Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING
  • B25B25/00—Implements for fastening, connecting or tensioning of wire or strip
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
  • A01G17/00—Cultivation of hops, vines, fruit trees, or like trees
  • A01G17/04—Supports for hops, vines, or trees
  • A01G17/06—Trellis-work
  • A01G17/08—Tools e.g. clips for attaching hops, vines, or boughs to trellis-work; Tying devices
  • A01G17/085—Espalier machines; Tying machines
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
  • A01G17/00—Cultivation of hops, vines, fruit trees, or like trees
  • A01G17/04—Supports for hops, vines, or trees
  • A01G17/06—Trellis-work
  • A01G17/08—Tools e.g. clips for attaching hops, vines, or boughs to trellis-work; Tying devices
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B13/00—Bundling articles
  • B65B13/02—Applying and securing binding material around articles or groups of articles, e.g. using strings, wires, strips, bands or tapes
  • B65B13/04—Applying and securing binding material around articles or groups of articles, e.g. using strings, wires, strips, bands or tapes with means for guiding the binding material around the articles prior to severing from supply
  • B65B13/06—Stationary ducts or channels
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B13/00—Bundling articles
  • B65B13/02—Applying and securing binding material around articles or groups of articles, e.g. using strings, wires, strips, bands or tapes
  • B65B13/04—Applying and securing binding material around articles or groups of articles, e.g. using strings, wires, strips, bands or tapes with means for guiding the binding material around the articles prior to severing from supply
  • B65B13/08—Single guide or carrier for the free end of material movable part-away around articles from one side only
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B13/00—Bundling articles
  • B65B13/18—Details of, or auxiliary devices used in, bundling machines or bundling tools
  • B65B13/24—Securing ends of binding material
  • B65B13/28—Securing ends of binding material by twisting
  • B65B13/285—Hand tools

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a portable electric tying machine for the binding of plants, in particular the binding of the vine.
• the field of the invention is the field of portable electric tying machines for the binding of plants, in particular the binding of the vine.
• tying machines are known for tying plants, in particular tying vines.
• tying machines comprise a tying head, a mechanism for twisting a wire on a branch to be tied and a system for driving said wire into the tying head and up to a position to be twisted.
• the current portable electric tying machines for binding plants are not without limitations. Indeed, current tying machines have reliability problems. For example, it is common for the tie wire to get stuck in the body of the tying machine. The tying machine therefore needs to be maintained and repaired regularly.
• An object of the present invention is to remedy at least one of the aforementioned drawbacks.
• Another object of the present invention is to provide a more reliable tying machine allowing a better work rate.
• the invention makes it possible to achieve at least one of these goals by means of a portable electric tying machine for the binding of plants, in particular the binding of the vine, comprising:
• tie head disposed at a distal end of said body, said tie head comprising a guide path for a tie wire
• said drive system comprises:
• the invention thus proposes a tying machine comprising two separate mechanisms for driving a tie wire.
• the first mechanism makes it possible to push the tie wire into the tie head and the second mechanism makes it possible to fetch one end of said wire at the level of the tie head and then to pull it to a position to be twisted .
• the first mechanism can only be used to push the tie wire into said tie head and does not have to be used to position the tie wire in the twisting position.
• the first mechanism of the tying machine according to the invention is used to position the wire in the intermediate position but does not need to be used to position the wire in the twisting position.
• the positioning of the wire in the intermediate position known as the pre-loading phase, can thus be carried out between two fasteners and at a moderate driving speed.
• the tying machine according to the invention therefore allows training of the tie wire to be more easily controlled.
• the wire is thus less likely to slip or jam in the drive mechanism.
• the tying machine according to the invention is thus more reliable than the solutions of the art.
• the tying machine comprises a stationary tying head, which allows greater robustness and reduces the maintenance of the tying machine.
• the tie head comes into contact with plants, such as vines, during tying operations, which constitutes a high risk of damage to a mobile tie head, and to its mechanism, in known binders.
• the tying machine provides a second mechanism, distinct from the first mechanism, to fetch one end of said yarn in the tying head and then pull it to a position to be twisted.
• the invention allows positioning of the tie wire in the twisting position more reliably than the solutions of the art pushing the tie wire to the twisting position. Therefore, the tying machine makes tying more reliable.
• the tying machine allows a better rate of work because it is rarer for a user to have to do it twice to properly perform a tie.
