METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR BUNDLING ELONGATE ARTICLES

摘要

A number of elongate articles (F) such as slide fasteners are placed on a length of a band web (T) supplied on a bundle tray (11). Free and opposite ends of the length of the band web (T) are gripped by a gripper mechanism (33) with the length surrounding the elongate articles (F). End portions of the length are then ultrasonically fused together by an ultrasonic horn (40) and an anvil (23). The opposite end of the length as it is gripped by the gripper mechanism (32) is cut off by a cutter mechanism (39) to form a band (t) bundling the elongate article (F). The elongate articles (F) bundled by the band (t) are then discharged by the bundle tray (11).