Abstract: Disclosed is a packing apparatus combining tape-tightening and hoop-flattening devices into one unit. The hoop-flattening device has a connecting plate mounted on a handle of the tape-tightening device, so that the hoop-flattening device is pivotally connected to a top of the tape-tightening device. When the hoop-flattening device is turned to a vertical position relative to the tape-tightening device, its front head presses down a braking plate pivotally connected at a front ring portion to a rotary shaft of the tape-tightening device, causing a push plate mounted in the handle to press a front end against a toothed wheel mounted around the rotary shaft for the toothed wheel to tightly pull a tape for packing a parcel.

Abstract: Between the binding tape taking out section 7 and the tape cutting section 4 the tape reel 2 for keeping a wound tape 1 is disposed horizontally with each other. Thereby, the total length of the simple binding device is shortened to contribute to lower the total height of it, make it miniaturized and light-weighted and easier in mounting on a human body.

Abstract: The electrically-powered hand-held device for bundling elongated objects by wrapping the elongated objects with a one-side adhesive band includes a handle, a rotatable bundling head connected to the handle and including a device for pressing the band against the elongated objects and for pulling it tightly around the elongated objects and a device for rotating the band together with the bundling head around the elongated objects. The device for pressing and pulling includes a spring-loaded displaceable central jaw located in the bundling head and first and second spring-loaded turning jaws opposite one another with the central jaw between them in the bundling head.

Abstract: A sleeve used to wrap items such as potted plants. The sleeve may have an open or closed bottom. When closed, the bottom may have a gusset for allowing expansion upon the depositing of the pot into the sleeve. The sleeve has a detachable upper portion. The sleeve has a bonding material disposed upon an inner and/or outer portion of the sleeve for crimping the sleeve adjacent the pot to hold the sleeve about the pot.

Abstract: A method of packaging generally flat material utilizing a packaging frame having a substantially planar rectangular base defined by four sides, a substantially rectangular upright side frame at each side of the base, the base being fixed relative to the side frames, the base being formed with a pair of intersecting recessed channels which extend transversely across the base between respective pairs of opposed sides and the channels being from about 10 to about 25 mm in width, and the channels having respective end openings in the base which end openings are externally accessible even when the packaging frame contains material, wherein the packaging frame is loaded with generally flat material, and then fastening straps are manually passed through the channels via end openings thereof until an end of each strap extends beyond the opposite end opening in the channel, arranging the fastening straps around the generally flat material, engaging free ends of the fastening straps and then tensioning the fastening st

Abstract: A reusable package wrapping apparatus and method. The apparatus has a spring-loaded ribbon reel which dispenses an inverted ribbon in a first direction and recovers the ribbon, which has been re-inverted in a secondly direction. Spring tension or a locked hand crank secures the apparatus to the package.

Abstract: A method and device for attaching a covering sheet material on top of a row of crop bales positioned in end to end relationship on a raised earthen mound. An elongated needle is used to insert strands of tie material under the bales and then the tie material is pulled up over the top surface of a cover sheet on the top of the bales. The strands of tie material are then tied in position to encircle the bales and the cover sheet to hold it is position on at least the top half of the bale with the lower portion of the bale being left uncovered for air circulation. The cover sheet is also tied to extend over the top portion of the ends of the bale row.

Abstract: A hand-held tension-weld strapping tool for sequentially tensioning and welding together overlapping portions of strapping comprises a handle, a motor control arm arranged to actuate a motor, a weld actuating arm and a mechanical interlock for holding the motor control arm in an actuated position during a welding cycle. In the preferred embodiment, the mechanical interlock is a cranked extension portion of the motor control arm which, in use, is trapped between the handle and the weld actuating arm when the weld actuating arm is moved to an operative position for actuating a welding cycle.

Abstract: A device for tensioning and securing the ends of packing straps which are pressed by a pressure plate against a tensioning wheel. The pressure plate is designed to be lifted off of the tension wheel by the operating lever thereby allowing rotation of the tensioning wheel via an actuator element, thus enabling insertion of the strap ends into the tensioning device. This arrangement makes a special release lever unnecessary.

