Abstract: An electric shears includes a trigger operable to be pulled, a motor which rotates in accordance with a pulling operation of the trigger, a screw shaft which rotates interlockingly with the motor, a nut which is screwed onto the screw shaft and is slidable with respect to the screw shaft in accordance with a rotation of the screw shaft, a fixed blade, a movable blade which is coupled to the nut and is movable with respect to the fixed blade, a detector which detects a pulled position of the trigger, and a controller which controls a rotation of the motor based on the pulled position of the trigger detected by the detector.

Abstract: An electric shears includes a trigger operable to be pulled, a motor which rotates in accordance with a pulling operation of the trigger, a screw shaft which rotates interlockingly with the motor, a nut which is screwed onto the screw shaft and is slidable with respect to the screw shaft in accordance with a rotation of the screw shaft, a fixed blade, a movable blade which is coupled to the nut and is movable with respect to the fixed blade, a detector which detects a pulled position of the trigger, and a controller which controls a rotation of the motor based on the pulled position of the trigger detected by the detector.

Abstract: A front end of a loop of a wire fed out to a nose (6) by a binding wire feeding mechanism (1) is pinched by a clamp plate (28) of a binding wire clamping apparatus (25) and the wire is pulled back by driving to rotate reversely a feeding motor (13) of the binding wire feeding mechanism (1). When the wire is brought into close contact with a reinforcing bar (S) and a load of the feeding motor is increased to thereby increase a drive current by a constant amount, a control apparatus stops the feeding motor. Thereafter, the binding wire clamping apparatus (25) is rotated to twist the binding wire to bind the reinforcing bar. Since the wire is pulled back and a length of the wire is automatically adjusted in accordance with a diameter of the reinforcing bar, a state of finishing to bind the reinforcing bar is made to be uniform and also an amount of consuming the wire is reduced.

Abstract: A cordless power tool such as a power staple gun 1 includes a power supply circuit of an electric double layer capacitor 8 and a lithium-ion battery 11. In a standby state, the lithium-ion battery charges the electric double layer capacitor, and at a switch on time, the electric double layer capacitor supplies large current to the motor 5. By combining the lithium-ion battery with high energy density and the electric double layer capacitor capable of discharging large current, it is possible to greatly reduce the size and weight as compared with a case where a nickel-cadmium battery or a nickel-hydrogen battery is used. Besides, since the electric double layer capacitor has a very long lifetime, the running cost can also be reduced.

Abstract: A cordless power tool such as a power staple gun 1 includes a power supply circuit of an electric double layer capacitor 8 and a lithium-ion battery 11. In a standby state, the lithium-ion battery charges the electric double layer capacitor, and at a switch on time, the electric double layer capacitor supplies large current to the motor 5. By combining the lithium-ion battery with high energy density and the electric double layer capacitor capable of discharging large current, it is possible to greatly reduce the size and weight as compared with a case where a nickel-cadmium battery or a nickel-hydrogen battery is used. Besides, since the electric double layer capacitor has a very long lifetime, the running cost can also be reduced.

Abstract: A front end of a loop of a wire fed out to a nose (6) by a binding wire feeding mechanism (1) is pinched by a clamp plate (28) of a binding wire clamping apparatus (25) and the wire is pulled back by driving to rotate reversely a feeding motor (13) of the binding wire feeding mechanism (1). When the wire is brought into close contact with a reinforcing bar (S) and a load of the feeding motor is increased to thereby increase a drive current by a constant amount, a control apparatus stops the feeding motor. Thereafter, the binding wire clamping apparatus (25) is rotated to twist the binding wire to bind the reinforcing bar. Since the wire is pulled back and a length of the wire is automatically adjusted in accordance with a diameter of the reinforcing bar, a state of finishing to bind the reinforcing bar is made to be uniform and also an amount of consuming the wire is reduced.

Abstract: A method for preparing a solid fermentation-promoting substance, the method including the steps of: subjecting a residue obtainable from the process of production of a fermented liquor to acid treatment and separating supernatant from the acid treatment to obtain a liquid fermentation-promoting substance; and subjecting the resulting liquid fermentation-promoting substance to neutralization treatment to obtain the solid fermentation-promoting substance.

