Patents Assigned to Max Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 12668385Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2023Date of Patent: June 30, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Kasahara, Kenichi Arai
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Patent number: 12661707Abstract: The wire fed or pulled back from the reel by the feeding unit can be properly restricted. The invention relates to a binding machine (2) having a feeding unit (16) for feeding out a wire (3) from a reel (12) provided in a housing unit (11). With respect to the entering route (81) of the wire (3) when the wire (3) drawn out from the reel (12) by the feeding unit (16) is guided to the feeding unit (83), the first restriction unit (83) that restricts the drawing portion (3a) of the wire (3) disposed between the reel (12) and the feeding unit (16) from being deviating from the entering route (81) is provided inside the housing unit (11).Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2024Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Kasahara, Osamu Itagaki, Ichiro Kusakari, Takeshi Morijiri
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Patent number: 12662275Abstract: A binding device includes a main body part and a traveling part configured to travel the main body part. The main body part includes a binding mechanism configured to feed a plurality of wires around a reinforcing bar, and to twist and bind the plurality of wires fed around the reinforcing bar, a binding mechanism moving part configured to move the binding mechanism between a binding position where binding of the reinforcing bar is performed and a retreat position away from the reinforcing bar, a reel accommodation part configured to accommodate a plurality of reels on each of which one wire is wound, and a path induction part configured to form a feeding path of wires pulled out from the plurality of reels accommodated in the reel accommodation part between the binding mechanism and the reel accommodation part.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Kasahara, Shigeki Shindou, Yosei Nodaguchi
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Patent number: 12661706Abstract: A binding system including: a binding device including a binding machine that binds reinforcing bars with a wire, and a transfer robot that moves the binding machine to a binding position; a remaining wire amount detection unit configured to detect a remaining amount of the wire to be used in the binding machine; and processing circuitry configured to control a binding operation of the binding device based on the remaining amount of the wire detected by the remaining wire amount detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2023Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeki Shindou, Kenichi Arai, Yosei Nodaguchi
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Patent number: 12662828Abstract: There is provided a binding machine including: an operation dial configured to receive an operation of rotating the operation dial; a rotary switch having a rotatable shaft; and a connecting portion connecting the shaft and the operation dial such that the shaft is rotatable, the connecting portion supporting the operation dial such that a posture of the operation dial is changeable with respect to an extending direction of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2024Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Utsugi, Shinpei Sugihara
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Patent number: 12654891Abstract: A binding machine includes a magazine configured to accommodate a wire, a wire feeding portion configured to feed the wire accommodated in the magazine, a curl forming portion configured to constitute an annular feeding path for winding the wire fed by the wire feeding portion around a binding object, and a binding portion configured to twist the wire wound around the binding object. The curl forming portion includes a curling guide that curls the wire fed by the wire feeding portion, and a leading guide that leads the wire curled by the curling guide to the binding portion. The magazine includes a feeding path forming portion that forms a feeding path of the wire, and a regulating portion that regulates movement of the wire in a direction intersecting a direction in which the wire is fed in the feeding path forming portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Ishiguro, Taichi Yamazaki, Shigeki Shindou, Yusuke Yoshida, Tetsuro Fukuda, Shingo Takahashi, Makoto Kosuge
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Patent number: 12643698Abstract: A binding machine includes: an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a wire; a wire feeding portion configured to feed the wire accommodated in the accommodating portion; a curl forming portion configured to constitute an annular feeding path for winding the wire fed by the wire feeding portion around an object to be bound; and a binding portion configured to twist the wire wound around the object to be bound. The curl forming portion includes a curl guide configured to curl the wire fed by the wire feeding portion, and a leading guide configured to lead the wire curled by the curl guide to the binding portion. The accommodating portion is disposed to be offset in one direction with respect to the curl guide. The curl guide is configured to feed out the wire toward the one direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Ishiguro, Taichi Yamazaki, Shigeki Shindou
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Patent number: 12643140Abstract: A binding device includes a binding mechanism configured to feed a wire around a reinforcing bar, and to twist and bind the wire fed around the reinforcing bar, a binding mechanism moving part configured to move the binding mechanism between a binding position where binding of the reinforcing bar is performed and a retreat position distant from the reinforcing bar, and a wire pull-out part configured to pull out the wire wound on the reel. The wire pull-out part includes a transmission part to which an operation of the binding mechanism moving part is transmitted, and the transmission part is configured such that an amount of the wire pulled out by the wire pull-out part is different from an amount of movement of the binding mechanism moved by an operation of the binding mechanism moving part.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Kasahara, Kenichi Arai, Shigeki Shindou
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Patent number: 12646784Abstract: There is provided an electric power tool including: an electric motor; a first battery; a second battery; a first controller configured to control the electric motor at a first operating voltage supplied based on a first power supply voltage supplied from the first battery; a communication device; and a second controller configured to control the communication device at a second operating voltage supplied based on the first power supply voltage supplied from the first battery, and configured to control the communication device at the second operating voltage supplied based on a second power supply voltage supplied from the second battery when the first power supply voltage is not supplied from the first battery. The second controller is configured to execute a reset operation when a predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kozo Iwaki, Norihiro Nagai, Takahiro Hashimoto
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Patent number: 12635621Abstract: This tying machine ties a first object and a second object together by using a staple comprising a first leg portion, a second leg portion, and a body portion connecting the first leg portion and the second leg portion, the staple having an opening formed between the first leg portion and the second leg portion. The tying machine comprises: a first displacement unit that displaces the first leg portion to be engageable with the first object; and a second displacement unit that surrounds the second object with the first leg portion, the second leg portion, and the body portion and displaces the second leg portion to be engageable with the first object. The second displacement unit may be configured to be able to displace the second leg portion to a position intersecting with the first leg portion in a top view.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Asai, Satoshi Osuga
