Patent ID: 8240343
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A tool for bundling elongated items by means of a tie strap, the tie strap having a tail and a tail-receiving head, the tool comprising: a tool body; a pair of cooperating jaws, the jaws being mounted in a movable manner on the tool body, and each jaw providing a guide means for the tie tail and at least one jaw including means for receiving a tie mount within the jaw, the tie mount including means for receiving a portion of the tie strap tail through it; means for actuating the jaws from an open position to a closed position; and means for introducing the tail of the tie strap to the jaws; wherein a tie strap tail introduced to the jaws is guided along each jaw and through the tail receiving means of the tie mount to bundle the elongated items.