Patents Assigned to The MAX Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11884454
    Abstract: A binding tool includes a pair of leg portions and a central portion that is provided between the pair of leg portions. The binding tool is formed in a horseshoe shape and is capable of binding an object to be bound by bending the pair of leg portions inward. The pair of leg portions are arranged to be deviated from each other in a front-rear direction as viewed in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Taguchi, Hajime Takemura
  • Patent number: 11878823
    Abstract: A rebar binding machine comprises a curl guide that causes a wire to curl, a torsion part including a torsion shaft for twisting the curled wire, and a pair of grips that can be grasped by an operator. The grips are provided to the two axial sides of the torsion shaft as viewed from the operator side when the operator grasps the grips to perform an operation, and it is possible to change the height of the grips in the axial direction of the torsion shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara, Satoshi Hotta
  • Publication number: 20240001430
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira KASAHARA, Kenichi ARAI, Shigeki SHINDOU
  • Publication number: 20240002088
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira KASAHARA, Shigeki SHINDOU, Yosei NODAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240007037
    Abstract: An air compressor includes: a motor configured to drive a compression mechanism for compressing air, and a controller configured to control the motor. The motor is an outer rotor motor including a stator and a rotor disposed on an outer side of the stator. The controller is configured to adjust a voltage applied to a stator winding of the stator, based on position information of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohide TSUTSUI
  • Patent number: 11858670
    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: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Itagaki, Shinpei Sugihara, Kouichirou Morimura, Yusuke Yoshida, Ichiro Kusakari
  • Patent number: 11859396
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire to be wound on an object to be bound, a cutting unit configured to cut the wire wound on the object to be bound, and a binding unit configured to twist the wire wound on the object to be bound. The cutting unit includes a pair of blade parts configured to interpose the wire therebetween and cut the wire. One or both of the pair of blade parts include a delay part which is configured to delay cutting a part of the wire as compared to a remaining part of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Itagaki
  • Patent number: 11850653
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a wire feeding unit; a curl forming unit; a cutting unit; a binding unit; a motor; and a control unit. The binding unit includes: a rotary shaft to be driven by the motor; a wire engaging body configured to engage the wire and to rotate together with the rotary shaft, thereby twisting the wire; and a rotation regulation part configured to regulate rotation of the wire engaging body. The control unit is configured to control stop of the motor rotating in a direction of twisting the wire, based on a position in a rotation direction of the wire engaging body and a position at which the rotation of the wire engaging body can be regulated by the rotation regulation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yoshida, Kouichirou Morimura, Ichiro Kusakari
  • Publication number: 20230406557
    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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu ITAGAKI, Shinpei SUGIHARA, Kouichirou MORIMURA, Yusuke YOSHIDA, Ichiro KUSAKARI
  • Publication number: 20230389483
    Abstract: A staple including a body part that is formed from a flexible wire rod and that opens in a first direction, a first leg part that extends continuously from a first end section on one opening side of the body part, and a second leg part that extends continuously from a second end section on the other opening side of the body part, the first leg part having a first section that curves and extends outward, and a second section that curves from the first part and extends in the first direction, and the second leg part having a third section that extends in the first direction, and a fourth section that is bent outward from the tip-end part of the third section, the third section being longer than. the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi OSUGA, Masatoshi ASAI
  • Patent number: 11833573
    Abstract: A binding machine including a wire feeding unit, a cutting unit, and a binding unit. The cutting unit includes a pair of blade parts that sandwiches and cuts a first wire and a second wire therebetween, a first butting portion against which the first wire is butted by relative movement of the pair of blades, and a second butting portion against which the second wire is butted. The cutting unit has a step portion provided between the first butting portion and the second butting portion by recessing the second butting portion with respect to the first butting portion along a moving direction of the pair of blade parts. The cutting unit has a regulation portion that regulates movement of the first wire in a direction from the first butting portion toward the second butting portion and provided between the first butting portion and the step portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Masato Utsugi, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20230382577
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira KASAHARA, Kenichi ARAI
  • Patent number: 11819904
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a wire feeding unit; a curl forming unit; a butting part; a cutting unit; and a binding unit. The binding unit includes a rotary shaft; a wire engaging body configured to move in an axis direction of the rotary shaft and to engage the wire in a first operation area in the axis direction of the rotary shaft, and configured to move in the axis direction of the rotary shaft and to twist the wire with rotating together with the rotary shaft in a second operation area in the axis direction of the rotary shaft; a rotation regulation part configured to regulate rotation of the wire engaging body; and a tension applying part configured to perform, in the second operation area, operations of applying tension and releasing the applied tension on the wire engaged by the wire engaging body in the first operation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichirou Morimura, Yusuke Yoshida, Ichiro Kusakari
  • Publication number: 20230354532
    Abstract: A gas compressor includes a main body portion including a compression unit configured to compress gas, an air blowing unit, and a drive unit configured to drive the compression unit and the air blowing unit, a cover portion covering at least a part of the main body portion and having an air vent through which air flows from the air blowing unit, and a handle portion having a gripping portion. The air vent faces a rotation axis direction of a rotation member of the air blowing unit which is rotated by being driven by the drive unit, and the handle portion includes a protective portion facing the air vent and being apart from the air vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki SATO, Hirotaka SAIKI
  • Publication number: 20230349508
    Abstract: A gas compressor includes a main body portion having a compression unit configured to compress gas, a drive unit configured to drive the compression unit, and a storage part configured to store the gas compressed by the compression unit, a leg portion configured to support the main body portion and configured to be supported by a support portion provided on an auxiliary storage unit, and a fastening unit configured to detachably fasten the auxiliary storage unit and the main body portion. The leg portion includes an connecting buffer portion having elasticity and configured to be brought into contact with the support portion, and the fastening unit fastens the auxiliary storage unit by applying a force in a direction in which the first connecting buffer portion is elastically deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya OSAWA, Yuuki UEDA
  • Publication number: 20230347479
    Abstract: A fastening tool includes a bit holding portion configured to hold a driver bit engageable with a screw and that is rotatable in a circumferential direction and movable in an axial direction of the driver bit, a motor configured to rotate the bit holding portion, a controller configured to control the motor, and a detector configured to detect a state of the motor. In a state where the screw engaged with the driver bit is fastened to a fastening target, the controller determines whether the driver bit and the screw are disengaged based on the state of the motor detected by the detector and stops the rotation of the motor in a case where the controller determines that the driver bit and the screw are disengaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke OSAWA, Kazuya TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11795710
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit which feeds a wire, a curl guide which curls the fed wire around an object to be bound, a binding unit including a twisting shaft provided to be rotatable around an axis, a gripping part provided at one end of the twisting shaft and a drive unit provided to the other end of the twisting shaft, a control unit which controls the drive unit, and a binding machine main body which accommodates therein the binding unit and the control unit. When an inside of the binding machine main body is divided by a virtual plane perpendicular to the axis to be partitioned into a first space in which the gripping part is accommodated and a second space in which the drive unit is accommodated, the control unit is arranged in the second space in which the drive unit is accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Itagaki
  • Patent number: 11795711
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a feeding unit capable of feeding a wire and winding the wire around a to-be-bound object; and a function unit movable between a first position located on a feeding locus of the wire and a second position deviating from a position on the feeding locus of the wire. The function unit is located in the second position in a predetermined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Hashimoto, Norihiro Nagai, Takahiro Ito, Hikaru Mizukami, Kozo Iwaki
  • Patent number: D1002355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Osuga
  • Patent number: D1002356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Asai