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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2008
Peter A. Rodriguez, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Thomas B. Middlebrooks, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Peter A. Rodriguez, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Thomas B. Middlebrooks, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A bale banding machine having an overhead press head that translates in the vertical direction relative to the band guide track and the bale being banded. The band is directed through a stationary band feeding guide assembly into a band receiving guide assembly mounted on the translating press head assembly. The stationary band feeding guide assembly defines an enclosed channel, at the end of which is provided a feed guide pivoting member that is biased in a closed position until the press heads lowers, upon which event a follower cam in the feed guide pivoting member reacts to a cam wedge on the descending press head, causing the feed guide pivoting member to pivot away from the band extending between the stationary band feeding guide assembly and the translating band receiving guide assembly. Simultaneously, the head guide pivoting member is caused to pivot upward from the band. In this manner the band is no longer retained within the small guide path previously defined by the feeding guide assembly and the receiving guide assembly, such that the translating head can be lowered several inches without shearing the band.