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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1995
Osamu Yamashima, Haibara-gun, JP;
Toshihiro Inoue, Haibara-gun, JP;
Hiroshi Hasegawa, Haibara-gun, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic bundling machine comprises a pair of feed rollers respectively positioned at opposite sides of a band passage; a band-feeding actuator for rotating at least one of the feed rollers; a one-way clutch and a friction clutch mounted between the band-feeding rotary actuator and the feed rollers; a pair of hooks with a band receiving groove formed in an inner surface of the pair of hooks and communicating with the band passage; a flange portion formed on a nose of a rotor for twisting a band, band channels formed on the flange-shaped portion; and a pair of clamps, one end of which are axially supported by the flange-shaped portion and the other end of which are engaged with each of the hooks.