Abstract: A device for collecting and packing paper material comprises a receptacle having a mainly square-shaped bottom, back and front walls, and two side walls. A box may be fixed either to the exterior surface of the back wall or to the exterior surface of one of the side walls for loosely retaining a string bobbin. The free end of a string wound onto the bobbin passes through an adjacent aperture in the side or back wall. String lengths are obtained using a knife preferably fixed to a slit in one of the side walls for cutting the string when pulled out to a suitable length through the aperture. A dummy knife is fixed to any corresponding slit or slits made in other walls but not needed for a knife. The string lengths are fixed in a holder arranged in the back and front walls. The string lengths are kept freely movable in the front wall holder. When tied using the string lengths, the pile of paper material is lifted from the receptacle via a handle having hooks introduced under the string lengths.

Abstract: A tensioning and sealing apparatus for strapping an object (2) with a plastic band (1) includes a housing (3) having a tensioning unit (4) for retaining two ends (6, 7) of the plastic band (1) which are to be sealed and for tensioning the same and having a sealing unit (5) for connecting the two mutually overlapping ends (6, 7). The tensioning unit (4) has a tensioning shoe (10) and a toothed tensioning wheel (13) which is mounted on a pivotable rocker (11), which can be driven via a tensioning shaft (12), and which is intended for pressing the plastic band (1) against the tensioning shoe (10) and for gripping the same upon rotation. The bearing (15) of the pivotable rocker (11) is arranged on the side of the tensioning shoe (10) and behind the latter in the tensioning direction (14), the rocker axis being located between a bearing surface (16) of the tensioning shoe (10) and a base plate (8).

Abstract: A container and jig assembly for dispensing a sheet of material and for wrapping the sheet of material about a flower pot or floral grouping. The container accommodates a roll of sheet material suitable for wrapping flower pots or floral groupings. In addition, the container may have a cutter for separating a sheet of material from the roll of sheet material. The jig assembly is attached to the container and has a jig opening surrounded by a sheet-supporting surface. The jig opening is sized and shaped to receive a lower portion of a flower pot or a stem end portion of a floral grouping. In operation, a sheet of material is separated from the roll of sheet material and disposed on the sheet-supporting surface over the jig opening. The lower portion of the flower pot or the stem end portion of the floral grouping is inserted through the jig opening and carries a portion of the sheet of material with it. In the process, the sheet of material is formed into a covering about the flower pot or floral grouping.

Abstract: A container having opposite side walls or panels joined with opposite end walls or panels to provide an open box-like structure for insertably receiving a plurality of newspapers to form a disposable stack. Releasable fasteners are employed to detachably join the walls or panels together. A spool of binding string is removably carried on a selected end wall and string is trained in a cross-over pattern with string ends extending exteriorly thereof. The string passes through slotted apertures in the walls.

Abstract: A portable round bale wrapping apparatus which wraps large upright cylindrical straw bales with protective plastic film for storage on the field. One person can operate the wheeled bale wrapper on uneven ground. A light-weight tubular frame with a pulley system moves the wrapper roll up and down. The rotation of wrapping can be reversed by moving the pulley system to an opposite side. The wrapping apparatus can be adjusted in height and length to accommodate the variance in size of hay or straw bale. The bale wrapping apparatus can be dismantled, folded into a light-weight package and carried to the next field or stored.

Abstract: The invention is a newspaper storage and bundling system, comprising a bin having a bottom panel and four side panels attached to the bottom panel and perpendicular to one another, defining a storage space. A lip connects the side panels opposite the bottom panel. Four reels extend downward from the lip, each near the center of one of the side panels. A rope assembly comprises a rope assembly spacer and four rope ends extending from the rope assembly spacer. The rope assembly spacer is placed on the bottom panel and the rope ends are each wrapped around one of the reels. Newspapers and the like are collected inside the storage space into a newspaper pile, until it reaches the lip. The rope ends are then unwrapped from the reels and are brought together around the newspaper pile and are tied into a knot.

Abstract: A method for providing a protective wrapper about a vase containing a floral grouping. A connecting bonding material and a closure bonding material are disposed on the sheet. The sheet is wrapped about the vase causing the connecting bonding material to connect the sheet to the vase. The closure bonding material is sealed above the floral grouping to enclose the floral grouping within the sheet of material. The sheet may have a second closure bonding material for effecting a vertically sealed area in the sheet.

