Wireworking – Implements – Stretchers
Patent
1994-06-02
1996-10-22
Larson, Lowell A.
Wireworking
Implements
Stretchers
140 934, B21F 900
Patent
active
055667260
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a novel banding tool which, prior to being used to provide a securing lock for a band clamp, can extract an unspecified length of excess band from the band clamp during a band clamp tightening operation without the banding tool itself expanding. The tightening is accomplished by the cranking or rotating of a tensioning rod for moving a band gripping assembly along the length of the tensioning rod whereby the band gripping assembly extracts a length of band from the band clamp. The present invention also includes a novel manual tension activation assembly for use in cranking the tension rod. The tension activation assembly can be attached to an end of the tensioning rod at a plurality of torque varying positions according to operator convenience and cranking space restrictions. Alternatively, cranking can be provided by a power drive rather than the manual tension activation assembly. The present invention is also of a modular design whereby the included lock forming components can be replaced, thereby providing various alternatives for the type of lock to be formed in securing the band clamp about an object.
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Band-It-Idex, Inc.
Larson Lowell A.
Tolan Ed
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