Binding machine for gardening

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6382289
  • Patent Number
    6,382,289
  • Date Filed
    Monday, September 13, 1999
    25 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, May 7, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Aftergut; Jeff H.
    • Musser; Barbara J.
    Agents
    • Jacobson Holman, PLLC
Abstract
This invention relates to a binding machine which is binding a sapling or a tree branch to a support with a binding tape for fixing, particularly wherein a tape guide bar 2 comprises a garnering case built at the bottom of a body; a binding needle guide bar 3 is installed at the upper side of the body 1 and a binding portion 3a at the front end thereof is formed; a lifting operator 4 is installed at the top of the body 1 and combined with a binding needle guide bar 3 by a rotary axis 5 at one side of the body 1 to rotate each other; the lifting 4 and a pressure lever 401 are linked by a pin; the both support horns 401a of the pressure lever 401 are inserted by a guide 101 installed at the sides of the body 1 so that the pressure lever 401 can be lifted along with the guide 101; an operator 6 is installed at the front end of a lifting operator 4 so that the binding tape 7 projected from a binding portion 3a is drawn out by the operator 6 and bound by a binding needle 301, and then cut by a cutting knife 8, whereby a binding work of a sapling or a tree branch can be conducted quickly and conveniently as well as the waste of a binding tape can be eliminated.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




This invention relates to a binding machine for gardening which is binding a sapling or a tree branch to a support with a binding tape for fixing, particularly wherein a binding tape supplied from a garnering case installed at a body below is drawn out by a draft needle to wind a sapling and a support in a work space formed between the body and a lifting operator, and to be fixed in a binding part with using a binding needle and then to be cut by a cutting knife, whereby a fast and convenient binding work can be conducted.




2. Description of the Prior Arts




In the past, for fixing a sapling or a tree branch since a man should carry out by hand everything like the work in which a support is bound together with the sapling or the tree branch by using a string and so forth after sticking the support near to the sapling or the tree branch, the work is inefficient because of inconvenient and long working hours work as well as a large number of labor force are required in case of many work loads. Those are problems in the prior arts.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




This invention is developed to solve the above problems. That is, the object of this invention is to provide a binding machine wherein a binding tape supplied from a garnering case installed at the bottom of a body is drawn out by a draft needle to wind a sapling and a support in a work space formed between the body and a lifting operator and to adhere the lifting operator to the body; and then the binding tape is fixed with a binding needle in a binding part and cut by a cutting knife so that the sapling and the support are bound by the binding tape. This invention is described in more detail with the attached drawings as follow.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a side view illustrating this invention.





FIG. 2

is a exploded perspective drawing of the operator according to this invention.





FIG. 3

is a sectional view illustrating the operating process of the operator according to this invention.





FIG. 4

is an illustration view showing the operation state of the lifting operator according to this invention.





FIG. 5

is an illustration view showing the drawn state of the binding tape according to this invention.





FIG. 6

is a sectional illustration view showing the bound state of the binding tape according to this invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT




The tape guide bar


2


comprises the tape garnering case


2




a


installed at the bottom of the body


1


of which one side is open; the binding needle guide bar


3


built at the upper side of the body


1


comprises the binding portion


3




a


at the front end thereof; the lifting operator


4


is set at the top side of the body


1


, wherein the lifting operator


4


is combined with the binding needle guide bar


3


at one side of the body


1


by the rotary axis


5


in order to rotate each other and linked to the pressure lever


401


by a pin; the both side support horns


401




a


of the pressure lever


401


are inserted by the guide


101


installed at sides of the body


1


so that the pressure lever


401


can be lifted along with the guide


101


; and the operator


6


is installed at the front end of the lifting operator


4


, whereby the binding tape


7


projected from the binding portion


3




a


is drawn out by the operator


6


, bound by the binding needle


301


and cut by the cutting knife


8


.