Abstract: A band inserter device comprising a housing having a forward transverse slot therethrough and a rearward internally threaded aperture, whereby the slot is to receive an end of a banding strap. An elongated handle having an externally threaded shank engages with the internally threaded aperture. An assembly within the housing is for gripping the end of the banding strap when the shank of the handle is tightened in the aperture of the housing, so that the banding strap can be inserted under a skid and about a package on the skid.

Abstract: Hose winding apparatus comprises a first portion having a body and a first handle extending therefrom, and a second portion having a reel portion and a second handle cooperating with the reel portion. Each portion has reel journalling structure for journalling the first and second portions for relative rotation about a reel axis. A latching structure releasably latches together the first and second portions to permit the said relative rotation without unintentional separation of the first and second portions. A wound-up hose coil is retained tightly wound-up after the removal from the reel portion by fitting a resilient band to extend across opposite locations of the reel portion, and winding the hose onto the reel portion with a first face of the wound-up hose being adjacent a first length of the band. This is followed by drawing and stretching a second length of the band from the reel, and positioning the second length closely adjacent a second face of the coil.

Abstract: A rigid body in the form of a truncated cone is dimensioned to fit over the top of a container, such as a can with a beaded top, to allow the opening in a carrier comprised of stretchable or elastic material to be manually expanded by movement of the carrier down the side of the truncated cone, beyond the bottom of the truncated cone, allowing the opening to retract against the body of the container below the beaded top.

Abstract: A baggage protection device wherein the device consists of a base carriage onto which is mounted a turntable with a securing device. Also mounted on the base carriage is a roll of stretch-wrap plastic film, along with feeder posts and a vertical frame. An alternative embodiment of the baggage protection device consists of a base carriage unit having a rear section and a front section which may be extended outwards from the rear section to accommodate larger baggage to be wrapped thereon. A turntable is mounted on the front section of the base carriage unit, the turntable having a pair of hydraulic rams which act to urge together a pair of grip tongs movably mounted on the upper surface of the turntable. Mounted atop the rear section is a roll of stretch-wrap plastic film. As the plastic film is drawn from the roll, it passes around an idler roller and around a tensioning roller, the tensioning roller and idler roller being in contact with one another.

Abstract: The present invention is a portable manual tape dispensing apparatus for use with a stretchable adhesive tape such as of the type that progressively detackifies when stretched. The apparatus has a supply spool for carrying a supply of the tape and a handle connected to the supply spool for manually grasping and manipulating the apparatus. A mechanism for stretching the tape is arranged and configured to receive the tape from the supply spool. The stretching mechanism has a stretching zone defined between first and second engagement surfaces. The first and second engagement surfaces frictionally engage the tape and move at disparate longitudinal speeds to stretch the tape when the stretching mechanism is activated. A manually operative mechanism is provided for selectively activating the stretching mechanism so an operator can remove the tape from the supply in a substantially detackified stretched condition when the stretching mechanism is activated.

Abstract: A bundling apparatus includes a upper and lower platens, at least one of which moves vertically across a plate. The plate is preferably slightly slanted to prevent a stack of articles on the lower platen from toppling over. A continuous wrapping sheet is fed to the plate for wrapping the stack after compression between the platens.

Abstract: A device for bundling newspapers and the like comprises a pair of upright walls each having an upwardly open substantially V-shaped notch formed by elements of the walls that converge downwardly and that define an interior angle of about 90.degree., the notches being in parallel alignment. In a preferred embodiment, the walls are longitudinal side walls of a box having upright end walls and having sloping top walls extending between corresponding notch-defining elements of the side walls. Newspapers are stacked on one of the top walls, with an edge thereof engaging the other top wall, and with portions extending beyond the side walls. Cords are tied around those portions to bundle the newspapers. The end walls have openings forming hand holds by which the box is lifted and which provide access to the interior of the box. The box has a shelf therein and contains a supply of cord, a cord cutter being provided along an edge of one opening.

