Patents Assigned to Max Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 12149059
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a tube having a holding force and being easily crushed. The present disclosure provides a tube into which an insert can be inserted. The tube into which an insert can be inserted, the tube includes a plurality of protrusions provided to protrude from an inner wall surface of the tube and to be inclined with respect to the inner wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Matsui, Hirohisa Usami
  • Patent number: 12138765
    Abstract: A staple removing device includes: a placing table on which a sheet bundle bound by a staple is placed; a removing part located below the placing table, configured to remove the staple from the sheet bundle placed on the placing table, and including a tip end portion that can be inserted between the sheet bundle and the staple and is configured to be movable along the placing table between a standby position and a removal position and to be inserted between the sheet bundle and the staple when the tip end portion moves to the removal position; and a first motor configured to move the removing part, wherein the tip end portion moves while maintaining a state of protruding from the placing table via an opening portion at least until passing through the removal position from a front of the removal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Yagi, Katsuya Hakozaki, Kazuya Igata
  • Patent number: 12134905
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a feeding unit configured to feed a wire; a guide part configured to wind the wire fed by the feeding unit around a binding object; a twisting unit configured to twist the wire wound on the binding object by the guide part; and a contact part against which the binding object is butted. The guide part includes: a first guide configured to curl the wire around the binding object butted against the contact part; a second guide configured to guide the wire curled by the first guide to the twisting unit; and an induction part provided to at least one of the first guide and the second guide, and configured to guide the binding object between the first guide and the second guide. The induction part is configured so that a distance between the induction part and the contact part is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Patent number: 12122544
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire; a curl forming unit configured to form a path along which the wire fed by the wire feeding unit is to be wound around a to-be-bound object; a butting part against which the to-be-bound object is to be butted; a cutting unit configured to cut the wire wound on the to-be-bound object; a binding unit configured to twist the wire wound on the to-be-bound object and cut by the cutting unit; and a tension applying part configured to apply tension to the wire to be cut at the cutting unit with a force higher than a force applied in a loosening direction of the wire wound on the to-be-bound object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Itagaki, Shinpei Sugihara, Kouichirou Morimura, Yusuke Yoshida, Ichiro Kusakari
  • Patent number: 12122025
    Abstract: A pneumatic tool includes a drive mechanism configured to drive by an air pressure of compressed air, a head valve having a first chamber configured to reserve compressed air that is supplied from an air source, and configured to drive the drive mechanism, according to a state of the compressed air in the first chamber, a trigger valve configured to actuate the head valve by exhausting the compressed air in the first chamber, and a control valve configured to disable actuation of the trigger valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12125417
    Abstract: A label has a front surface and a back surface provided on an opposite side to the front surface and capable of being wrapped around a cable extending in a first direction. The label includes: a first part; and a second part adjacent to the first part in the first direction. The first part has a first protruding portion further protruding than the second part in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and having a first adhesive surface on the back surface, and wherein the second part has a second protruding portion further protruding than the first part in a third direction opposite to the second direction and having a second adhesive surface on the back surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Ehara
  • Patent number: 12110140
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit, a curl forming unit, a cutting unit, a binding unit, and a transmission unit that transmits movement of the binding unit to the cutting unit. The binding unit includes a locking member that locks a wire, a sleeve that actuates the locking member, and a rotary shaft that actuates the sleeve. The transmission unit includes a displacement member to be displaced by movement of the sleeve, and a transmission member that transmits movement of the displacement member to the cutting unit. The cutting unit includes a movable blade part connected to the transmission member. The displacement member switches an amount of movement of the movable blade part and a force that can be generated by the movable blade part, within a moving range of the movable blade part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Itagaki, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Patent number: 12103144
    Abstract: A fastening tool includes: a bit holding portion which detachably holds a driver bit and is configured to rotate in a circumferential direction of the driver bit and move in an axial direction of the driver bit; a first motor configured to rotate the bit holding portion; a second motor configured to move the bit holding portion along the axial direction; and a control unit configured to control a position of the bit holding portion along the axial direction by the number of rotations of the second motor. The control unit is configured to control a moving speed of a screw moved by rotation of the first motor or a rotation speed of the first motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Osawa, Kazuya Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 12103153
    Abstract: A stapler includes a staple striking-out unit, a staple leg bending unit, and a connector that connects the staple striking-out unit and the staple leg bending unit. The staple leg bending unit includes a clincher having a guide surface for bending the staple legs, and a clincher guide having a sandwiching portion. The clincher guide is configured to move in a first direction to displace a distance between the guide surface and the sandwiching portion. The clincher is capable of being located at a lower end position where the guide surface is farthest from the sandwiching portion in the first direction. The lower end position is a position where a tip ends of the staple legs are in contact with the guide surface and a gap is formed between an upper surface of the sheet sandwiched by the sandwiching portion and a staple shoulder portion of the staple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Nagata
  • Patent number: 12103150
