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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1993
Viktor Kurmis, Pinneberg, DE;
Bowthorpe plc, Crawley, GB;
Abstract
Tool for binding an object by means of a strip, which has a strip tongue and a strip lock with a strip opening which receives the free end of the strip tongue. The tool comprises a lock holder and a loop guide, which originates from the lock holder, returns thereto and can be opened and closed, for guiding the strip around the object to be bound. Furthermore, the tool comprises a slide for feeding the strip into a position in which the strip tongue is located in the loop guide, and the lock is located in the lock holder. According to the invention, the lock holder is at least partially formed by the slide. In consequence, other holding parts having associated drive and control means are superfluous for fixed enclosure of the lock in the holder. The part of the lock holder which is arranged on the slide may have a guide for the free strip end which enters into the lock holder region from the loop guide. In consequence, it is possible to arrange the lock holder directly on the circular circumference which is available for retaining the object to be bound.