• the attachment head may be in the form of a beak, comprising a housing provided for positioning therein a branch of a plant, in particular a vine branch, to be attached.
• a branch to be attached can be positioned in the housing of said spout of the immobile attachment head so that the second mobile mechanism can pick up a attachment wire present in the head. attachment at the intermediate position and bring it into a twisting position without the second mechanism being hindered by said branch to be attached.
• the use of a beak-shaped tie head makes it possible to have a guide path for a tie wire of greater length and thus to reduce the distance between the position intermediate and the so-called twisting position. Consequently, the distance to be traveled by the second mobile mechanism to fetch one end of said yarn at the tie head and then to pull it to the position to be twisted is reduced. Thus, the time required for the second mechanism to fetch one end of said yarn at the tie head and then to pull it to the position to be twisted is also reduced.
• the first mechanism may comprise:
• motorized roller a first motorized roller, called motorized roller
• a second roller called pressure roller, designed to press said tie wire against said motor roller, so that said rollers drive the tie wire when they are in motion.
• a motorized roller may be a roller driven by a motor of said tying machine.
• a pressure roller can be mounted on a movable support, such as a lever, in contact with a spring bearing on an element of the body of the tying machine so that it applies a force on the movable support and allows said pressure roller to press the tie wire against said motor roller.
• a movable support such as a lever
• a non-limiting example of a mobile support can be a lever, preferably non-removable, designed to pivot sufficiently, for example more than 90°, to allow a user to access the motor roller during a lifting operation. tying machine maintenance.
• the use of a pinch roller makes it possible to accommodate a variation in the distance between a center of rotation of the motor roller and a center of rotation of the pinch roller, which makes it possible to drive the attachment wires of different thicknesses or to drive a thread whose thickness is variable, for example when the latter is twisted.
• the pinch roller can be driven in rotation by the motor roller by friction.
• the first mechanism may comprise:
• said first and second toothed wheels may have a tooth profile designed to accommodate a variation in the distance between a center of rotation of said drive roller and a center of rotation of said pressure roller.
• the tooth profile of the first toothed wheel and/or of the second toothed wheel may have :
• the drive roller is capable of driving the pressure roller in a synchronized manner even when the distance between a center of rotation of the drive roller and a center of rotation of the pressure roller varies, in particular to accommodate the passage of a spin in the driven wire.
• the second mechanism may comprise a mobile arm equipped with a means for gripping said tie wire, said mobile arm possibly being: - deployed to position said gripping means at said intermediate position, so that the gripping means can grip the tether in the intermediate position, and
• the tying machine according to the invention makes it possible to more reliably bring the tie wire into the twisting position.
• the second mechanism when the mobile arm is retracted, the second mechanism is located outside the fields of action of the twisting mechanism.
• the second mechanism in the body of the tying machine, and in front of the twisting mechanism in a longitudinal direction of the tying machine, from the user's point of view.
• the gripping means can be a hook, a suction cup, a gripping surface such as Velcro, etc.
• the gripping means can be pliers.
• the grasping means is easily operable and allows seizure and release of a tether in a reliable and repeatable manner.
• the second mechanism comprises at least one actuating means for:
• an actuating means for mechanically triggering seizure of the tether when the mobile arm is deployed and the actuating means is abutted makes it possible to trigger the seizure only when the input means is positioned in an intermediate position.
• an actuating means for mechanically triggering a release of the tether when the mobile arm is retracted and the actuating means is abutted makes it possible to trigger the release only when the gripping means is positioned in the twisting position.
• the gripping means of the second mechanism is able to grip and/or release the yarn more reliably, and therefore to position the tie yarn at the twisting position more reliably.
• a single actuating means can allow the triggering of a seizure and a release of the tether.
• At least one actuating means can be integrated into the input means.
• an actuating means can trigger a release of the tie wire by bringing it into abutment with an element of the body of the tying machine or more specifically an element of the second mechanism .
• the second mechanism may comprise at least one mechanical means for holding said at least one actuating means in position.
• the second mechanism may comprise at least one magnetic means for holding said at least one actuating means in position.
• a magnetic holding means makes it possible to hold the actuating means in position until an abutment results in a change of position of said actuating means.
• This abutment can for example move the actuating means away from the magnetic holding means, thus causing it to leave the magnetic field of the holding means.
• the mobile arm can be a mobile lever rotating around a pivot.
• the movable arm can be movable in translation.
• the mobile arm has a complex architecture, easy to integrate into the architecture of a tying machine and easy to drive in motion.
