US1328423A

US1328423A - Wire-binding tool

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Publication number: US1328423A
Application number: US225911A
Authority: US
Inventors: Davies Llewellyn
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1918-04-01
Filing date: 1918-04-01
Publication date: 1920-01-20
Anticipated expiration: 1937-01-20

Description

L. DAVIES.

WIRE BINDING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED APR.1.1918.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

IN VEN TOR BY A TTORNE Y5 WITNESS LLEVJELLYN DAVIES, 0F SISSON, CALIFORNIA.

WIRE-BINDING- TOOL.

Application filed Apri1 1, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LLEWELLYN DAVIES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sisson, Siskiyou county, State of California, have invented a certain new and useful lVire-Binding Tool, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a tool for drawing a binding wire taut on a package or bundle and for securing the ends of the wire together.

An object of the invention is to provide a hand tool for securing a taut binding wire to a package or bundle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hand tool provided with means for drawing the wire taut and clamping the ends together, so that they may be readily twisted together and with means for subsequently cutting the wires adjacent the twist.

The invention possesses other advantageous features, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth at length in the following description, where I shall outline in full, that form of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification. In said drawings 1 have shown one form of the tool of my invention and a modification thereof, but it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to such forms, since the invention as expressed in the claims may be embodied in a plurality of forms.

Referring to said drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of one form of tool of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the upper jaw.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the lower aw and the superposed cutting jaw.

Fig. 4 is a side view of a modified form of tool.

The tool of my invention is particularly useful in tying together bunches of shooks or similar or comparable articles. Shooks are ordinarily fastened together by wrapping a wire around the bunch and the object of my invention is to provide a hand tool which may be operated to pull the wire tight before the ends are twisted together and cut, and to provide means for twisting and cutting the wire. The tool comprises a plurality of levers suitably fulcrumed together which are provided with jaws for gripping the mm and pulling it tlght, hold- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 225,911.

ing it so that a rotation of the tool in the hands will twist the wire, and cutting the wire by the application of increased pressure. Secured to or formed integral with the lever 2, is a jaw 3 which is provided with means for holding the end of the wire. Formed in the body of the jaw 3 is a downwardly-inclined hole 4 and formed in the lower face of the jaw is a groove 5 which curves upward to meet the hole on the rear face of the jaw. The end of the wire 6 is inserted in the hole and the wire is bent through the groove and then upward,

whence it passes over the top of the package to be tied. By forming the jaw in this mannor, the wire is prevented from becoming detached therefrom.

Fulcrumed to the lever 2, preferably at a point intermediate the ends of the lever 2, is a lever '7 which is provided at its end with an integral or removable jaw 8 which constitutes the lower jaw and which cooperates with the upper jaw Fulcrumed to the lever 7 adjacent the jaw 8 is a lever 9 prorider with a jaw 1,2 which codperates with the lower jaw to clamp and cut the wire. The ends of the three levers lie adjacent each other so that they may be readily gripped in one hand. The upper face of the lower jaw 8 is provided with a groove 13, which is inclined to the front face of the j aw, and this .e'rcove cooperates with and registers with the groove 5 on the upper jaw, to form a passage in which the ends of the wire are twisted. The lower is provided with a depression 14: immediately behind its upper face 15 and with a cuttin knife 16 arranged behind and forming the rear wall of the depression. The jaw 12 is provided with a tooth 17 arranged to enter the depression and thereby bring the under face of the jaw into contact with the knife. Guides or wings 18 may be arranged on opposite sides of the lower jaw to insure the proper seating of the upper jaw thereon. The jaws are normally held apart by suitable springs 21 22 engaging the levers.

The wire is first secured to the upper jaw as stated, is then passed over and around the package or bundle and the free end drawn tightly into the groove 13 in the lower jaw. This groove is inclined and the side face 23 of the lever 9 is recessed adjacent the jaw, so that the wire may be drawn tightly through the groove. Holding the wire drawn tightly into the groove 13, the levers are then pressed together, drawing the wire ti htly around the package. During this action the lever 9 is first moved with relation to lever 7, bringing the tooth 17 into the depression in jaw 8 and firmly clamping the wire therein. Additional pressure then brings the upper and lower jaws together, tightening the wire, and may operate to cause the knife to cut the wire. If this pressure is not sufficient to out the wire, additional pressure may be subsequently applied. When the upper and lower jaws are brought together, the ends of the wire lie together in the

grooves

5 and 13 and rotation of the tool causes the wires to be twisted together. If the wire is not yet cut, additional pressure i'nay now be applied to cut it. The grip on the tool is then relaxed and the upper jaw raised to disengage the wire end therein.

instead of pivoting the levers 2 and 7 intern'iediate their ends, they mav be hinged at their outer ends as shown in Fig. d, but this rrangement does not provide the leverage for pulling the wire tight on the bundle tl the other construction doe The various jaws are preferably made removable, so that they may be readily replaced when worn.

I claim:

1. A wire binding tool, comprising a pair of pivoted levers, a jaw on the end of one lever constructed to hold a wire end, cooperating jaw on the other 16311, and means cooperating with said second jaw for first clamping the wire thereto and then cutting the wire.

2. A wire binding tool, comprising a pair of pivoted l ves, a jaw on the end of one lever constructed to hold a wire end, a aw on the second. lever cooperating with said first jaw, a knife on said second jaw, a third lever pivoted to said second lei er, a jaw on said third lever col'iperating with the jaw on the second lever and the knife thereon, to clamp and out the wire.

3. A wire binding tool, comprising a pair of pivoted levers, a jaw on one of said levers constructed to hold a wire end, a jaw on the second lever cooperating with said first jaw and having a groove therein in which the wire is disposed, a knife on said second jaw, and means cooperating with said second jaw to clamp the wire thereto and out said wire behind the point of clamping.

4t. A wire binding tool, comprising a pair of pivoted levers, a jaw on one of said levers constructed to hold a wire end, a jaw on the second lever having a groove therein through which the wire is. drawn, a shoulder on said second jaw, a knife on said second jaw spaced from said shoulder, a third lever pivoted to said second lever, a jaw on said third lever adapted to enter the space between the shoulder and the knife to clamp the wire to the second jaw and to cut the wire.

5. In a wire binding tool, a having a groove in its upper face inclined to the front face of the j aw, a depression formed behind said upper face and a knife arranged behind said. depression.

6. A wire binding tool comprising a pair of pivoted levers, a jaw on one end of one of said levers, said jaw having an opening on the rear face thereof adapted to receive and hold wire end, a jaw on the other lever arranged opposite to and adapted to cooperate with the first jaw and means cooperating with the last named jaw for clamping a wire thereto.

7. A wire binding tool comprising a pair of pivoted levers, a jaw on one end of one of said levers, said jaw having an opening on the rear face thereof adapted to receive and hold a wire end, a jaw on the other iever arranged opposite to and adapted to cooperate with the first jaw, means coo} eratiug with the last named jaw for clamo wire thereto comprising a third lever pivotedto the second named lever and a jaw on said third lever cooperating with the jaw on the second lever.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Sisson, California, this zoth day of March 1918.

LLEWVELLYN DAVIES.

In presence of- WM. B, HUNT.