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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Keijiro Murayama, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Kusakari, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Syuichi Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Max Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a reinforcement binding machine in which a wire feed device feeds externally therefrom a wire for binding reinforcements and the wire fed out by the wire feed device is bent in a loop shape by a guide part, a twisting-and-tightening mechanism comprises: a pair of hooks being capable of opening and closing, for gripping in part the wire wound around the reinforcements in the loop shape; a driver for rotating the hooks in a direction to twist the wire gripped and for selectively moving the hooks toward or apart from the reinforcements with the wire wound therearound; and a coil spring for urging the hooks such that the hooks are normally spaced apart from the reinforcements.