WO2006002442B1

WO2006002442B1 - Wire tying implement

Info

Publication number: WO2006002442B1
Application number: PCT/ZA2005/000081
Authority: WO
Inventors: Cornelius Johannes Grieshaber
Original assignee: Cornelius Johannes Grieshaber
Priority date: 2004-06-28
Filing date: 2005-05-09
Publication date: 2006-02-02
Also published as: AU2005258340A1; US20070163669A1; WO2006002442A1; NZ552766A; ZA200610395B; AU2005258340B2

Abstract

An implement (1) for binding wire about a tube on a pipe, or other object, having a pair of pivoted handles (2, 3) and jaws, each jaw (5, 6) an integral extension of a handle and each jaw located on the same side of the pivot (4) as the respective handle; the jaws (5, 6) open as the handles are squeezed. Binding posts (10, 11), allow the securing of wire to the jaws after passing the wire around the tube and grooves (8, 9) at the ends of the jaws hold the wire at the ends of the jaws; after tensioning the wire around the tube by squeezing the handles the implement is twisted to secure the tensioned wire. Side cutters (14, 15) on the implement allow cutting off the ends of the wire for a neat finish.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS[received by the International Bureau on 13 December 2005 (13.12.05); original claims 1 -7 replaced by amended claims 1 -4]

1. An implement for binding and clamping wire tightly around pipes or other objects, which comprises a pair of handles that are pivotally connected by a pivot pin, with a jaw extending from each handle beyond the pivot, in which each jaw is on the same side of a longitudinally oriented plane which is coincident with the axis of the pivot pin as the handle from which the jaw extends, with a groove located at the end of each jaw and one or both selected from a tie- post and a hole located at the end of each jaw, characterized in that the jaws extend integrally from the handles and ate directly connected, the groove of each jaw being aligned with the groove of the other jaw, so that the handles may be squeezed closed using only one hand to feel the extent of the force applied and the implement twisted while maintaining pressure on the handles.

2. An implement for binding and clamping wire tightly around pipes or other objects, which comprises a pair of handles that are pivotally connected by a pivot pin, with a jaw extending from each handle beyond the pivot, in which each jaw is on tho same side of a longitudinally oriented plane which is coincident with the axis of the pivot pin as the handle from which the jaw extends, with a groove located at the end of each jaw and one or both selected from a tie- post and a hole located at the end of each jaw, characterized in that 11

the jaws extend integrally from the handles and are directly connected, each half of the implement baing identical with the other half and having a thinned part where they are pivotally connected, so that the handles may be squeezed closed using only one hand to feel the extent of the force applied and the implement twisted while maintaining pressure on the handles.

3. An implement as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, in which the handles are given pad areas which facilitate pressing ends of the wire down onto the pipe or other object.

4. An implement as herein described and as illustrated in the drawings.