ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,837, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Rebar tying tool and reel" was invented by Yoshitaka Machida (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rebar tying tool may include: a reel including a bobbin and a wire wound around the bobbin, wherein the bobbin includes a detection target portion; a reel attaching part to which the reel is rotatably attached; a feeding unit configured to feed the wire from the bobbin around rebars; a twisting unit configured to twist the wire around the rebars; a plurality of detectors configured to detect the detection target portion; and a support supporting the reel attach...