ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,525, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Binding machine" was invented by Osamu Itagaki (Tokyo) and Akira Kasahara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforcing bar binding machine (1A) includes a magazine (2A) in which a wire (W) is housed, a curl guide unit (5A) that winds the wire (W) around a reinforcing bar(S), a wire feeding unit (3A) that feeds the wire (W), and a binding unit (7A) that twists crossing portions between one end and the other end of the wire (W) wound around the reinforcing bar(S). The wire feeding unit (3A) is configured such that a second displacement member (36) for displacing a se...