Banding machine

US11305900B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Alliance Rubber Company · US
• JMM-585, LLC · US

Inventors

• Joseph C. Jackson · Malvern, US
• Gary W. Castleberry · Jessieville, US
• Jordan W. Steinhaus · Hot Springs, US
• Brandon R. Hughes · Arkadelphia, US
• James R. Maynard · Greenville, US
• Joseph M. Maynard · Fayetteville, US
• Zachary D. Zelenka · Fayetteville, US
• Cory N. Hatcher · Springdale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 5, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 19, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B57/10
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A banding machine includes a tube guide adapted to transfer an elastomeric tube from an entry end to an exit end. A frame assembly receives the elastomeric tube from the exit end. A drive assembly is carried by the frame assembly and includes a drive shaft which rotates a drive wheel that advances the elastomeric tube through the frame assembly. A knife guide assembly receives a reciprocating knife to cut the elastomeric tube to form a band. A stretcher assembly with stretcher fingers maintained substantially adjacent one another in a first position receives the band, the stretcher fingers then expand the band to a second position to receive an object upon which the band closes around.