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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2011
Peter John Crichton, Wheaton, IL (US);
Monte Douglas Tweten, Stanwood, WA (US);
Thomas Peterson, Algonquin, IL (US);
James Davidson, St. Charles, IL (US);
Alan Zantout, Sycamore, IL (US);
Ganapathi Balasubrahmanyam, Mumbai, IN;
John Desouza, Mumbai, IN;
Paritosh Singh, Surat, IN;
Alok Kulkarni, Navi-Mumbai, IN;
Puneetkumar Birla, Pune, IN;
Manish B. Patil, Virar, IN;
Raveesha Shettigara, Karnataka, IN;
Sachin Seth, Maharastra, IN;
Vinodkumar Shrawan Shirsath, Maharastra, IN;
Sampat Namdeo Dighe, Maharastra, IN;
Vikas Mali, Mumbai, IN;
Peter John Crichton, Wheaton, IL (US);
Monte Douglas Tweten, Stanwood, WA (US);
Thomas Peterson, Algonquin, IL (US);
James Davidson, St. Charles, IL (US);
Alan Zantout, Sycamore, IL (US);
Ganapathi Balasubrahmanyam, Mumbai, IN;
John Desouza, Mumbai, IN;
Paritosh Singh, Surat, IN;
Alok Kulkarni, Navi-Mumbai, IN;
Puneetkumar Birla, Pune, IN;
Manish B. Patil, Virar, IN;
Raveesha Shettigara, Karnataka, IN;
Sachin Seth, Maharastra, IN;
Vinodkumar Shrawan Shirsath, Maharastra, IN;
Sampat Namdeo Dighe, Maharastra, IN;
Vikas Mali, Mumbai, IN;
Ideal Industries, Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);
Abstract
A system includes a knot tying device for tying a filament in a knot around an article and a filament delivery device from which is drawn the filament. The filament delivery device may be in the form of a cartridge having a housing sized and arranged to be releasably attached to the knot tying device where the housing has an opening through which pre-cut or loosely coupled lengths of the filament can be drawn. The knot tying device includes a shuttle attachable to the filament where the shuttle is caused to be moved during a knot tying process around an article to be tied and a device for at least pulling the filament away from the article at appropriate times during the knot tying process.