    Abstract: A driving tool includes: a body provided with an outlet where a fastener is driven; an urging member attached to the body; and a plunger movable in a projecting direction toward the outlet by extension of the urging member. An urging force in the projecting direction acts on the body from the urging member when the urging member is extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kondo, Tetsuya Ohno, Takashi Suzuki, Takanari Azami
  • Patent number: 12097635
    Abstract: A refill includes a peripheral wall defining a space capable of accommodating staples therein. The peripheral wall includes a bottom wall having a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and a third side connecting end portions of the first side and the second side, a first side wall standing from the first side, a second side wall standing from the second side and opposing the first side wall, and a front wall positioned above the third side and connecting the first side wall and the second side wall. A first opening is formed on the first side wall and the front wall to extend across a boundary between the first side wall and the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Shimizu, Futoshi Kameda, Katsunori Manabe, Kiichi Haramiishi
  • Patent number: 12090613
    Abstract: A pneumatic tool includes a trigger configured to perform a first operation of operating a drive part, a contact member configured to perform a second operation of operating the drive part, a timer configured to measure the time during which the drive part can be operated by the second operation of the contact member and to switch the operation mode of the drive part after the time has elapsed, and a timer switch configured to control the operation of the timer. The first operation of the trigger is transmitted to the timer switch using a transmitting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Kazuya Mochizuki, Kousuke Moriwaki
  • Patent number: 12083658
    Abstract: A pneumatic tool includes a drive mechanism configured to drive by an air pressure of compressed air, a head valve configured to control supply of the compressed air to the drive mechanism, a trigger valve configured to actuate the head valve, a control valve configured to disable actuation of the trigger valve or the head valve, and a timer valve configured to be actuated based on an operation on a trigger and to disable actuation of the trigger valve or the head valve by actuating the control valve at a predetermined timing. The timer valve has a valve body configured to act on the control valve and is provided with a throttle portion configured to regulate a flow rate of a fluid generated in conjunction with movement of the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12064806
    Abstract: A binding machine including a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a cutting unit configured to cut the wire wound on an object, a binding unit configured to twist the wire wound on the object and cut by the cutting unit, at least one motor configured to drive one or more of the wire transfer unit, the cutting unit and the binding unit, and control circuitry configured to limit a current flowing through the motor, in response to a battery voltage of a battery, in a section in which a large amount of current flows through the motor, as compared with a section in which a small amount of current flows through the motor, while the current flows from the battery to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Tashima, Hikaru Mizukami
  • Patent number: 12065846
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a main body, a wire feeder, a curl forming part, a cutter configured to cut the wire wound on the object to be bound, a binding part including a rotating shaft, a handle provided on one side of the main body in a first direction intersecting an axial direction of the rotating shaft, a blower configured to generate an air flow through an inside of the main body; and an exhaust port provided on one side or another side of the main body in a second direction intersecting the axial direction of the rotating shaft and an extending direction of the handle, and configured to exhaust air generated by the blower and passed through the inside of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichirou Morimura, Takahiro Ito, Terufumi Hamano
  • Patent number: 12059786
    Abstract: A striking tool includes: a motor including a rotor; a plunger configured to be movable from a bottom dead point to a top dead point by the motor; a moving unit configured to move the plunger from the top dead point toward the bottom dead point; a speed variation acquiring unit configured to acquire an amount of variation in rotating speed of the rotor; and a control unit configured to control the motor, based on the amount of variation acquired by the speed variation acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Morimura
  • Patent number: 12059788
    Abstract: A driving tool includes: a plunger movable in a launch direction of a fastener; an urging member that is extendable and contractible and is configured to serve as a drive source of the plunger; a moving member that is disposed at an end portion in an extension-contraction direction of the urging member and is movable in the extension-contraction direction of the urging member; a string-like member configured to connect the moving member and the plunger and transmit a driving force of the urging member to the plunger via the moving member; and a rotation prevention portion configured to prevent rotation of the moving member around a central axis in the extension-contraction direction of the urging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ohno, Takashi Suzuki, Takanari Azami
  • Patent number: 12059787
    Abstract: A driving tool comprising: a plunger; a motor configured to move the plunger from a bottom dead center to a top dead center; a driving unit configured to use the plunger to drive a fastener by moving the plunger from the top dead center to the bottom dead center; a voltage fluctuation information acquisition unit configured to acquire voltage fluctuation information indicating a fluctuation amount of a voltage applied to the motor during movement of the plunger; and a control unit configured to control the motor based on the voltage fluctuation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Morimura, Hisashi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12060719
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a first main unit that has a pair of grips that an operator can hold; a second main unit that has a curl guide for curling a wire around an object to be bound, and a twisting unit including a twisting shaft to twist the curled wire; and a link unit that links the first main unit and the second main unit. The grips are provided on either side of the axis line of the link unit or an extended line of the axis line as seen from the operator side when the operator is holding the grips to manipulate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Patent number: 12055170
    Abstract: A staple holds and binds two portions on both sides of a cord wound around to-be-bound object. This staple is provided with a pair of leg parts and a crown part connecting the pair of leg parts. The crown part is formed with a mountain portion bent inwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Taguchi