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US 9,694,924 B2Granted
Cable tie tensioning and cut-off tool
AssigneeHellermannTyton Corporation
InventorsTravis J. Myers, Edward P. Dyer
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Abstract
A hand held tool for the tensioning and severing of cable ties, including reciprocating means for tensioning the cable tie tail, locking means to prevent further tensioning upon the attainment of a preselected tension level in the tie tail, and severing means to sever the tie tail from the cable tie head.
Claims10
A tool for tensioning and severing an elongate cable tie, said tie having a tie head portion and tie tail portion, the tool including:
- a pistol-shaped housing including a handle portion and a barrel portion;
- an elongate trigger extending downwardly from the barrel portion, forwardly of the handle portion and displaceable toward and away from the handle portion;
- a locking mechanism;
- a tensioning mechanism the barrel portion operable to engage a tie and apply tension to the tie in response to movement of the trigger toward the handle portion;
- a cutoff mechanism in the barrel portion operable to cut off the tie when the locking mechanism stops tie tensioning;
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- a tension adjustment system having a rotating cam coupled to a tension adjustment knob, and wherein said rotating cam includes tessellated portions adapted to engage corresponding splines on said tension adjustment knob, and wherein said rotating cam further includes a threaded portion adapted to threadingly engage a fixed cam and its housing.
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