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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1992
Filed:
May. 24, 1990
Heinrich Glaus, Niederwangen, CH;
Peter Lehmann, Kirchdorf, CH;
Hans Joehr, Kehrsatz, CH;
Rene Freiburghaus, Bern, CH;
Styner & Bienz AG, Niederwangen, CH;
Abstract
In a method for connecting at least two rods, wherein a binding apparatus, which is provided with a rotatable hook member, seizes a wire loop, which extends around the rods, and twists the loop during a pulling movement. The wire clamp or clip which has leg portion ends provided with locking means is brought around the rods to be connected in such a manner that, when viewed from the hook member the locking means are brought into engagement with each other behind the rods, and the closed wire clamp in front of the rods is seized by the hook member of the binding apparatus and twisted. The device is required for this purpose includes a binding apparatus which has a slide member connected to a displaceable gripping member for the forward advancement of the wire clamp and closing jaws which are adapted to bring the locking members on the wire clamp into engagement behind the rods to be connected. In this method and with this device, it is possible to achieve a connection between two reinforcement steel roeds in one working operation, by a forward-pushing movement and a backward-pulling movement, so as to eliminate the complicated process of inserting the binding wire behind the rods to be connected. This method in particular, considerably facilitates the work on the ground. The method also permits less specialized personnel to be used and, in addition, is quicker than conventional methods.