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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric A Johnson, III, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Melvin E Moore, Rockville, IN (US);
Tom A Budd, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
100 26 ; 100 32 ;
Abstract
In a package strapping machine an improved means for tightening the strap extending from a strap supply about a package to be strapped including feed means, retract means, linearly reciprocating tension means and a secondary gripper in which the tension means is outside of the path of the strap between the feed means and the retract means and in which the tension means reciprocates in a direction approximately normal to the usual path of the strap traveling through the tension means.