ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,261, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP LLC (Tampa, Fla.).
"Strapping apparatus" was invented by Mirco Neeser (Ehrendingen, Switzerland), Dimitrios Takidis (Dubendorf, Switzerland) and Andreas Keller (Birr, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strapping apparatus for strapping articles with a strapping band having a tensioning device for imparting a band tension to a loop of the strapping band, the tensioning device including a driveable tensioning element provided for engaging the strapping band to impart a band tension. The strapping apparatus including a connecting device for generating a permanent...