# US 11,898,359 B2 · Binding machine

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- Number: US 11,898,359 B2
- Document ID: US11898359B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/721,132
- 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: Yusuke Yoshida; Shigeki Shindou; Kenichi Arai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11898359B2

## 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)}
- B21F 7/00: Twisting wire; Twisting wire together (for connections of limited size B21F15/04)
- B25B 25/00: Implements for fastening, connecting or tensioning of wire or strip
- 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
- B21F: WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE (rolling of metal wire B21B1/16; by drawing, auxiliary operations used in connection with metal-working without essentially removing material B21C)
- B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING

## Abstract

A binding machine includes: a wire feeder; a binding part configured to twist the wire wound around the object to be bound; a curl guide configured to curl the wire fed by the wire feeder; and an draw-in guide configured to guide the wire curled by the curl guide to the binding part, in which the draw-in guide includes a guiding facilitation part that comes into contact with the wire from a radially outer side of a loop that is formed by the wire curled by the curl guide, and applies, to the wire, a force that changes a feeding path of the wire, and a guiding concave portion, provided on a downstream side of the guiding facilitation part in a feeding direction of the wire, into which the wire, expanding toward the radially outer side of the loop, enters.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A binding machine comprising:
a wire feeder including a pair of rotatable members that rotate while holding a wire therebetween to feed the wire, the wire being wound around an object to be bound;
a binding part including a clamp and a rotating shaft, the clamp locking the wire wound around the object to be bound, and the rotating shaft rotating the clamp locking the wire;
a curl guide arranged along a looped path of the wire fed by the wire feeder; and
a draw-in guide configured to guide the wire curled by the curl guide to the binding part,
wherein the draw-in guide includes
a first guide being a pair of side surface portions that restrict an axial position of a loop formed by the wire curled by the curl guide,
a second guide that restricts a radial position of the loop formed by the wire, the second guide being a bottom surface portion that connects the pair of side surface portions,
a guiding facilitation part that comes into contact with the wire from a radially outer side of the loop that is formed by the wire curled by the curl guide, and applies, to the wire, a force that changes a feeding path of the wire, the guiding facilitation part being located on the bottom surface portion, and
a guiding concave portion, provided on a downstream side of the guiding facilitation part in a feeding direction of the wire, into which the wire, expanding toward the radially outer side of the loop, enters, and
wherein the guiding facilitation part includes a convex portion provided on an open end of the draw-in guide and protruding from the bottom surface portion in a direction toward the curl guide, the open end being opened in a space surrounded by the pair of side surface portions and the bottom surface portion and being configured to allow the wire to enter therethrough.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The binding machine according to claim 1, wherein
the draw-in guide is provided with a converging path in which a distance between the pair of side surface portions is narrowed along an entry direction of the wire from an open end into which the wire fed by the wire feeder and curled by the curl guide enters, and
the guiding facilitation part is provided closer to the open end than a center of the bottom surface portion along the feeding direction of the wire.

### Claim 3

A binding machine comprising:
a wire feeder including a pair of rotatable members that rotate while holding a wire therebetween to feed the wire, the wire being wound around an object to be bound;
a binding part including a clamp and a rotating shaft, the clamp locking the wire wound around the object to be bound, and the rotating shaft rotating the clamp locking the wire;
a curl guide arranged along a looped path of the wire fed by the wire feeder; and
a draw-in guide configured to guide the wire curled by the curl guide to the binding part,
wherein the draw-in guide includes
a guiding facilitation part that comes into contact with the wire from a radially outer side of the loop that is formed by the wire curled by the curl guide, and applies, to the wire, a force that changes a feeding path of the wire,
a guiding concave portion, provided on a downstream side of the guiding facilitation part in a feeding direction of the wire, into which the wire, expanding toward the radially outer side of the loop, enters, and
wherein the guiding facilitation part includes a rotating member which the wire is able to contact with.