Abstract: An apparatus for packaging potted plants. A plant support is mounted at the upper end of a vertical column and is adapted to support a potted plant having heavy foliage. One or more tapered paper sleeves are disposed around the support column beneath the plant support. A ring having a larger diameter than the pot is mounted for vertical movement on a second vertical column, and the ring carries an open-ended, flexible bag. The lower end of the bag includes an elastic cord, so that the lower end has a contracted diameter, which is smaller than the rim of the pot. The ring is initially positioned beneath the level of the plant support, the plant is then positioned on the support and the bag is drawn upwardly around the plant, folding the foliage inwardly, until the lower end of the bag is slightly above the rim of the pot. The sleeve is then drawn upwardly around the bag encompassing the foliage, and the bag is withdrawn from the sleeve.

Abstract: This invention is directed to bundling and banding machine that forms and bands bundles of firewood into the shape of a stable wood pile that can be easily removed from the machine, transported as a banded bundle and when deposited at its final destination and the bands are removed it will stand as a stable wood pile, with a minimum of distortion or need of restacking.

Abstract: A paper bundler for stacking and bundling recyclable paper waste, such as newspapers, magazines, and legal size or letter size office paper. The apparatus has two main parts, a basket and a cradle. The basket is made in two parts which are independently mounted to the cradle so they are free to rotate. Together, the halves of the basket form a paper receptacle which is rectangular and open at the top, with a gap in the middle for applying a strapping agent, such as masking tape. The cradle has a rectangular base and two vertical sides which support the rotating basket. A compression bar with a toggle latch is mounted on each half of the basket adjacent the gap between the two halves. The papers can be placed directly in the bundler as they are discarded. When the stack reaches a convenient size, the compression bars are used to compact the loose stack of newspapers into a tight bundle and hold them as the basket is rotated to apply the strapping agent to complete the bundling operation.

Abstract: A clamping and cut-off apparatus for a banding strap around an object, including a convex shaped knife and a concave shaped cutting member operable to cut an arcuate shape in a banding strap which has been initially fed intermediate the edges of the concave shaped cutting member and the convex shaped knife and thence around an object. Crimping members are reciprocally and pivotally mounted in the housing adjacent the clamping member to seal together overlapping portions of the strap just prior to the cutting operation. The bottom portion of the housing is slidably removed from between the sealed and cut strap and the external banded object.

Abstract: The apparatus (4) manually operable with a tightening lever (16) has a cutting station (8), a tightening station (10) and a clamping station (12). The latter has a clamping arm (18) mounted on an eccentric shaft (20) and having a clamping shoe (40) through which the strip end (3) inserted in the strip channel (5) is clamped. The clamping shoe (40) is laterallly displaced with respect to the axis of the eccentric shaft (20) in the direction of the strip end (3) in the vicinity of a clamping nose (35) supported on the supporting face (36) of the apparatus casing (15). On lowering the clamping shoe (18) into the clamping positioning an additional clamping force on the clamping shoe (40) is exerted by the clamping nose (35) guided on the supporting surface (36).

Abstract: While measuring racks and the like are known to count or measure the number of coins required to wrap same into rolls, the actual wrapping requires considerable experience and dexterity and can be time consuming. The present device consists of a relatively thin plastic or card semi-circular trough having closed ends and a length equal to the required number of coins in a roil of that particular denomination with the curvature of the trough and length thereof varying with each denomination of coin. The entire trough and measured contents may then be wrapped in a conventional coin wrapper readily and easily as the closed ends of the trough retain the coins during the rollng process.

Abstract: A bundler for newspapers having a newspaper holding container formed by front, back and side walls and a bottom wall section at each corner. Two adjacent walls of said front, back and side walls have a cord holding compartment below the container bottom wall sections and a hollow pedestal base extends from and below said container bottom wall between each said compartment and the opposite wall of the container. The cord is placed out from each compartment into the container, across the interior of the pedestal base below the container bottom wall and up over the opposing wall with the newspapers resting on the bottom wall sections. The cords are pulled upwardly around the bundle and are cut and tied.

