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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2023
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Federico Cabrele, Piazzola, IT;
Michele Sala, Montevecchia, IT;
Lorenzo Altarino, Padua, IT;
Michele Lucon, Padua, IT;
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A tool for tensioning and severing a cable tie comprising, inter alia, a reel magazine assembly, configured to retainingly receive at least one cable strap reel and provide for a spring-biased rotation of said at least one cable strap reel about a cable strap reel center axis, wherein said spring-biased rotation is directed so as to wind up a cable tie strap coiled up onto said cable strap reel; a feeder guide mechanism, provided within said barrel portion, configured to guidingly receive an end portion of said cable tie strap of said cable strap reel and move said cable tie strap from said cable strap reel through said barrel portion towards said distal housing end portion, but prevent movement of said cable tie strap back towards said cable strap reel; a locking heads magazine assembly, configured to store a plurality of locking heads and supply one locking head at the time for use with said cable tie strap, and a blade guard, operably coupled between said cut-off mechanism and said locking heads magazine assembly, configured to receive and move said locking head from said locking heads magazine assembly into a loading position, ready for engagement with said cable tie strap.