Abstract: A binding machine for reinforcing bars comprising a binding machine body, a bending guide arm, a feed adjustment mechanism, and a twisting mechanism. The bending guide arm is arranged at an end of the binding machine body. A binding wire is sent outside reinforcing bars from the bending guide arm and is formed into a loop, and then a portion of the loop is twisted by the twisting mechanism so as to bind the reinforcing bars. The feed adjustment mechanism adjusts a feed of the binding wire according to one of a diameter of the reinforcing bars and a diameter of the loop of the binding wire wound round the reinforcing bars.

Abstract: A method of preventing loosening of a wire wound around a reel for fastening reinforcing bars. The method comprises pressurizing an outer circumferential surface of the wire inwardly in the radius directions of the reel so that elastic forces in the directions which the outer diameter of the wire is increased are deprived therefrom, and the condition of wound wire is maintained after the pressure is released.

Abstract: A brake mechanism of a wire reel arranged in a reinforcing bar binding machine in which a binding wire 3 is fed from a wire reel 2, wound round reinforcing bars 7, and twisted by a twisting hook 8 so that the reinforcing bars can be bound with the binding wire, comprises the steps of: a brake means 11; and a brake lever 12 for operating the brake means 11, wherein the brake lever 12 is linked with a motor 9 for driving the twisting hook 8, the brake means 11 is operated by the brake lever 12 when the twisting motor 9 is normally rotated so that the brake means 11 is engaged with the circumferential edge portion of the wire reel 2 so as to apply the brake to the wire reel 2, and the brake lever 12 and the brake means 11 are reversely operated when the twisting motor 9 is reversed so that the braking operation can be released.

Abstract: A method of preventing a wire from becoming entangled in a reinforcing bar fastening machine having a wire feed device for feeding a wire for fastening reinforcing bars, a guide arm for guiding the wire so as to wind around a crossing point of the reinforcing bars in the form of a loop, a twisting device for performing a tying operation by twisting while picking up part of the loop of the wire wound around the crossing point of the reinforcing bars, and a cutting device for cutting the loop from the wire on a reinforcing bar fastening machine side, the method comprises the steps of: monitoring a torque of a motor for driving the twisting device; and stopping the operation of the twisting device when no increasing tendency is observed in changes in the torque after a predetermined time has elapsed from an operation start timing of the twisting device.

Abstract: In a reinforcement binding machine in which a wire feed device feeds externally therefrom a wire for binding reinforcements and the wire fed out by the wire feed device is bent in a loop shape by a guide part, a twisting-and-tightening mechanism comprises: a pair of hooks being capable of opening and closing, for gripping in part the wire wound around the reinforcements in the loop shape; a driver for rotating the hooks in a direction to twist the wire gripped and for selectively moving the hooks toward or apart from the reinforcements with the wire wound therearound; and a coil spring for urging the hooks such that the hooks are normally spaced apart from the reinforcements.

Abstract: A method of preventing a wire from being twisted off in a reinforcing bar fastening machine having a wire pay-off device for paying off a wire for fastening reinforcing bars, a guide arm for guiding the wire so as to wind around a crossing point of the reinforcing bars in the form of a loop, a twisting device for performing a tying operation by twisting while picking up part of the loop of the wire wound around the crossing point of the reinforcing bars, and a cutting device for cutting the loop from the wire on a reinforcing bar fastening machine side, the method comprises the steps of: monitoring a torque of a motor for driving the twisting device from an operation start timing of the twisting device; and bringing the tying operation by twisting performed by the twisting device to an end upon detection of a peak of the torque.

Abstract: A reinforcement binding machine for binding reinforcement with a wire, comprises: a wire feed device for feeding out the wire; a guide arm for guiding the fed-out wire such that the wire is wound in a loop shape around the intersecting portions of the reinforcements; a wire twisting device for gripping part of the looped portion of the wire wound around the reinforcements to twist and tighten the same; a wire cutting device for cutting off the looped portion of the wire from the base portion of the wire; and a newly-wire setting mechanism for positioning the leading end of the wire to a given position when newly loading the wire into the reinforcement binding machine.