Abstract: A tape cutting and dispensing machine including upper and lower plastic blocks held between spaced frame members, a recess in one block containing a drive roll and a recess in the other block containing a nip roll, mechanism effectively mounted relative to the frame members for selectively moving the nip roll toward and away from the drive roll, flexible lips adjacent the drive roll and nip roll for guiding a tape beyond the rolls, a guillotine blade arrangement mounted on the blocks, mechanism for selectively manually retracting a movable guillotine blade from its normal overlying relationship relative to a fixed blade, a drive motor for selectively driving the drive roll, a solenoid for selectively actuating the guillotine blade, and a table having a depression therein mounted at the output side of the machine for permitting the central portion of a severed end of the tape to be pressed into it by a bundle being taped and having a surface adjacent the depression against which the tape ends can be pressed to

Abstract: A tensioning and sealing apparatus, for tensioning and sealing a strap made of a plastic passed around a packaged item, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a clamping device for securing a lower starting section of a plastic strap. The apparatus of the invention further includes a tensioning device for both tensioning the strap and for acting upon an upper section thereof. Upstream from the tensioning device, a friction welding device is provided which preferably includes two welding dies, which are movable relative to one another, for joining mutually overlapping regions of the strap. A cutting member is further provided, preferably arranged between the friction welding device and the tensioning device, for cutting through the upper section of the strap after the strap has been welded.

Abstract: Strapper with a mechanism that has a tensioning wheel and tensions a section or steel strap obtained from a supply role and wrapped around a package and with a mechanism that has a stationary lower jaw and an upper jaw that executes a punching motion, fastening together the overlapping ends of the strap with at least two pairs of angled cuts positioned along the strap. The upper jaw that executes the punching motion is mounted and operated such that, as it executes its intended punching motion, one of the pairs of angled cuts begins to be introduced before the other pair does. To introduce the pairs of angled cuts, the operating surface of the upper jaw, the surface, that is, that faces the lower jaw, executes an essentially roller motion over the operating surface of the lower jaw combined with a motion that approaches the upper jaw to the lower jaw, so that the motion that introduces the first pair of angled cuts to begin terminates before the next pair of cuts to begin.

Abstract: A newspaper bundler comprises a rigid frame assembly (FIGS. 1 and 2) for enabling newspapers to be easily stacked into a pile (12). The frame includes a U-shaped crosswise holder (14) whose upstanding opposing side arms are made of sheet metal or plastic channels (22). A stack of paper bundling straps (26) is positioned on the crosswise portion. The channels each have a pocket for holding fan-folded end portions (30) of the stack of paper straps. One end portion of each strap is coated with adhesive (32) so when the end portions of a strap are pulled from their pockets, they can be attached together around the pile of papers to securely bundle them so that they can be carried easily with one hand (FIG. 5). The entire bundle is recyclable at a paper mill. In lieu of sheet metal side channels with pockets, the side pockets can be formed of tubular members (FIG. 6) bent and shaped to form pockets for the fan-folded ends of the straps.

Abstract: A device for wrapping coin rolls includes a base supporting a pad of wrapper sheets for wrapping a roll of coins initially supported by an end wall and two side walls located at one end of the base. The end wall is spaced a distance less than the diameter of the coin roll from the adjacent edge of the wrapper sheet pad so that the coins rest at the edge of the pad before starting each wrapping procedures. Strips of contact adhesive on the upper side of the wrapper sheets holds the wrapper to the coins and causes the wrapper sheet to adhere to itself when the wrapping is completed.

Abstract: A box-cording apparatus used to cord up a packing box. The apparatus comprises a frame means having a base frame and support members slidably installed thereon, a driving means for moving the support members back and forth, and a frame rotating means having a shaft and a control means for the rotation of the shaft. The support members are bound together with parts of the box loaded on the base frame during the cording work and then pulled and received in the base frame, getting free from the corded parts of the box.

Abstract: The apparatus has a strip support (12) which can be advanced in relation to gripping members (14) in order to pre-tension strip sections (6,8) against the clamping members. The clamping members feed, tension and weld the strip sections superimposed on the strip support (12). To improve feeding and tensioning and to avoid damage to the strip parts, the gripping members (14) are fixed to a link conveyor (48) which is guided over two guide wheels and from which at least one clamping member projects at the corresponding strip section (6).

