Patent ID: 7210506

Claim:
A cable tie tool assembly comprising: a cable tie tool having a grip which provides a base thereto such that said cable tie tool assembly can be positioned by locating said grip, said grip being configured for grasping by a hand of a user of said cable tie tool assembly for said locating of said grip; and a cycle counter incorporated in said cable tie tool such that said cycle counter is positioned concomitantly with said positioning of said cable tie tool assembly, said cycle counter comprising a sensor mounted within the cable tie tool, said sensor being able to detect the complete displacement of a blade of the cable tie tool for severing a cable tie, said sensor generating a cut signal indicating each displacement of the blade which is detected by said sensor, said cycle counter further comprising a summing device mounted within the cable tie tool, said summing device communicating with said sensor such that said summing device receives said cut signals generated by said sensor, said summing device having an adding device for adding said cut signals received from said sensor, said summing device generating a total signal indicating the total number of cut signals received from said sensor, said cycle counter further comprising a display device mounted on the cable tie tool, said display device communicating with said summing device such that said display device receives said total signal generated by said summing device, said display device generating a display signal for communicating to an operator the total number of cable ties severed by the cable tie tool.