Patent ID: 11946267
Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A binding machine comprising:
a wire feeding unit which feeds a wire;
a curl guide which curls the wire fed by the wire feeding unit around an object to be bound;
a binding unit including a twisting shaft which is rotatable around a predetermined axis, and a gripping part located at one end of the twisting shaft, wherein the gripping part grips the wire curled by the curl guide and the twisting shaft twists the gripped wire so as to bind the object;
a motor which operates the binding unit;
a binding machine main body having a front end side at which the object is bound, a rear end side at an opposite end to the front end side, and a top side which extends between the front end side and the rear end side, wherein a handle part extends downwardly from the binding machine main body at a lower portion of the binding machine main body, wherein the curl guide is located at the front end side, and wherein the wire feeding unit, the motor and the binding unit are housed by the binding machine main body;
a dial located at the rear end side of the binding machine main body and which sets a predetermined operation condition, wherein the dial adjusts operation of the motor;
a power switch which switches the binding machine between ON and OFF; and
an information notification unit,
wherein the dial is rotatable to plural different stepped positions corresponding to plural different motor operating conditions, and wherein the plural different stepped positions of the dial are visually recognizable in a view looking at the rear end side in a forward direction, and in a state in which a user holds the handle part with the curl guide facing an object being bound and the rear end side facing the user, the forward direction being a direction extending from the rear end side to the curl guide; and
the binding machine main body further including a protruding part which protrudes from the rear end side at a location adjacent to the dial, wherein the protruding part protrudes from the rear end side in a direction away from the front end side, and the power switch and the information notification unit are provided in an area surrounded by the protruding part, and
wherein the dial is rotatable about a dial rotation axis, and a surface of the dial extends perpendicular to the dial rotation axis, the plural different stepped positions indicated on the surface of the dial and being visually recognizable looking at the rear end side of the binding machine and in the forward direction.