Abstract: A method for packaging a desk is described. The top, front, back, left side, and right side of the desk is covered with a plastic bag. A cord is placed around the top, front, bottom, and rear of the desk. A plurality of front and rear horizontal V-shaped cardboard strips are placed under the cord and onto the edges of the desk residing under the cord. The front and rear horizontal V-shaped cardboard strips are strapped in place. A cord is placed around the left-side, top, right side, and bottom of the desk. A plurality of side horizontal V-shaped cardboard strips are placed under the cord and onto the edges of the desk residing under the cord. The side horizontal V-shaped cardboard strips are strapped in place. A cord is placed around the left side, front, right side, and back of the desk. A plurality of vertical V-shaped cardboard strips are placed under the cord and onto the edges of the desk residing under the cord. The vertical V-shaped cardboard strips are strapped in place.

Abstract: A tape dispenser for taping a product. A lever unit is pivotally mounted in a frame, with a support for a roll of tape. A cutter head and a tape roller are carried by the lever unit, with the tape following a path from the initial roll of tape over the roller to the cutter head, with the adhesive side of the tape exposed and away from the components of the dispenser. The cutter head is pivotally mounted on the lever unit and a linkage or a rack and pinion provides for pivoting the cutter head from a tab folding position to a cutting position as tape is pulled from the roll, over the roller and onto the product. The taped product is cut from the remainder of the tape at the cutter thereby releasing the pulling force on the lever unit which returns to its original position producing slack in the tape which is folded over to produce the desired tab.

Abstract: A bundling device is disclosed for providing bundle units of waste paper or other articles. The device comprises (a) a quantity of serially dispensable, flexible, elongated ties of a length sufficient to encompass a stack of articles to be bundled, (b) means for maintaining the ties in a predetermined position relative to said stack of articles and, optionally, (c) an article-receiving receptacle with means (b) being attached to the base of the receptacle at a preselected site thereon and, optionally when said article-receiving receptacle (c) is provided, (d) means for attaching the terminal portions of ties (a) to a preselected site on the walls of the receptacle.

Abstract: A receiving cradle for the pre-packaging of items (e.g., stamp booklets) to be oriented in and then dispensed from a criss-cross stack. Initially, pairs of rubber bands are placed on the fixture in a preferred sequence, followed by the loading of alternately stacked booklets forming the criss-cross stack to ultimately be placed into the booklet dispenser equipment. When the prearranged criss-cross stack has been set into place, the operator sequentially draws the rubber bands from their pre-set positions over the opposed corners of the criss-cross stack. The result is an integral stack, rubber banded together, forming a criss-cross booklet package in preassembled form, ready for prompt loading into a dispenser mechanism.

Abstract: A cotton module is one type of a stack of agricultural produce. A tarp is specially folded and mounted on the back gate of a cotton module builder. As the module builder is moved off a completed module, the tarp is unrolled onto the top of the module. The tarp is tied down using ground cords, which extend along the ground underneath the module. The ground cord is mounted on spools on the side wall of the module and is placed under the side walls while the side walls are elevated upon the conclusion of a move from an old location to a new one. Then, when the module builder is lowered and the module is built, the ground cords are in place. The tarp's sides are vented.

Abstract: A horizontal baling apparatus including a horizontally reciprocally movable compression ram for compressing material into a totally enclosed baling chamber where the side and top walls of the baling chamber may be opened providing access thereto for wrapping of a formed bale. The side walls have two pairs of interengageable elements for locking and unlocking same with respect to the baling chamber. One of the interengageable elements of each pair is secured to one side wall and the other of the interengageable element of each pair is secured to a fluid-operated cylinder piston arrangement which in turn is secured to the other of said side walls. One of said pairs of interengageable elements is located adjacent the outer lower end of the side walls and the other pair of interengageable elements is located atop the side walls. Fluid control means are provided for sequential operation of the two cylinder piston arrangements for improved opening and closing procedures.

