Signode Industrial Group LLC

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Signode International IP Holdings LLC

Joseph J Gardner

Janusz Figiel

Timothy B Pearson

Jason R Nasiatka

John A Rometty

Walter L Boss

Michael J Kaufman

Jason Nasiatka

A tensioner for strap includes a housing, a battery, a motor, a tension head having a tension wheel operably connected to the motor and a nosepiece having a pinch element. The nosepiece is mounted to the tension head for movement relative thereto. An actuator handle is mounted to the nosepiece to move the pinch element toward and away from the tension wheel. A strap sensor is operably connected to a controller and senses the presence or absence of strap between the tension wheel and the pinch element. A home position switch senses pinch wheel proximity to the tension wheel. The nosepiece is moved away from the tension head to introduce strap to the tool and the home position switch changes state to signal the controller to permit actuation of the motor when the strap sensor senses the presence of strap between the pinch element and the tension wheel.

Battery powered tensioning tool for strap

A strapping tool for tensioning and securing a strap on or around an object or load includes a motor, a tensioning assembly coupled to the motor, and a weld plate assembly coupled to the motor. The motor is actuated in a first direction to control the tensioning assembly to tension the strap during a tensioning operation and the motor is actuated in a second direction to control the weld plate assembly to weld the strap to itself during a welding operation.

Hand-held strapper

A cutting tool for strap includes a fixed element and a movable element pivotally operably connected to one another. The fixed element has a body, a grip extending from an end of the body and an anvil. The anvil has a cutting edge. A pivot region is defined between the cutting edge and the grip. The movable element has a body, an enclosed handle and a cutting head. The cutting head defines a cutting edge. A pivot region is defined between the cutting edge and the handle. The movable and fixed elements are operably connected at their respective pivot regions. A cutter guard having a flange is disposed to overlie a portion of the fixed element anvil to provide an opening between the flange and the anvil to place the strap during a cutting operation.

Cutting tool for a strap

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Joseph J Gardner