On the other hand, in the operator


6


installed at the front end of the lifting operator


4


, the tape draft needle


10




a


is formed at the front end of the tape holder board


10


and the finger jaw


10




b


is formed at the rear of the tape holder board


10


. The tape holder board


10


is biased by the elastic arm


10




f


of a spring mechanism in which the fixed axis


10




c


on one side of the operator is inserted. The rotary axis


10




d


formed at the opposite side of the fixed axis


10




c


is passed through the leading hole


11




a


formed in the leading board


11


to be inserted into the operating hole


12




a


formed in the pressure operating board


12


. The pressing arm


11




b


includes the inward groove formed at the front end of the leading board


11


and the spring clamped tool


12




c


is formed at one side of the pressure operating board


12


including the pressure portion


12




b


at the front end thereof. The coiled spring


14


can be installed in the setting hole


601


of the operator


6


and the long holes


10




e


,


12




d


and the passage holes


11




c


of each board can be inserted by the connecting pin


13


.




According to the present invention constituted as above, when the pressure lever


401


is pressed, in the state that the binding tape


7


is exposed to the binding portion


3




a


, in order to push the operator


6


installed at the front end of the lifting operator


4


near to the binding portion


3




a


, the operating protuberance


3




b


formed at the binding portion


3




a


is adhered to the pressure portion


12




b


of the pressure operating board


12


projected outward from the operator


6


. If the pressure lever


401


is pressed more to apply some pressure, the pressure portion


12




b


adhered to the operating protuberance


3




b


is pushed to rise.




At this time, the rotary axis


10




d


of the tape holder board


10


, being on the upper part of the operating hole


12




a


, in the state that it is inserted in the operating hole


12




a


of the pressure operating board


12


passing through the leading hole


11




a


of the leading board


11


, is dropped below the operating hole


12




a


by the backdown of the operating hole


12




a


of the pressure operating board


12


and the elastic arm


10




f


inserted in the fixed axis


10




c


of the tape holder board


10


. At the same time, the pressure operating board


12


rotates, centering around the connecting pin


13


, so that the tape draft needle


10




a


formed at the front end thereof is pierced in the binding tape


7


projected from the binding portion


3




a


. The finger jaw


10




b


is formed at the rear of the tape draft needle


10




a


to hinder the tape draft needle


10




a


from advancing too much after boring through the binding tape


7


. When the operator


6


of the lifting operator


4


is kept away from the binding portion


3




a


by reducing the pressing force on the pressure lever


401


, the binding tape


7


pierced by the tape draft needle


10




a


is drawn out and stretched.




The outside of said binding tape


7


so stretched is adhered closely to the desired part for binding and put into the working space A inside the binding machine. And then, after adhering the operating protuberance


3




b


to the pressure portion


12




b


of the pressure


12


by pressing the pressure lever


401


again, if more force is pressed on the pressure lever


401


, the rotary axis


10




d


of the tape holder board


10


is moved along the inclined face of the operating hole


12




a


formed in the pressure operating board


12


, whereby the tape draft needle


10




a


is separated outward from the binding tape


7


and the binding needle


301


stored in the binding needle guide bar


3


is projected by the pressure flap


302


to pass through the binding tape


7


.




At this time, the binding needle


301


is compressed by the binding needle bent board


303


installed at the lifting operator


4


to fix the binding tape


7


. The pressing arm


11




b


projected from the operator


6


and the pressure protuberance flap


15


press the binding tape


7


simultaneously with placement against the cutting knife


8


to cut the binding tape


7


. As a result, the binding is accomplished.




As we know in the above description, the present invention has advantages that the binding work of a sapling or a tree branch can be managed quickly and conveniently because of the easy draw out, binding and cutting of the binding tape; and that, since the tape garnering case is installed at the bottom of the binding machine, the binding tape waste can be eliminated as well as the exact binding by the smooth binding tape supply can be accomplished.



