Patent ID: 9701428
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B26D,B65B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for tensioning a material comprising: a housing; a spur shaft reciprocatingly translatably coupled to the housing; a trigger operably coupled to the housing and to the spur shaft to effect translation of the spur shaft when the trigger is moved between a first position and a second position relative to the housing; a tensioning device mounted to the housing and operably coupled to the spur shaft such that translation of the spur shaft causes operation of the tensioning device, the tensioning device comprising a plurality of meshed gears, wherein at least one of the plurality of meshed gears is rotatably coupled to the housing and comprises a plurality of ratcheting teeth, wherein the spur shaft further comprises a plurality of ratcheting teeth operably coupled to the ratcheting teeth of the meshed gear to effect rotation of the coupled meshed gear in a single rotational direction; and a passage having an inlet and an outlet, the passage operably coupling the inlet and outlet to the tensioning device.