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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:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1995
Nelson Cheung, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Janusz Figiel, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Allen D Sordyl, Wheeling, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works, Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A pneumatically powered strapping tool, being modular, comprises a tensioning motor module, a sealing motor module, a sealing mechanism module, and a control valve module. The tensioning motor module comprises a pneumatic tensioning motor arranged to coact with a tensioning mechanism driven by such motor for tensioning two overlapped ends of a steel strap drawn from a supply and wrapped around a load. The sealing motor module comprises a pneumatic sealing motor, which is arranged to drive the sealing mechanism module for sealing the overlapped ends to each other, after the overlapped ends have been tensioned. The control valve module comprises pneumatic control valves for controlling the respective pneumatic motors. The modules and the tensioning means are adapted to be readily assembled and to be readily disassembled without requiring disassembly of any of the modules.