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Patent number: 12632041Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: acquire, from each of a plurality of electric power tools, position information of each of the plurality of electric power tools and actuation information indicating that each of the plurality of electric power tools is actuated; generate work information indicating a work status of each of the plurality of electric power tools based on the actuation information, the work status including a actuation history of each of the plurality of the electric power tools; receive designation of a region; extract, from among the plurality of electric power tools, an electric power tool of which the position information is included in the designated region; generate display data for causing a display device to display the work information of the extracted electric power tool; and output the display data.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2023Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kozo Iwaki, Norihiro Nagai, Takahiro Hashimoto, Yasuhisa Arabiki, Sadayoshi Takeuchi
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Patent number: 12624775Abstract: A long tube formed of an elastic material includes: an upper portion including a printable upper surface; a lower portion facing the upper portion; a first side wall connecting the upper portion and the lower portion; a second side wall connecting the upper portion and the lower portion and facing the first side wall; a first upper joint portion located at a connection portion between the upper portion and the first side wall and configured to bend the first side wall with respect to the upper portion; a first lower joint portion located at a connection portion between the lower portion and the first side wall and configured to bend the first side wall with respect to the lower portion; and a first side wall joint portion configured to bend the first side wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Akihiro Kogure
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Patent number: 12617061Abstract: There is provided a binding machine for binding a first object and a second object by using a staple that includes a first leg portion, a second leg portion, and a main body portion that connects the first leg portion and the second leg portion and that opens toward a forward direction. The binding machine includes: a first displacement portion configured to displace the first leg portion so as to surround the first object; a second displacement portion configured to displace the second leg portion such that the second object is surrounded by the first leg portion, the second leg portion, and the main body portion; and a guide portion configured to guide the first object in a direction approaching the first leg portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2024Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masatoshi Asai
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Patent number: 12589902Abstract: A binding machine includes a magazine configured to accommodate a wire, a wire feeding unit configured to feed the wire in a forward direction in which the wire is pulled out from the magazine and to the magazine, a drive unit configured to drive the wire feeding unit, a curl forming unit configured to form a path along which the wire fed in the forward direction is to be wound around an object, a binding unit configured to twist the wire fed in the reverse direction and wound on the object by the wire feeding unit, and a controller configured to control the drive unit. The controller is configured to change a feeding speed of the wire by controlling a rotational speed of the drive unit based on a state of the wire in the magazine.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2023Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Takahiro Ito
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Patent number: 12589428Abstract: A binding machine includes a magazine including an accommodation part configured to accommodate a reel, and a lid part configured to cover the accommodation part to be openable and closable, a wire feeding unit configured to feed the wire in a forward direction in which the wire is pulled out from the magazine and in a reverse direction in which the wire is pulled back to the magazine, a curl forming unit configured to form a path along which the wire fed in the forward direction is to be wound around an object, a binding unit configured to twist the wire fed in the reverse direction and wound on the object, and a plurality of regulating portions configured to regulate opening of the lid part from a closed state in which the accommodation part is closed by the lid.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2023Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Osamu Itagaki, Shinpei Sugihara
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Patent number: 12583065Abstract: A fastening tool includes: a screw accommodating unit configured to accommodate therein a screw; and a screw feeding unit configured to feed the screw accommodated in the screw accommodating unit to an ejection passage through which a driver bit is to pass. The screw feeding unit includes: a screw feeding motor, an engaging part configured to engage with the screw, and a screw feeding transmission part configured to transmit a drive force of the screw feeding motor to the engaging part.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michio Yamashita, Yusuke Osawa, Kazuya Takeuchi
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Patent number: 12583135Abstract: An electric cutting device includes: a pair of cutting blades configured to clamp and cut an object; an electric motor configured to generate a driving force necessary for operating the cutting blades; a controller configured to control an operation of the electric motor; an operation device configured to be switched between an ON state and an OFF state by a user operation; and a detector configured to: enter into an ON state in a case where the object is present between the pair of cutting blades; and enter into an OFF state in a case where the object is not present. The controller is configured to execute an operation of closing the pair of cutting blades in a case where both the operation device and the detector are in the ON state.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kohei Suto, Takashi Morimura, Kazunobu Yoshimura, Shoma Sano
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Patent number: 12576546Abstract: An electric cutting device includes a pair of cutting blades configured to clamp and cut an object, an electric motor configured to generate a driving force necessary for operating the cutting blades, a controller configured to control an operation of the electric motor, and a speed detector configured to detect a speed index, the speed index indicating an operation speed of the cutting blades. The controller is configured to brake the cutting blades based on the speed index.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kohei Suto, Takashi Morimura, Kazunobu Yoshimura, Shoma Sano
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Patent number: D1124812Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2023Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takushi Shindo, Futoshi Kameda, Kazuhiko Kishi
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Patent number: D1124852Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2025Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiichi Watanabe, Satoru Yoneyama