Apparatus for hooping a package by means of a band

US5373686A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Georg Lang · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Berthold Buehrle · Blaubeuren, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 1992
• Grant date: Dec 20, 1994
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B13/06
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus is described for hooping a package (8) by means of a band (19) in a hooping plane (5) extending in the conveying direction (4). The band guide channel (7) comprises two portions (10, 13) which lie on opposite sides of the hooping plane (5) and each of which is situated at so great a distance from the hooping plane (5) that they do not impede the conveying movement of the package (8). The portions (10, 13) are joined together, on opposite sides of the package (8), by other portions (9, 11 and 12) which pass through the hooping plane (5). In a position turned through 90.degree., in which the hooping plane (5) lies parallel to the conveying plane (1), the arrangement can also work as a horizontal hooping apparatus.