ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,596, issued on July 29, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Binding machine" was invented by Takeshi Morijiri (Tokyo), Nobutaka Tashima (Tokyo) and Shinpei Sugihara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforcing steel bar binding machine is provided with: a second body part; a cover guide part attached to the second body part; and a first contact member (a second contact member) that is abutted against a reinforcing steel bar and moved. The cover guide part is provided with: a first guide recessed part and a second guide recessed part that movably guide the first contact member; and a first contact part against which the rein...