strapping material is conveyed from the feed head, through the tension head and the sealing head, through the strap chute and back to the sealing head. The sealing head is configured to grip the leading end, grip and sever a trailing end of the strapping material to form a loop end and weld the leading end to the loop end in an end-to-end weld.

Modular strapping machine for steel strap

A fluid jet cutting device () for sectioning materials is provided. The device includes a compact and portable body () having an equipment chamber () accessible through a first panel (), a working chamber () accessible through a second panel () and a receptacle () in communication with the working chamber. A pump assembly () and motor () are removably positioned on a base () in the equipment chamber. A guide assembly () is positioned in the working chamber and a cutting head () having a nozzle () is movably coupled to the guide assembly for movement along three axes. A drive assembly () moves the cutting head along the guide assembly. A clamp () for holding a work piece includes a first face () and a second face () movable relative to the first face so as to secure regular, irregular or complex shaped work pieces. A basket () is positioned in the receptacle below the clamp and the device may be controlled by way of a touch screen user interface ().

A method for containing a bale of compressible material without straps or wires includes compressing a quantity of compressible material into a bale and introducing the bale of compressed material into a container in the compressed state. The container can be sealed following receipt of the bale. A baler can be used with a press for compressing the material, and a bagging station can facilitate transfer of the bale to the container without straps or wires securing the bale following compression.

Strap-less baling method and baler

A strap feed assembly for a strapping machine reduces wear on the pinch and drive wheels of feed head components by creating a gap between the pinch and drive wheels while using a cam and an engagement surface to grip the strap during a cut-and-seal phase of a strapping cycle. In the strap feed assembly, a rocker arm has an engagement surface and a pivot axis parallel to both the axis of rotation of the pinch wheel and the axis of rotation of the drive wheel. An eccentric cam, driven by a cam motor, is engageable with the engagement surface of the rocker to move the pinch wheel into and out of engagement with the drive wheel. Thus, the pinch and drive wheels are configured to grip the strap during a strap feed phase, while the cam and the engagement surface grip the strap during the cut-and-seal phase.

Modular strap feeder with motor for indexing and gripping

A method for forming a longitudinal bend in a strap in a strapping machine by forming a pre-bend in the strap between a first wheel and a second wheel having cooperating, non-planar strap contact surfaces and subsequently forming the longitudinal bend in the strap between the second wheel and a third wheel having cooperating non-planar strap contact surfaces.

Modular strap feed head with forming wheels

A modular strapping head assembly includes a body, a weld head assembly, a drive motor configured to control the weld head assembly to grip and seal strapping material, a transformer assembly, and a single power interface configured to direct power from a source to the drive motor and the transformer assembly. The transformer assembly is configured to supply current to the weld head assembly and the weld head assembly is configured to seal a lagging end of the strapping material and a leading end of the strapping material together. Each of the transformer assembly, the drive motor, the weld head assembly, and the power interface are mounted to the body and removable from the strapping machine as an integral unit.

Modular strapping head with heat blade

A strap loading assembly for a strapping machine provides a feed path for the strap material. The loading assembly includes a first rail and a second rail movable between a deployed position and a stowed position. The second rail, when in the deployed position, confronts the first rail and defines a strap guide with the first rail. The second rail, when in the stowed position opens the strap guide. A link operably connects the first and second rails. Strap material in the strap guide, when in tension, exerts a force on the first rail to move the link which moves the second rail from the deployed position to the stowed position. A strapping machine with a strap loading assembly is also disclosed.

Automatic strap loading assembly for strapping machine

A strap forming assembly for a strapping machine includes a first forming wheel having a circumferential groove formed in a rim thereof and a second forming wheel cooperating with the first forming wheel and having a mating a circumferential crown extending therefrom. The first and second forming wheels cooperate to define a forming wheel nip therebetween. The forming wheel nip is non-planar. Strapping material fed into the forming wheel nip is permanently, longitudinally deformed.

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Vernon Hills, IL, United States of America

James A Haberstroh