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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2022
Signode Industrial Group Llc, Tampa, FL (US);
Bryce J. Fox, Honesdale, PA (US);
William J. Menta, West Wyoming, PA (US);
Joseph E. Lininger, Union Grove, WI (US);
Paul Szadziewicz, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Drew Wenrich, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Signode Industrial Group LLC, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random case sealer including a case lifter configured to lift a case out of engagement with a lower drive element(such as a drive belt) of the case sealer as the case reaches a holding position beneath the top-head assemblyand, afterwards, to lower the case into engagement with the lower drive element once the top-head assembly has descended to within a designated distance of the top surface of the case. In certain of these embodiments, the case lifter includes a case blockerpositioned to stop the case from moving any further beneath the top-head assembly once it reaches the holding position.