摘要 |
A strapping machine particularly adapted for strapping unstable stacks of magazines and the like includes a means for positive pushing of the unstable stack into position at the strapping station by sliding the stack over a surface having a low coefficient of friction. At the strapping station, a compactor compresses the stack and a strap is automatically applied around the stack. Then, a pusher bar moves to contact the rearward end of the stack and to remove the strapped stack from the strapping station. Bundle stops which are used to properly position the unstrapped stack in the strapping station are mechanically linked to the pusher bar to retract when the pusher bar is used to move the strapped bundle from the strapping station. These bundle stops automatically reposition themselves so that this machine is ready to receive another unstrapped stack.
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