Abstract: A horizontal baling apparatus including a horizontally reciprocally movable compression ram for compressing material into a totally enclosed baling chamber which is defined by an end platen, a compression platen on the ram, a bottom wall, and movable side and top walls. The end platens and bottom wall are adapted to receive bagging material thereover, which is held secure during formation of the bale, after which the baling chamber may be opened by opening the side and top walls, and the bagging material wrapped substantially totally around the six bale sides while the bale is held under compression, and after which appropriate strapping may be applied around the wrapped bale, likewise while the bale is under compression.

Abstract: An apparatus for bundling short lengths of cylindrical items, such as firewood, the apparatus being formed of a frame for resting on the earth, with a semi-circular bottom rack rotatably supported by the frame about its horizontal axis and normally retained in an upper open position, a semi-circular top rack of the same internal dimensions removably attachable to the bottom rack to form, when the two parts are attached, a circular area in which firewood may be stacked and retained so that a band may be secured around the stacked wood, after which the semi-circular top rack may be removed, and means for rotating the bottom rack about its horizontal axis so that the banded cylindrical bundle of firewood can be removed from the rack.

Abstract: A baling apparatus and method utilizes a reciprocable ram which cooperates with a baling chamber having a fixed wall platen at one end and having movable side wall means which is locked in its closed wall forming position during baling strokes of the ram but which is movable to an open position so as to afford access to baled material thereby to facilitate enveloping the baled material with a bagging sheet on the ram and by another bagging sheet mounted on the fixed platen toward which and away from which the ram is movable during baling, the bagging sheet which is associated with the ram being arranged with its central portion overlying the baling face of the ram and with its peripheral portion disposed in a bagging chamber disposed about the periphery of the ram and having vertical and horizontal doors which during baling operations are closed but which are opened after a bale is formed in order to allow manual access to the bagging sheets whereby the bagging sheets are wrapped and tied about the baled mate

Abstract: A means for lessening the entanglement of a tubular extent of fabric by inserting a hoop into a collapsed stack of that fabric prior to its being subjected to processing steps which heretofore have resulted in the entanglement and knotting of tubular fabric to a hoop inserter; inserting a flexible length within the tubular fabric so that it extends outward from the two ends thereof; securing the distal ends of the flexible length outward of the tubular fabric extent so as to form a hoop; processing the tubular extent with the hoop in place; preferably in a porous bag; opening the hoop and securing one end to an anchor; and reorienting the tubular extent to a substantially planar flattened extent, employing the now opened hoop as a guide, and finally removing the opened hoop from the tubular fabric.

Abstract: A semiautomatic-automatic strapping machine can be used in the automatic system as well as in the semiautomatic system. An arch having an arch guide is fitted in a longitudinal gap of a table for its lower part and above said table for its arch part in the automatic system and said arch is disassembled and a band projection guide and a band inserting guide are fitted to said longitudinal gap of said table, at the position of said band projection guide front of said receiving part and said band inserting guide behind said receiving part in the semiautomatic system.

Abstract: In a package strapping tool of the pusher bar type a strap foot restrainer 59 pivoted at 49 to a frame 25 carrying a strap foot 47 is swung clockwise by double-acting auxiliary piston and cylinder assembly 63 from an open position, allowing strapping to be inserted laterally between a rotary dog 50 and strap foot 47, to a closed position (FIG. 4) in which a part 60 of the restrainer 59 engages the underside 61 of the strap foot 47 to support the strap foot 47 against the pressure of the rotary dog 50. In the closed position the restrainer 59 bears against a peg 68 on a carrier, also pivoted at 49 the frame 25, for the rotary dog 50 driven by an air motor 51 and urges the dog 50 against strapping overlying the strap foot 50.

Abstract: A package strapping tool of the fluid pressure operating type embodying tensioning means for tightening a loop of strapping around a package and joining means for securing together overlapped portions of the loop. The tensioning means and the joining means are operated by hydraulic or pneumatic means wherein the initiation of the joining operation is controlled through a time delay device the timing cycle of which is started by the application of fluid pressure to the tensioning means. The time delay device is preferably of a pneumatic or hydraulic type which uses for its own operation the fluid which is suppled under pressure to operate the tool. The time delay device is preferably adjustable whereby the cycle of the tool may be varied dependent upon circumstances and the timing cycle may be started by the supply of fluid pressure to the tensioning means.