Method and apparatus for removing straps from strapped articles such as piles of signatures and similar articles which are strapped together

摘要

The straps (R) are gripped between two counter-rotating rollers (11, 12), cut by an oscillating blade (22), and then advanced into a cylindrical recess (26) to cause them to be coiled up. After they have been coiled up, straps of thermofusible material are heated locally (27) to cause adhesion between adjacent turns. The coiled straps (R) thus retain a substantially stable coiled position and can be ejected from the apparatus.