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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2012
James A. Haberstroh, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Jeffrey D. Termanas, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Wayne J. Thas, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Michael J. Mcmahon, Palatine, IL (US);
Robert G. Kobetsy, Chicago, IL (US);
James A. Haberstroh, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Jeffrey D. Termanas, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Wayne J. Thas, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Michael J. McMahon, Palatine, IL (US);
Robert G. Kobetsy, Chicago, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, CA (US);
Abstract
A strap forming assembly for a strapping machine includes a first forming wheel having a circumferential groove formed in a rim thereof and a second forming wheel cooperating with the first forming wheel and having a mating a circumferential crown extending therefrom. The first and second forming wheels cooperate to define a forming wheel nip therebetween. The forming wheel nip is non-planar. Strapping material fed into the forming wheel nip is permanently, longitudinally deformed.