• the mobile arm can for example be integrated so as to be entirely included in the body of the tying machine when it is retracted.
• the tying machine can comprise a first motor for driving the first mechanism and the mechanism for twisting said tying wire.
• the tying machine can comprise:
• first motor drives the first mechanism and the mechanism for twisting
• the tying machine can comprise a second motor, different from the first motor, to drive the second mechanism.
• the second mechanism it is possible for the second mechanism to be driven independently of the drive of the first mechanism and of the drive of the mechanism for twisting.
• having a second motor makes it possible to drive the first mechanism and the second mechanism in parallel if necessary.
• the second motor can be replaced by any drive means capable of driving the second mechanism, such as for example a system of jacks.
• the tying machine can comprise a cutting tool for cutting the tying thread, in which the cutting tool is triggered by the mechanism for twisting.
• the cutting tools can for example be connected to a drive means of the twisting mechanism so that it too is driven and makes a cut when the twisting mechanism is driven.
• having a cutting tool for the tie wire that can be triggered by the twisting mechanism is particularly advantageous when the tying machine comprises said first and second freewheel systems described above. Indeed, it is thus possible to drive wire into the tie head without directly having to twist the tie wire and therefore without having to cut it.
• having a cutting tool for a tie wire that can be triggered by the twisting mechanism is also particularly advantageous when the tying machine comprises a second motor, different from the first motor, to drive the second mechanism.
• the drive of the second mechanism is dissociated from the drive of the first drive mechanism and the mechanism for twisting, it is possible to fetch the tie wire at the level of the tie head then to pull it to a position to be twisted without directly having to twist the tie wire and therefore without having to cut it directly.
• This is particularly advantageous for allowing the first mechanism of the tying machine to give slack, and therefore to obtain a looser tying, even after said wire has been positioned in the twisting position by the second mechanism.
• the cutting tool can be driven by any other drive means, such as for example an electromagnet, and the cut can then be triggered by the activation of the twisting means.
• any other drive means such as for example an electromagnet
• the tying tool's cutting tool can be triggered by the second mechanism.
• the cutting tool can be driven by the second mechanism to perform the cut when the yarn is positioned in the twisting position.
• the cutting tool can be driven by any other drive means, such as for example an electromagnet, and the cut can then be triggered when the wire is positioned in the twisting position by the second mechanism .
• the body may comprise at least one opening allowing access to at least the first mechanism.
• the opening can be non-removable so that the user does not risk losing it when the latter has to open it on the ground.
• the opening can provide access to a cutting tool of the tying machine. Thus, it is possible to easily change the cutting tool in the field in the event of wear of said tool.
• the body may comprise at least one non-removable opening allowing access to at least the twisting mechanism and/or the second mechanism.
• the tying machine can be equipped with a tie wire reel.
• the wire reel can be positioned on the user, for example attached to the user's belt.
• the wire reel can be positioned on the body of the tying machine, removably or not.
• FIGURES la-ld are schematic and partial representations of a non-limiting embodiment of a tying machine according to the invention.
• FIGURES 2a and 2b are representations by schematic and partial sectional views of an exemplary non-limiting embodiment of a second mobile mechanism for pulling a tether according to the invention
• FIGURE 3 is a schematic representation, partial and in perspective of a non-limiting embodiment of a first mechanism for pushing the tie wire according to the invention
• FIGURES 4 is a schematic representation in perspective of a tying machine comprising an opening according to the invention.
• FIGURE 5 is a schematic representation, partial and in perspective of an example of a tying machine according to the invention.
• variants of the invention comprising only a selection of features described below isolated from the other features described, if this selection of features is sufficient to confer a technical advantage or to differentiate the invention from the state of the prior technique.
• This selection comprises at least one preferably functional feature without structural details, or with only part of the structural details if this part is only sufficient to confer a technical advantage or to differentiate the invention from the state of the prior art.
• FIGURES la-ld are schematic and partial representations of a non-limiting embodiment of a tying machine according to the invention.
• the portable electric tying machine 100 for tying plants, in particular vines, is shown in FIGURES la-ld at different stages of a tie.
• the tying machine 100 comprises a body 102 and a tie head 104, stationary and disposed at a distal end of said body 102.
• the attachment head 104 is beak-shaped and comprises:
• a housing 106 provided for positioning a branch to be attached therein, and
• the tying machine 100 further comprises a mechanism 112 for twisting said tying wire 110.
