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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2014
Premark Packaging Llc, Glenview, IL (US);
Jeffrey D. Termanas, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Signode Industrial Group LLC, Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A supported strap twist device reorients a strap along a strap path. The device includes an inlet, an outlet and a reorienting section. The reorienting section includes a body having entrance and exit ends and a transition section therebetween. The transition section has a through-bore having a varying cross-sectional shape defining a race. The race has, at a first end, an opposed inwardly pinched circular profile defining a gap. The circular profile thins along the race toward an hourglass profile, and has, at a second end, an elongated shape. The gap has a substantially constant width along the race. The strap enters the first end at an angle relative to the second end and is reoriented to a desired orientation at the second end. The strap is supported by the race as it traverses therethrough.