摘要 |
An apparatus for tightening and securing banding material about an article within predetermined tension limits, including a housing for receiving and guiding the banding material, a drive for incrementally advancing the banding material about the article, a first gripper for securing the banding material as it is being incrementally advanced, a slip clutch for precisely determining when the predetermined tension of the banding material about the article is reached, a second gripper for locking and maintaining the banding material about the article, a drive motor, and a ratchet mechanism driven from the drive motor through the slip clutch for reciprocating the first gripper.
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