Claims
  • 1. A binding machine for gardening, comprising:a body with a bottom and an upper portion; a tape guide bar with a tape garnering case installed at the bottom of the body; a binding needle guide bar built at the upper portion of the body and having a binding portion; a lifting operator set at the upper portion of the body, said lifting operator being linked by a pin to a pressure lever having two side support horns; both side support horns of the pressure lever having inserted therein a guide installed at sides of the body so that the pressure lever, when lifted, travels along the guide until said guide engages said side support horns; and an operator installed at a front end of the lifting operator, whereby a binding tape projected from the binding portion is drawn out by the operator, held by a binding needle and cut by a cutting knife.
  • 2. The binding machine according to claim 1, wherein the operator installed at the front end of the lifting operator includes a tape holder board having a front end and a rear end, a tape draft needle installed at the front end of the tape holder board and a finger jaw formed at the rear end of the tape holder board, the tape holder board being biased by a spring mechanism with an elastic arm through which mechanism a fixed axis of the operator 6 is inserted, a rotary axis of said operator being formed opposite said fixed axis and passing through a leading hole formed in a leading board to be inserted into an operating hole formed in a pressure operating board, wherein a pressing arm formed on said leading board includes an inward groove formed at a front end of said leading board and a spring clamped tool formed at one side of the pressure operating board includes a pressure portion at a front end thereof.
  • 3. The binding machine as set forth in claim 1, said operator including:a tape holder board having a front end, a rear end, a fixed axis, and a rotary axis formed opposite said fixed axis, said tape holder board further including a tape draft needle installed at said front end and a finger jaw formed at said rear end, said tape holder board being biased by a spring mechanism with an elastic arm through which mechanism said fixed axis is inserted, said rotary axis opposite said fixed axis passing through a leading board and then being inserted into a pressure operating board.
  • 4. The binding machine as set forth in claim 3, said operator further including a connecting pin inserted through respective holes in said pressure operating board, said leading board, and said tape holder board.
  • 5. A binding machine for gardening, comprising:a body with a bottom, an upper portion, and at least one open side; a tape guide bar with a tape garnering case installed at the bottom of the body; a binding needle guide bar at the upper portion of the body and having a binding portion at a front end thereof; a lifting operator set at the upper portion of the body, said lifting operator being joined with the binding needle guide bar at one side of the body by a rotary axis, said lifting operator being linked by a pin to a pressure lever having two side support horns; both side support horns of the pressure lever having inserted therein a guide installed at sides of the body so that the pressure lever, when lifted, travels along the guide until said guide engages said side support horns; and an operator installed at a front end of the lifting operator, whereby a binding tape projected from the binding portion is drawn out by the operator, held by a binding needle and cut by a cutting knife.
  • 6. The binding machine according to claim 5, wherein the operator installed at the front end of the lifting operator includes a tape holder board having a front end and a rear end, a tape draft needle installed at the front end of the tape holder board and a finger jaw formed at the rear end of the tape holder board, the tape holder board being biased by a spring mechanism with an elastic arm through which mechanism a fixed axis of the operator is inserted, a rotary axis of said operator being formed opposite said fixed axis and passing through a leading hole formed in a leading board to be inserted into an operating hole formed in a pressure operating board, wherein a pressing arm formed on said leading board includes an inward groove formed at a front end of said leading board and a spring clamped tool formed at one side of the pressure operating board includes a pressure portion at a front end thereof.
  • 7. The binding machine as set forth in claim 5, said operator including:a tape holder board having a front end, a rear end, a fixed axis, and a rotary axis formed opposite said fixed axis, said tape holder board further including a tape draft needle installed at said front end and a finger jaw formed at said rear end, said tape holder board being biased by a spring mechanism with an elastic arm through which mechanism said fixed axis is inserted, said rotary axis opposite said fixed axis passing through a leading board and then being inserted into a pressure operating board.
  • 8. The binding machine as set forth in claim 7, said operator further including a connecting pin inserted through respective holes in said pressure operating board, said leading board, and said tape holder board.
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2145339 Burns Jan 1939 A
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