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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Karl K. Hoffman, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Tom Roberts, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Steve Kaganovich, Northbrook, IL (US);
Clay Ladd, Lafayette, NJ (US);
Arthur A. Sagy, Guttenberg, NJ (US);
Karl K. Hoffman, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Tom Roberts, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Steve Kaganovich, Northbrook, IL (US);
Clay Ladd, Lafayette, NJ (US);
Arthur A. Sagy, Guttenberg, NJ (US);
Plitek L.L.C., Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for applying a tin-tie, from a supply of tin-ties releaseably adhered along the length of a liner, with the tin-tie length generally aligned along a length of packaging moving in a first direction includes a tamp applicator for extending and retracting along a second direction substantially transverse to the first direction. The tamp applicator includes a magnet for carrying the tin-tie after it is released from the liner by a peeler, an air assist for aid in releasing and positioning the tin-tie, and a recess and edge for positioning the tin-tie. Part of the tamp applicator carrying the released tin-tie is also moveable in the same first direction, allowing travel in the same first direction as the moving packaging material when putting the tin-tie on the moving packaging material. A spring biases the part to return in a third direction opposite the first direction.