• the tying machine 100 further comprises a system for driving said tying wire 110 comprising:
• first mechanism 114 to push the tie wire 110 to a position 116, called intermediate, located in said tie head 104, at the end of the guide path 108, and
• the first mechanism 114 comprises:
• motorized roller 122 a motorized roller, called motorized roller 122
• a second roller said presser roller 124, provided to press said tie wire 110 against said motor roller 122, said motor rollers 122 and presser 124 driving the tie wire 120 when they are in motion.
• the motor roller 122 is driven by a first motor 126, located in the body 102 of the tying machine 100 and which can also drive the mechanism for twisting 112.
• the tying machine 100 also comprises a system of wheels free allowing the first motor 126 to drive the first mechanism 114 independently of the twisting mechanism 112 and vice versa.
• the pressure roller 124 is itself driven by the motor roller 122.
• the motor roller 122 can drive the pressure roller 124 by friction and/or by a toothed wheel system, not illustrated in FIGURES la-ld but described below in connection with FIGURE 3.
• the second mechanism 118 comprises a mobile arm 128 equipped with a means 130 for gripping said tie wire 110.
• the tying machine 100 comprises a second motor 132 making it possible to drive the mechanism 118 and to deploy/retract the arm mobile 128.
• the mobile arm 128 is for example moved by means of a screw and nut system driven by the second motor 132, as described below in relation to FIGURES 2a and 2b.
• the tying machine 100 comprises a cutting tool 134 for cutting the tying wire 110.
• the cutting tool 134 is positioned in the body 102 of the tying machine 100, between the first mechanism 114 and the path 108 for guiding the tie head 104.
• the cutting tool 126 can be triggered by the mechanism 112 for twisting.
• the tie wire 110 enters the body 102 of the tying machine 100 through an opening, not shown, located at a proximal end of said body 102.
• the tie wire 110 comes from a reel not shown in FIGURES la-ld.
• FIGURE la illustrates the tying machine 100 directly after it has made a tying.
• the tie wire 110 present in the tying machine 100 extends from the proximal end of the body 102 of the tying machine 100 to the cutting tools 134, passing through the first mechanism 114.
• the tie wire 110 is generally similarly positioned in the tying machine after a tie wire recharge.
• FIGURE lb illustrates the tying machine 100 with the tie wire 110 positioned at the intermediate position 116.
• the first motor 126 has driven the first mechanism to push the tie wire 110 in the guide path 108 of the tie head 104, to intermediate position 116.
• This training can for example be done automatically after a tie has been performed so as to pre-load the tie wire 110 in the tie head 104 up to the intermediate position 116 and thus prepare the tying machine for future tying.
• this training can for example be done automatically when the tying machine 100 is first powered up after said tie wire 110 has been recharged.
• a branch 136 can be positioned in the housing 106.
• the user can activate the tying machine via a trigger 138 to perform a tying.
• the second motor 132 drives the second mechanism 118.
• the movable arm 128 is moved in translation from a retracted position as shown in FIGURES la and lb, to an extended position as shown in FIGURE le.
• the gripping means 130 is positioned at the intermediate position 116, which allows the gripping means 130 to grip the tie wire 110 in the intermediate position 116.
• the second motor 132 drives the second mechanism 118 in the opposite direction.
• the movable arm 128 is moved in translation from the extended position to the retracted position.
• the gripping means 130 is positioned at the twisting position 120, which allows the gripping means 130 to release the tie wire 110 in the twisting position 120, as illustrated in FIG.
• the tie wire 110 is thus pulled from the intermediate position 116 to be positioned at the twisting position 120.
• the first motor 126 of the tying machine then drives the means for twisting 112. This triggers a cutting of the tie wire 110 by the cutting tool 134 as well as the twisting of the tie wire cut on the branch 136 .
• a tying machine may comprise a single motor to drive the first mechanism, the second and the mechanism for twisting.
• the second motor can be replaced by any drive means capable of driving the second mechanism, such as for example a system of jacks.
• FIGURES 2a and 2b are representations by schematic and partial sectional views of a non-limiting example of embodiment of a second mobile mechanism for pulling a tether according to the invention.
• the second mobile mechanism 200 for pulling a tie wire is shown:
• the movable arm 128 is hollow and comprises at a first end a nut 202 embedded in said movable arm.
• the second mechanism 200 further comprises a screw 204, engaged with the nut 202, so that when the screw 204 is driven in rotation by a motor of the tying machine, the screw 204 causes a translational movement of the mobile arm 128.
