Patent ID: 9694924
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B25B,B26D,B65B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A tool for tensioning and severing an elongate cable tie, said tie having a tie head portion and tie tail portion, the 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 locking mechanism; a tensioning mechanism 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 cutoff mechanism in the barrel portion operable to cut off the tie when the locking mechanism stops tie tensioning; and a tension adjustment system having a rotating cam coupled to a tension adjustment knob, and wherein said rotating cam includes tessellated portions adapted to engage corresponding splines on said tension adjustment knob, and wherein said rotating cam further includes a threaded portion adapted to threadingly engage a fixed cam and its housing.