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Device for bundling flat flexible objects

  • US 3,991,541 A
  • Filed: 10/11/1974
  • Issued: 11/16/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A bundling machine for flat flexible objects which comprises:

  • a frame;

    a pair of horizontally slideable portions within said frame defining the bottom of a storage space;

    tape guiding means for guiding a pair of tapes across the bottom of said storage space, the ends of said tapes being adhered one to the other;

    means for delivering a plurality of said objects to said storage space forming a pile of objects;

    means for causing said slideable portions to move apart allowing said pile of objects to move downward and including means for moving said slideable portions together again over said pile of objects causing said tapes to form a loop around said pile of objects;

    adhering and severing means for severing said loop from said tapes, adhering the ends of said loop, whereby said pile of objects is bundled, and adhering the ends of said severed tapes; and

    clamping means for clamping said pile of objects against the bottom of said slideable portions before the ends of said loop are adhered.

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