Hand tool for forming and applying wire ties

Apparatus for forming and applying a twisted wire loop, including;

• a barrel assembly having a distal end;
• a yoke assembly extending distally from said distal end, said yoke assembly including means for forming a half-loop of wire about an object, said half-loop including first and second wire legs extending from a medial curved portion;
• means for twisting said first and second legs to form a closed loop about the object;
• said means for forming including a wire guide groove extending in said yoke and having a curvature substantially similar to said half-loop, and means for feeding a continuous segment of wire into said guide groove to impart said curvature to said segment of wire;
• said means for twisting including a wire twisting tool, and first and second slots formed in said tool and disposed to engage respective first and second legs of said half-loop;
• means for rotating said tool about an axis;
• said distal end of said barrel includes a fixed slot extending therein and disposed transverse to said axis.

Apparatus for forming and applying a twisted wire loop, including:

• means for forming a half-loop of wire about an object, said half-loop including two adjacent wire legs extending from a medial curved portion;
• means for twisting said two wire legs to form a closed loop about the object, said means for twisting including a wire twisting tool, and a pair of slots formed in said tool, each of said pair of slots adapted to engage one leg to said half-loop;
• means for rotating said tool about an axis,
• said slots being formed to curve inwardly toward said axis;
• means for constraining like protins of said wire legs to remain in a common plane while said twisting tool is rotated to twist other portions of said wire legs about said axis.

Apparatus for forming and applying a twisted wire loop, including;

• a barrel assembly having a distal end;
• a yoke assembly extending distally from said distal end, said yoke assembly including means for forming a half-loop of wire about an object, said half-loop including first and second wire legs extending from a medial curved portion;
• means for twisting said first and second legs to form a closed loop about the object;
• said means for twisting including a wire twisting tool, and first and second slots formed in said tool and disposed to engage respective first and second legs of said half-loop;
• means for rotating said tool about an axis;
• said distal end of said barrel including a fixed slot extending therein and disposed transverse to said axis, said first and second legs extending through said fixed slot.

Apparatus for forming and applying a twisted wire loop, including;

• a barrel assembly having a distal end;
• a yoke assembly extending distally from said distal end, said yoke assembly including means for forming a half-loop of wire about an object, said half-loop including first and second wire legs extending from a medial curved portion;
• means for twisting said first and second legs to form a closed loop about the object;
• a gap defined between said yoke assembly and said distal end;
• means for feeding a continuous segment of wire through said means for forming a half-loop, said wire traversing said gap;
• means for reciprocally translating from said yoke assembly across said gap and conducting said wire to traverse said gap.