# US 12,006,709 B2 · Binding machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,006,709 B2 - Document ID: US12006709B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/273,778 - Filed: 2019-09-05 - Published: 2021-10-14 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-07 - Assignees: Max Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Max Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri; Nobutaka Tashima; Shinpei Sugihara - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12006709B2 ## CPC - B21F 15/06: with additional connecting elements or material - 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 15/04: without additional connecting elements or material, e.g. by twisting - B25B 27/0035: {for motor-vehicles (wrenches for mounting or dismounting wheels B60B29/003)} - B25B 25/00: Implements for fastening, connecting or tensioning of wire or strip - B65B 13/025: {Hand-held tools} - B65B 13/04: with means for guiding the binding material around the articles prior to severing from supply - B65B 13/28: by twisting - 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) - 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 - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) ## Abstract A binding machine includes a body part, a feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a first guide extending in a first direction from an end portion on one side of the body part, configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and having a first induction part provided on a tip end-side in the first direction, a second guide spaced from the first guide with an interval, in which a binding object is inserted, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and a twisting unit configured to twist the wire. The first induction part is constituted by a surface inclined in a direction in which the interval between the first guide and the second guide decreases from a tip end-side toward a base end-side of the first induction part in the first direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A binding machine comprising: a body part; a feeding unit configured to feed a wire; a first guide extending in a first direction from an end portion on one side of the body part, configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and having a first induction part for inducting a binding object provided on a tip end-side in the first direction; a second guide spaced from the first guide with an interval, in which the binding object is inserted, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit; and a twisting unit configured to twist the wire guided by the first guide and the second guide, wherein the first induction part is constituted by a surface inclined in a direction in which the interval between the first guide and the second guide decreases from a tip end-side toward a base end-side of the first induction part in the first direction, wherein the first guide includes a groove having a guide surface with which the wire is in sliding contact and a regulation member configured to curl the wire, wherein a part of the regulation member protrudes toward the guide surface, wherein the entirety of the first induction part is provided on a further tip end-side than an end portion of the groove on the tip end-side of the first guide, wherein an inclination angle of the first induction part relative to an axis line of the twisting unit is equal to or larger than 6° and equal to or smaller than 45°, and wherein the first guide comprises a guide arm configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and wherein the first induction part is detachably mounted to the guide arm. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The binding machine according to claim 1, wherein a length of the first guide in the first direction is equal to or smaller than 110 mm. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The binding machine according to claim 1, further comprising a first visible part for enabling a position of the first guide to be visually recognized via the body part from an opposite side to the first guide. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The binding machine according to claim 3, wherein the first visible part protrudes further outward than an outer shape of the body part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The binding machine according to claim 4, wherein the first visible part is provided on a base end-side of the first guide and protrudes in the second direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The binding machine according to claim 1, further comprising a second visible part capable of aligning a direction of the first guide with respect to the binding object. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The binding machine according to claim 1, further comprising a second induction part positioned on a side on which the second guide is provided, and configured to guide the binding object between the first guide and the second guide. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The binding machine according to claim 7, further comprising a third guide provided on a tip end-side of the second guide, wherein the second induction part is provided to the third guide. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The binding machine according to claim 8, wherein the second induction part is constituted by providing a surface along which an interval between the third guide and the first guide decreases from a tip end of the third guide toward the tip end-side of the second guide. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The binding machine according to claim 1, wherein the first guide comprises a protrusion protruding in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The binding machine according to claim 10, wherein the first guide comprises a guide arm configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and a cover part configured to cover the guide arm, and wherein the cover part is provided with the protrusion.