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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1994
Steven D Clements, Nanuet, NY (US);
Thomas O Jacobsen, Midland Park, NJ (US);
Ben Clements & Sons, Inc., South Hackensack, NJ (US);
Abstract
A twist tie device for twisting together the ends of the tie ribbon and encircling an article which is positioned therein for tying is provided. The device includes a feed element for feeding the tie ribbon in the device to the article. An arm is provided for guilding the tie ribbon around the article. A twist head, connected to a rod, is provided for tightening the tie ribbon around the article. A gear assembly is provided for rotating and driving the twist head and for driving tie ribbon feed element. A cylinder with a rod plunger, forming an actuator, is coupled to the gear assembly. In response to a control signal, the actuator moves in a first direction between a start position, a first position and a second position. When the actuator moves from a start position to a first position, it makes contact with the arm so that the arm partially wraps the tie ribbon around the article. The actuator then moves to a second position and drives the gear assembly so that the twist head tightens the tie ribbon around the article. The actuator then returns to a start position driving the gearing assembly to feed the ribbon in the device for a next twisting cycle. The twist tie device is easy to handle, light weight, portable, simple in construction and easy to clean.