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US 5,467,804 AGranted
Wire twister-cutter assembly
AssigneeL&P Property Management Company
InventorsAlbert Kupferschmidt, John Wiedel
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Abstract
There is disclosed an assembly mountable as a unit in a wire-tieing machine, including a bearing block in which a twister pinion is rotatably disposed. Wire restraining yoke members and cooperating cutter members are mounted to opposite ends of the bearing block.
Claims12
An assembly for use in a wire-tieing machine comprising:
- a base member having a bearing bore therethrough and a wire receiving side slot intersecting said bore, a wire-twister pinion rotatably disposed in said bore and having a wire receiving side slot therein for receiving first and second wire portions in side-by-side relationship for twisting about each other upon rotation of said pinion, members respectively mounted on opposite ends of said base member by mounting screws extending into said base member for resisting twisting of the wires around each other at said opposite ends of said base member, and first and second cutter members shiftably mounted on said opposite ends of said base member outwardly of said members for respectively cutting said first and second wire portions, said assembly being mountable as a unit in, and removable as a unit from, said wire-tieing machine.
An assembly mountable as a unit in a wire-tieing machine comprising:
- a one-piece bearing block having a bearing bore of uniform diameter therein, a twister pinion including a journal portion and a tooth gear portion rotatably mounted in said bore, said pinion and said bearing block having side slots therein for receiving adjacent first and second portions of wire to be twisted, yoke members respectively secured to opposite ends of said bearing block by mounting screws extending into said bearing block for receiving and restraining said wire portions, and cutter members respectively mounted against said yoke members, one of said cutter members having a first cutting edge disposed for cutting said first wire portion, and the other of said cutter members having a second cutting edge disposed for cutting said second wire portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.