Patent ID: 7299830
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A cable tie installation tool for tensioning a cable tie about a plurality of elongated objects and severing an excess portion of said cable tie, said cable tie including a head portion and a tail portion, said tool comprising: a housing having a blade guard having a front portion and an anvil portion being spaced from the front portion of the blade guard; a tensioning mechanism operatively supported by said housing for tensioning said cable tie to a predetermined tension setting and retaining said cable tie head portion at least partially against said blade guard; and a severing mechanism including a linearly reciprocating blade for severing said excess portion of said cable tie near said head portion once said cable tie has been placed into said predetermined tension setting by said tensioning mechanism; wherein said linearly reciprocating blade passes behind said front portion of said blade guard and in front of said anvil portion of said blade guard and said anvil portion having a rear edge for limiting forward travel of the tensioning mechanism.