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AssigneeThomas & Betts International, Inc.
InventorsTimothy K. Coates, Preston M. Eason, Paul J. Bartholomew, Julio F. Rodrigues, John J. Students
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An improved cable tie dispensing apparatus includes a cutting and feeding apparatus which advances and severs a cable tie from an elongate strip of cables ties for delivery to an automatic cable tie installation tool. The cutting and feeding apparatus provides an elongate platform for supporting a cable tie strip therealong and a severing location adjacent one end of the platform which is defined to support one cable tie. An alignment pilot is supported adjacent the severing location and is movable towards the severing location so as to separate the supported cable tie from the strip to which it is connected. The alignment pilot includes a punch for severing the web between adjacent cable ties upon movement of the pilot toward the severing location. A firing chamber is included which has an open face for insertion of a single cable tie therein. The open face is sealably closed by movement of the pilot toward the severing location. In this manner, a single cable tie is separated from the web and almost instantaneously positioned for delivery to an installation tool.
A dispensing apparatus for severing a cable tie from a bandolier of interconnected cable ties and thereafter transferring said severed cable tie to a cable tie installation tool, said apparatus comprising:
A dispensing apparatus for advancing and severing a cable tie from an elongate strip of adjacent side-by-side cable ties interconnected by a web and for delivering severed cable ties to a cable tie installation tool, said apparatus comprising:
A method for advancing and severing a cable tie from a strip of side-by-side cable ties interconnected by a web and for delivering said severed cable tie to a cable tie installation tool comprising the steps of:
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