• the movable arm 128 comprises at a second end a housing 206 provided to accommodate a tether.
• a gripping means 130 is further included in the movable arm 128 at said second end.
• the gripping means 130 is a clamp comprising:
• An actuating means 212 movable in the movable arm and allowing the clamp to be opened or closed by driving the pivoting lever 208 in rotation.
• the actuating means 212 comprises an inclined groove 214 in which a pin 216 secured to a first end of the pivoting lever 208 moves when the actuating means 212 moves in the movable arm 128.
• a movement of the actuating means 212 in the movable arm 128 causes the pivoting lever 208 to rotate around the pin 210 secured to the movable arm 128.
• the actuating means 212 further comprises
• a so-called front end provided to be brought into abutment with an element or part of the attachment head, such as a stud 216, when the movable arm 128 is deployed, this abutment moves the means of actuation 212 in the direction opposite to the movement of the movable arm 128 and causes the closure of the gripping means 130, as illustrated in FIGURE 2b.
• gripping of a tie wire by the gripping means 130 is mechanically triggered by the abutment of the actuating means 212 with the tie head when the gripping means 130 is positioned at the intermediate position.
• a release of said tie wire by the gripping means 130 is mechanically triggered, by abutment of the actuating means 212 with the screw 204 when the gripping means is positioned at said twisting position .
• the actuating means 212 illustrated in FIGURE 2a and 2b further comprises a housing 218 for a magnetic means 220 for holding said at least one actuating means in position.
• the magnetic holding means 220 is a magnet, integral with the movable arm 128.
• the housing 218 is wide enough to allow movement of the actuating means 212 in the movable arm as described previously.
• the magnet secured to the mobile arm 128 temporarily prevents the displacement of the actuator once the gripping means is closed and a thread is seized.
• the gripper means 130 remains closed until the actuating means 212 comes into abutment with the screw 204 and therefore remains closed during the retraction of the mobile arm 128.
• the magnet secured to the movable arm 128 also makes it possible to temporarily prevent the movement of the actuator once the gripping means is open and a wire is released.
• the gripping means 130 remains open until the actuating means 212 comes into abutment with the stud 216 and therefore remains open during the deployment of the mobile arm 128.
• FIGURE 3 is a diagrammatic, partial and perspective representation of a non-limiting embodiment of a first mechanism for pushing the tie wire according to the invention.
• the first mechanism 300 illustrated in FIGURE 3 comprises a motor roller 122 and a pressure roller 124.
• the first mechanism 300 further comprises:
• first wheel 302 and the second toothed wheel 304 have a tooth profile designed to accommodate a variation in the distance between a center of rotation of said motor roller 122 and a center of rotation of said pressure roller 124.
• the tooth profile of the first toothed wheel 302 and of the second toothed wheel 304 have:
• the motor roller 122 is capable of driving the pressure roller 124 in a synchronized manner even when the distance between a center of rotation of the motor roller 122 and a center of rotation of the pressure roller 124 varies, in particular to accommodate the passage of a twist in a dragged tether.
• FIGURES 4 is a schematic representation in perspective of a tying machine comprising an opening according to the invention.
• the tying machine 400 illustrated in FIGURE 4 includes all of the elements of the tying machine 100 described in relation to FIGURES la to ld, although only a part of these elements is visible in FIGURE 4.
• the tying machine 400 further comprises an opening 402 which can be pivoted around a pivot point located on an upper part of the tie head 104.
• the opening 402 is non-removable.
• the opening 402 allows the user to have access to the first mechanism 116 and to the cutting tool 134, without requiring a tool and without risking losing the opening 402.
• the sash In the closed position, the sash covers the first mechanism 124 and the cutting tool 134.
• the user when the user is in the field, he can easily have access to the first mechanism 116 for example: - perform a maintenance operation such as unblocking a wire jammed in the first mechanism 116, and
• FIGURE 5 is a schematic, partial and perspective representation of an example of a tying machine according to the invention.
• the tying machine 500 illustrated in FIGURE 4 comprises all of the elements of the tying machine 100 described in relation to FIGURES la to ld. [0146]
• the tying machine 500 is further equipped with a reel 502 for removable tying wire, mounted on the proximal end of the body 102 of the tying machine 500.
• the reel 502 comprises a reel of tying wire not represented.
• the invention is not limited to the examples detailed above.

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