Patent · US Expired

Reinforcing bar binding machine, wire reel, wire, and method of determining kind of wire

US7866597B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 27, 2005
Grant dateJan 11, 2011
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S242/912
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A reinforcement binding machine (1), comprising a wire reel storage part (3) having a rotation detection lever (8) and a photo sensor (7). When a wire reel is rotated in starting binding, the rotation detection lever is turned on and off by a projected part formed on the side face of the wire reel to detect the rotation, and the photo sensor detects a reflection mark on the wire reel to discriminate the type of the wire by a mark number so as to control torsional torque, etc. Since wire information is detected in binding operation when the wire reel is rotated at a high speed not in initialization operation (in setting the wire) when the wire reel is rotated at a low speed, the swing amount of the rotation detection lever is large and, accordingly, the wire information can be securely detected.

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