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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2003
Robert J. Kobiella, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
James A. Haberstroh, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Timothy B. Pearson, Antioch, IL (US);
Robert J. Kobiella, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
James A. Haberstroh, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Timothy B. Pearson, Antioch, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A strapping machine of the type configured to feed a strapping material around a load, position, tension and seal the strapping material around the load includes a weld head having a readily removable and serviceable weld blade. The head includes a body, a blade arm biasedly mounted to the body and a carrier receivable in the blade arm and movable between an operating position and a service position. The carrier is securable in the blade arm, without tools, in the operating position and the service position. The weld blade is fixedly mounted to the carrier.