IP Library Granted Patent US 12,668,385
Granted Patent B2
US 12,668,385 · App. 18/198,594 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Binding machine and binding device

Inventors: Akira Kasahara (Tokyo, JP); Kenichi Arai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
B65B13/025
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Patent No.
US 12,668,385
App. No.
18/198,594
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a binding machine, including: a wire feeding portion configured to feed a wire; a guide portion constituting a part of a path through which the wire fed by the wire feeding portion is to pass; a displacement portion configured to move the guide portion between a first position constituting the path and a second position retracted from the path; a driving portion configured to drive the displacement portion; and an accumulation suppressing portion configured to suppress a foreign object from accumulating in a region formed along a moving direction of the displacement portion that is configured to move between the first position and the second position.

Claims (30)

1 . A binding machine, comprising:

a main body portion covered with an exterior having a predetermined shape;

a plurality of feeding gears and a feeding motor configured to feed a wire;

a guide portion constituting a part of a path through which the wire, which has been fed, is to pass;

a movable member included in the main body portion and configured to move the guide portion between a first position constituting the path and a second position retracted from the path;

a supporting member configured to movably support the movable member and forming the path between the movable member and the supporting member at the first position; and

a driving motor and a speed reducer configured to drive the movable member, wherein

the movable member or the supporting member includes an opening configured to suppress a foreign object from accumulating between the movable member and the supporting member,

the opening is connected to a region between the movable member and the supporting member, and

the exterior includes a discharging portion connected to the opening and through which the foreign object is to be discharged to an outside of the main body portion.

2 . The binding machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the opening of the supporting member is disposed at a position facing the movable member.

3 . The binding machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an elastic body configured to suppress the foreign object from entering into a region between the movable member and the supporting member.

4 . The binding machine according to claim 1 , wherein

when the movable member is moved to the first position, the guide portion constitutes a path for winding the wire fed by the feeding gears and the feeding motor around an object to be bound.

5 . A binding machine, comprising:

a plurality of feeding gears and a feeding motor configured to feed a wire;

a guide portion constituting a part of a path through which the wire, fed by the feeding gears and the feeding motor, is to pass;

a movable member including a biasing member configured to move the guide portion between a first position constituting the path and a second position retracted from the path;

a supporting member configured to movably support the movable member and forming the path between the movable member and the supporting member at the first position;

a driving motor and a speed reducer configured to drive the movable member, wherein

the movable member or the supporting member includes an elastic body configured to suppress a foreign object from entering between the movable member and the supporting member by being pressed and elastically deformed.

6 . The binding machine according to claim 5 , wherein

when the movable member is moved to the first position, the elastic body closes a region between the movable member and the supporting member.

7 . The binding machine according to claim 5 , wherein

the elastic body is provided at a site facing the movable member.

8 . A binding device, comprising:

a binding machine configured to bind an object to be bound with a wire, wherein the binding machine is the binding machine according to claim 5 .