US 12,320,134 B2
Binding machine
Osamu Itagaki, Tokyo (JP); Takeshi Morijiri, Tokyo (JP); Tatsunori Sera, Tokyo (JP); Takuya Chigira, Tokyo (JP); Kazuhisa Takeuchi, Tokyo (JP); and Sadayoshi Takeuchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Max Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by MAX CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/711,750.
Application 16/999,011 is a division of application No. 15/577,260, granted, now 10,787,828, issued on Sep. 29, 2020, previously published as PCT/JP2016/071409, filed on Jul. 21, 2016.
Application 17/711,750 is a continuation of application No. 16/999,011, filed on Aug. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,313,140.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-145282 (JP), filed on Jul. 22, 2015; application No. 2015-145286 (JP), filed on Jul. 22, 2015; and application No. 2016-136066 (JP), filed on Jul. 8, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0220755 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. E04G 21/00 (2006.01); B65B 13/18 (2006.01); B65B 13/28 (2006.01); B65B 13/32 (2006.01); E04G 21/12 (2006.01)
CPC E04G 21/122 (2013.01) [B65B 13/18 (2013.01); B65B 13/28 (2013.01); B65B 13/32 (2013.01); E04G 21/123 (2013.01); B65B 13/183 (2013.01); B65B 13/186 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reel for use in a reinforcing bar binding machine, the reel comprising:
a core portion on which a wire is wound;
flange portions provided on both sides of the core portion; and
two or more wires wound around the core portion so as to be arranged in parallel in a direction along an axial direction of the core portion in a drawable manner,
wherein the two or more wires include a joint part where portions of the two or more wires are joined to each other at a joint part such that the two or more wires are fixed relative to one another, and a non-joint part where portions of the two or more wires adjacent to one another are movable relative to one another.