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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1997
Edward Paul Dyer, Germantown, WI (US);
William Karl Lueschen, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Tyton Hellermann Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A handheld tool for installing flexible metal ties includes a gun-shaped housing having a grip and a barrel portion. When a trigger adjacent the grip is squeezed, a tensioning and cutoff mechanism in the barrel tensions the tie and cuts it off after a predetermined tension is achieved. In order to achieve the substantially higher tensions that are desirable in metal, rather than plastic, ties, the barrel portion of the housing is reinforced with a member that surrounds the forward portion of the barrel portion. The reinforcing member is preferably formed of a rigid member and stiffens the barrel portion of the housing to enable it to resist the tensioning forces applied to the metal tie by the tensioning and cutoff mechanism.