公开(公告)号：US20170334587A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-23

申请号：US15159395

申请日：2016-05-19

Applicant: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Robert Alan McFall ,  John C. McLane ,  Jeffrey Michael Hickox ,  Robert L. Dean ,  John Thomas Kightlinger

IPC: B65B13/02 ,  B26D7/14 ,  B25B25/00

CPC classification number: B65B13/027 ,  B25B25/00 ,  B26D7/14

Abstract: A tool configured to tension an elongate cable tie around a wire cable bundle and sever a portion of a tie tail from the cable tie. This tool includes a pistol-shaped housing having a handle portion and a barrel portion. A slide mechanism disposed within the barrel portion comprises a gripper mechanism configured to grip a tail of the cable tie and a slide configured to move the gripper mechanism in a direction toward an end of the barrel portion and pull the tail of the cable tie through the tie head, thereby tightening the cable tie around the wire cable bundle. The tool also includes a tensioning mechanism that is configured to halt application of the tension to the cable tie when the tension applied by the slide mechanism reaches a predetermined tension threshold and a cutoff mechanism configured to sever the tie tail from the cable tie.