Cable tie tool

A tool for tensioning and severing a cable tie, the tool comprising:

• a housing including:
• a barrel portion extending between a distal housing end portion and a proximal housing end portion along a longitudinal axis, and
• a handle portion extending away from the barrel portion in a direction different than the longitudinal axis;
• a trigger mechanism connected to the handle portion;
• a tension mechanism including a pawl link slidably movable in the barrel portion, and positioned to grippingly engage the cable tie and apply tension to a tie tail of the cable tie;
• a locking mechanism in the barrel portion, operably coupled with the tension mechanism, and positioned to stop operation of and lock the tension mechanism at a predetermined tension of the tie tail;
• a cut-off mechanism in the barrel portion, operably coupled with the locking mechanism, and positioned to cut the tie tail when the locking mechanism is lockingly actuated;
• a reel magazine assembly positioned to receive a cable strap reel and enable rotation of the cable strap reel about a cable strap reel center axis;
• a feeder guide mechanism in the barrel portion and positioned to receive an end portion of the cable tie strap of the cable strap reel and move the cable tie strap from the cable strap reel through the barrel portion towards the distal housing end portion, but prevent movement of the cable tie strap back towards the cable strap reel;
• a locking heads magazine assembly positioned to store a plurality of locking heads and supply one locking head at a time for use with the cable tie strap;
• and
• a blade guard operably coupled between the cut-off mechanism and the locking heads magazine assembly and positioned to receive and move the locking head from the locking heads magazine assembly into a loading position ready for engagement with the cable tie strap.