Patent ID: 11931871
Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A binding machine comprising:
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 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,
wherein the binding unit comprises a locking member comprising a first hook and a second hook and configured to lock the wire by moving the first hook toward the second hook, and
wherein the locking member comprises:
a locking part configured to lock the wire in a state in which the first hook has been moved toward the second hook, and
an unlocking part configured to make 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, wherein the unlocking part is arranged closer to a tip end side of the locking member than the locking part.