# US 11,898,358 B2 · Binding machine

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- Number: US 11,898,358 B2
- Document ID: US11898358B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/720,842
- Filed: 2022-04-14
- Published: 2022-10-20
- Granted: 2024-02-13
- Earliest claimed: 2021-04-16
- Assignees: Max Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Max Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Kouichirou Morimura; Yusuke Yoshida; Makoto Kosuge; Tetsuro Fukuda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11898358B2

## CPC

- E04G 21/123: {Wire twisting tools (bundling articles by twisting, e.g. wire B65B13/28; bundling rods, sticks, or like elongated objects with, e.g. wire B65B27/10; tying devices for hops, vines or trees with, e.g. wire A01G17/08)}
- B25B 25/00: Implements for fastening, connecting or tensioning of wire or strip
- B25B 28/00: Portable power-driven joining or separation tools (B25B21/00 takes precedence)
- E04G: SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
- B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING

## Abstract

A binding machine includes a wire feeder, a curl forming part, a cutter, and a binding part configured to twist the wire wound on the object and cut by the cutter. The binding part includes a wire locking body to which the wire is locked; a rotating shaft configured to operate the wire locking body; and a wire holding part including a first member and a second member. The wire holding part is configured to bend the wire wound on the object in an axial direction of the rotating shaft by the relative movement of the first member and the second member approaching each other, and to hold the wire. The cutter is provided in a wire feeding path between the wire feeder and the wire holding part, and is configured to cut the wire after the wire is held by the wire holding part.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A binding machine comprising:
a wire feeder configured to feed a wire;
a curl forming part making a path for looping the wire fed by the wire feeder in one direction around an object to be bound;
a cutter configured to cut the wire fed by the wire feeder in another direction opposite to the one direction and wound on the object to be bound; and
a binding part configured to twist the wire wound on the object to be bound and cut by the cutter,
wherein the binding part includes:
a wire locking body to which the wire is locked;
a rotating shaft configured to operate the wire locking body; and
a wire holding part including a first member and a second member relatively movable in a direction of approaching each other and in a direction of separating away from each other, wherein the wire holding part is configured to bend the wire, which is fed by the wire feeder in the another direction and wound on the object to be bound, in an axial direction of the rotating shaft by the relative movement of the first member and the second member approaching each other, and to hold the wire,
wherein the wire holding part is configured to bend and hold a part of the wire on another end side of the wire opposite to a leading end side with respect to a loop of the wire around the object to be bound, and
wherein the cutter is provided in a wire feeding path between the wire feeder and the wire holding part, and is configured to cut the wire after the wire is held by the wire holding part.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The binding machine according to claim 1, wherein the wire holding part is configured to hold the wire with the first member and the second member at least in a direction along the axial direction of the rotating shaft.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The binding machine according to claim 2, wherein the wire holding part is configured to hold the wire with the first member and the second member in a further direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the rotating shaft.

### Claim 4

A binding machine comprising:
a wire feeder configured to feed a wire;
a curl forming part making a path for looping the wire fed by the wire feeder in one direction around an object to be bound;
a cutter configured to cut the wire fed by the wire feeder in another direction opposite to the one direction and wound on the object to be bound; and
a binding part configured to twist the wire wound on the object to be bound and cut by the cutter,
wherein the binding part includes:
a wire locking body to which the wire is locked;
a rotating shaft configured to operate the wire locking body; and
a wire holding part including a first member and a second member relatively movable in a direction of approaching each other and in a direction of separating away from each other, wherein the wire holding part is configured to bend the wire, which is fed by the wire feeder in the another direction and wound on the object to be bound, in an axial direction of the rotating shaft by the relative movement of the first member and the second member approaching each other, and to hold the wire,
wherein the cutter is provided in a wire feeding path between the wire feeder and the wire holding part, and is configured to cut the wire after the wire is held by the wire holding part,
wherein the wire locking body includes:
a linear movement rotating member movable in the axial direction of the rotating shaft while also being rotatable together with the rotating shaft; and
at least a pair of locking members relatively movable in a direction of approaching each other and in a direction of separating away from each other, with a movement of the linear movement rotating member in which the linear movement rotating member moves in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and
wherein the wire holding part is configured such that the first member is provided on the locking member, and the second member is provided on the linear movement rotating member.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The binding machine according to claim 1, wherein the wire locking body includes:
a fixed locking member;
a first open and close locking member movable in a direction of approaching the fixed locking member and in a direction of separating away from the fixed locking member; and
a second open and close locking member movable in a direction of approaching the fixed locking member and in a direction of separating away from the fixed locking member,
wherein the wire fed by the wire feeder is passed between the first open and close locking member and the fixed locking member, and the wire formed with a winding curl by the curl forming part is passed between the second open and close locking member and the fixed locking member, and
at the same time as the second open and close locking member starts moving in the direction of approaching the fixed locking member, or after the second open and close locking member starts moving in the direction of approaching the fixed locking member, and before the wire is locked between the second open and close locking member and the fixed locking member, the first open and close locking member starts moving in the direction of approaching the fixed locking member.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The binding machine according to claim 1, wherein the wire feeder is configured to feed two wires in parallel, and the object to be bound is bound by the two wires.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The binding machine according to claim 6, wherein the wire holding part includes a first wire holding part that holds one of the two wires, and a second wire holding part that holds another one of the two wires, and
a timing at which the first wire holding part starts holding the one wire differs from a timing at which the second wire holding part starts holding the another wire.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The binding machine according to claim 6, wherein a timing at which the cutter starts cutting the one wire differs from a timing at which the cutter starts cutting the another wire.

### Claim 9

A binding machine comprising:
a wire feeder configured to feed a wire;
a curl forming part making a path for looping the wire fed by the wire feeder in one direction around an object to be bound;
a cutter configured to cut the wire fed by the wire feeder in another direction opposite to the one direction and wound on the object to be bound; and
a binding part configured to twist the wire wound on the object to be bound and cut by the cutter,
wherein the binding part includes:
a wire locking body to which the wire is locked;
a rotating shaft configured to operate the wire locking body; and
a wire holding part including a first member and a second member relatively movable in a direction of approaching each other and in a direction of separating away from each other, wherein the wire holding part is configured to bend the wire, which is fed by the wire feeder in the another direction and wound on the object to be bound, in an axial direction of the rotating shaft by the relative movement of the first member and the second member approaching each other, and to hold the wire,
wherein the cutter is provided in a wire feeding path between the wire feeder and the wire holding part, and is configured to cut the wire after the wire is held by the wire holding part,
wherein the wire feeder is configured to feed two wires in parallel, and the object to be bound is bound by the two wires,
wherein the wire holding part includes a first wire holding part that holds one of the two wires, and a second wire holding part that holds another one of the two wires,
a timing at which the first wire holding part starts holding the one wire differs from a timing at which the second wire holding part starts holding the another wire,
wherein the wire holding part is configured such that, the timing at which the first wire holding part starts holding the one wire is earlier than the timing at which the second wire holding part starts holding the another wire, and
wherein the cutter is configured such that, the timing at which the cutter starts cutting the one wire is earlier than the timing at which the cutter starts cutting the another wire, and before the timing at which the second wire holding part starts holding the another wire.