Patent ID: 9394067
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B25B,B26D,B65B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A tool for tensioning and severing an elongate cable tie, said tie having a tie head portion and tie tail portion, said tool including: a pistol-shaped housing including a handle portion and a barrel portion; an elongate trigger extending downwardly from the barrel portion, forwardly of the handle portion and displaceable toward and away from the handle portion; a tensioning mechanism in the barrel portion operable to engage a tie and apply tension to the tie in response to movement of the trigger toward the handle portion; a locking mechanism for stopping application of tension to the tie upon attainment of a predetermined tension; a cutoff mechanism in the barrel portion operable to cut off the tie when the locking mechanism stops tie tensioning wherein said cutoff mechanism is a cut off cam having an elongated slot; a tension adjustment system, wherein said tension adjustment includes a U-bracket positioned horizontally, and slidably moveable, within said housing at a rear end of said barrel portion, said U-bracket having forward ends and a rearward end, and wherein said forward ends of said U-bracket are pivotally coupled to said cut off cam by tension extending through said forward ends of said U-bracket and through said elongated slot; biasing means to bias said rearward end of said U-bracket toward said rear of said barrel portion wherein said biasing means includes an inner and an outer tension string; and wherein said tensioning mechanism includes a reciprocating pawl link having a tie gripping pawl.