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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1999
Flavio Finzo, Würenlos, CH;
Giancarlo Haltinner, Schänis, CH;
Bernd Marsche, Uster, CH;
Ludovigo De Felice, Niederweningen, CH;
Orgapack GmbH, Dietikon, CH;
Abstract
In a strapping apparatus for strapping goods with a band, which apparatus has a tensioning device which is operatively connected to a tensioning drive and is intended for tensioning the band, a closure device for sealing two ends of a band, and a plurality of rewinding locks for fixing the band on the strapping apparatus, highest possible efficiency is to be achieved. The invention proposes providing the tensioning device with a rocker (,) arranged opposite a tensioning wheel (,), mounting the rocker (,) pivotably about a rocker axis (,) and designing the tensioning wheel (,) and the rocker (,) in such a way that they can be moved towards each other, as a result of which the band can be clamped between the rocker and the tensioning wheel, and the band rests on the tensioning wheel with a large angle of wrap (&agr;).