Patents by Inventor Nobutaka TASHIMA
Nobutaka TASHIMA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11976479Abstract: A binding machine includes a body part, a feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a first guide extending in a first direction from an end portion on one side of the body part, configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and having a first induction part provided on a tip end-side in the first direction, a second guide spaced from the first guide with an interval, in which a binding object is inserted, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and a twisting unit configured to twist the wire. The first induction part is constituted by a surface inclined in a direction in which the interval between the first guide and the second guide decreases from a tip end-side toward a base end-side of the first induction part in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara
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Patent number: 11931871Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit, a curl forming unit, a cutting unit, and a binding unit. The binding unit includes a locking member that includes a first hook and a second hook and that locks the wire by moving the first hook toward the second hook. The locking member includes a locking part that locks the wire in a state in which the first hook has been moved toward the second hook, and an unlocking part that makes it possible for the first hook to be movable away from the second hook with such an amount of movement that the locked wire does not come off between the first hook and the second hook.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobutaka Tashima, Masato Utsugi
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Patent number: 11890732Abstract: A binding machine includes a body part, a feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a first guide and a second guide extending in a first direction from an end portion on one side of the body part, arranged with an interval, in which a binding object is inserted, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, a twisting unit configured to twist the wire guided by the first guide and the second guide, and a guide moving part configured to change the interval from a first distance to a second distance shorter than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara
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Patent number: 11878823Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara, Satoshi Hotta
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Patent number: 11781328Abstract: A binding machine includes: a first body part; a second body part having a curl guide and a twisting shaft that holds and twists the curled wire; and an elongated connecting part connecting the first body part and the second body part. The curl guide includes a first guide part and a second guide part projecting in a first direction from the tip end of the second body part and disposed with a prescribed gap therebetween in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first body part and the second body part are disposed such that a virtual axis line is inclined toward the axis line of the twisting shaft, the virtual axis line connecting an intermediate position in the prescribed gap and an intermediate position in the lateral direction of the connecting part at the connection end of the connecting part with the first body part.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara
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Publication number: 20230125158Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: MAX CO., LTDInventors: Nobutaka TASHIMA, Hikaru Mizukami
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Publication number: 20230123279Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit that feeds a wire, a curl forming unit that forms a path along which the wire fed by the wire feeding unit is to be wound around an object, a cutting unit that cuts the wire wound on the object, a binding unit that twists the wire wound on the object and cut by the cutting unit, and a drive unit that drives the binding unit. The drive unit includes a motor and a decelerator that perform deceleration and amplification of torque. The decelerator includes a sun gear, a planetary gear in mesh with the sun gear, a planet cage that supports the planetary gear, and an internal gear in mesh with the planetary gear. The planet cage is rotatably supported on one side and the other side along an axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu ITAGAKI, Nobutaka TASHIMA
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Publication number: 20230121520Abstract: A binding machine including a magazine in which a reel having a wire wound thereon is accommodated, a wire feeding unit configured to feed the wire pulled out from the reel accommodated in the magazine, a curl forming unit configured to form a path along which the wire fed by the wire feeding unit is to be wound around an object, a cutting unit configured to cut the wire wound on the object, and a binding unit configured to twist the wire wound on the object and cut by the cutting unit. The magazine comprises, between an accommodation position of the reel and a feeding path of the wire, a partition configured to separate the accommodation position of the reel and the feeding path of the wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi MORIJIRI, Nobutaka TASHIMA, Osamu ITAGAKI, Shinpei SUGIHARA
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Publication number: 20230122502Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit, a curl forming unit, a cutting unit, and a binding unit. The binding unit includes a locking member that includes a first hook and a second hook and that locks the wire by moving the first hook toward the second hook. The locking member includes a locking part that locks the wire in a state in which the first hook has been moved toward the second hook, and an unlocking part that makes it possible for the first hook to be movable away from the second hook with such an amount of movement that the locked wire does not come off between the first hook and the second hook.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobutaka TASHIMA, Masato UTSUGI
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Publication number: 20230044936Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi MORIJIRI, Nobutaka TASHIMA, Shinpei SUGIHARA, Satoshi HOTTA
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Patent number: 11524802Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara, Satoshi Hotta
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Publication number: 20220259875Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobutaka TASHIMA, Shinpei SUGIHARA
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Publication number: 20210396028Abstract: A binding machine includes: a first body part; a second body part having a curl guide and a twisting shaft that holds and twists the curled wire; and an elongated connecting part connecting the first body part and the second body part. The curl guide includes a first guide part and a second guide part projecting in a first direction from the tip end of the second body part and disposed with a prescribed gap therebetween in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first body part and the second body part are disposed such that a virtual axis line is inclined toward the axis line of the twisting shaft, the virtual axis line connecting an intermediate position in the prescribed gap and an intermediate position in the lateral direction of the connecting part at the connection end of the connecting part with the first body part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi MORIJIRI, Nobutaka TASHIMA, Shinpei SUGIHARA
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Publication number: 20210340781Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi MORIJIRI, Nobutaka TASHIMA, Shinpei SUGIHARA
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Publication number: 20210339896Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi MORIJIRI, Nobutaka TASHIMA, Shinpei SUGIHARA, Satoshi HOTTA
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Publication number: 20210317671Abstract: A binding machine includes a body part, a feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a first guide extending in a first direction from an end portion on one side of the body part, configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and having a first induction part provided on a tip end-side in the first direction, a second guide spaced from the first guide with an interval, in which a binding object is inserted, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and a twisting unit configured to twist the wire. The first induction part is constituted by a surface inclined in a direction in which the interval between the first guide and the second guide decreases from a tip end-side toward a base end-side of the first induction part in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi MORIJIRI, Nobutaka TASHIMA, Shinpei SUGIHARA
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Publication number: 20210316428Abstract: A binding machine includes a body part, a feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a first guide and a second guide extending in a first direction from an end portion on one side of the body part, arranged with an interval, in which a binding object is inserted, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, a twisting unit configured to twist the wire guided by the first guide and the second guide, and a guide moving part configured to change the interval from a first distance to a second distance shorter than the first distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi MORIJIRI, Nobutaka TASHIMA, Shinpei SUGIHARA
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Publication number: 20210237143Abstract: A reinforcing steel bar binding machine is provided with: a second body part; a cover guide part attached to the second body part; and a first contact member (a second contact member) that is abutted against a reinforcing steel bar and moved. The cover guide part is provided with: a first guide recessed part and a second guide recessed part that movably guide the first contact member; and a first contact part against which the reinforcing steel bar is abutted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi MORIJIRI, Nobutaka TASHIMA, Shinpei SUGIHARA
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Publication number: 20210197248Abstract: A binding machine includes a first body part having an operation part, a second body part having a feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a guide part configured to guide the wire to a surrounding of a binding object, and a twisting unit configured to twist the wire, thereby binding the binding object, an elongated connecting part configured to connect the first body part and the second body part, a first output unit configured to detect an operation on the operation part and to output a first signal, a second output unit configured to detect that the binding object is inserted in a feeding path of the wire and to output a second signal, and a control unit that controls the feeding unit and the twisting unit to execute a binding operation when the control unit detects the first signal and the second signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi MORIJIRI, Norihiro NAGAI, Nobutaka TASHIMA, Kozo IWAKI, Shinpel SUGIHARA