| US 7,565,789 B2 | ||
| Banding machine | ||
| William Lucas, 1596 Churchill Street, Chambly, Quebec J3L 4C3 (Canada); and Mario Lalancette, Chambly (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to William Lucas, Chanbly, Quebec (Canada) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 10, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/973,728. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2563247 (CA), filed on Oct. 11, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0086987 A1, Apr. 17, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65B 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 53—582 [100/9] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A lobster banding machine comprising:
a tube feeder for feeding a tube of elastic material;
a guillotine assembly, said guillotine assembly being operative to cut individual elastic bands from said tube material;
a funnel to receive elastic bands from said guillotine assembly, said funnel changing from an oval to a circular configuration
in the direction of advancement of the elastic bands; and
a gripping assembly for receiving said elastic bands from said funnel comprising first and second arms, a drive motor for
pivotably driving each of said arms, and a finger mechanism mounted at a distal end of each of said arms, means for axially
moving each of said fingers between a retracted position and an extended position.
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