Tying machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11027867-B2
Application number	US-201816222076-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2018
Priority date	Dec 27, 2017
Publication date	Jun 8, 2021
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021

Abstract

A tying machine may include a twisting mechanism configured to twist a tying string. The twisting mechanism may include a twisting motor. The tying machine may be configured to obtain torque acting on the twisting motor as a twisting torque value, and stop the twisting motor when a predetermined tying completion condition is satisfied. The tying completion condition may include that an elapsed time since a rise in the twisting torque value was detected reaches a first predetermined time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tying machine comprising:
a twisting mechanism configured to twist a tying string, wherein the twisting mechanism includes a twisting motor; and
a processor that is configured to:
obtain torque acting on the twisting motor as a twisting torque value;
detect a rise of the twisting torque value; and
stop the twisting motor when a predetermined tying completion condition is satisfied,

wherein the tying completion condition includes when an elapsed time reaches a first predetermined time after the rise in the twisting torque value was detected, and
when a predetermined cancellation condition is satisfied after the rise in the twisting torque value has been detected, the processor is configured to cancel detection of the rise in the twisting torque value and continue twisting of the tying string without stopping the twisting motor.

2. The tying machine according to claim 1 , wherein the tying completion condition further includes that the twisting torque value reaches a predetermined torque threshold.

3. The tying machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured not to stop the twisting motor even when the tying completion condition is satisfied, in a case where a number of times the twisting motor rotated since the twisting motor started rotating has not reached a predetermined rotation number threshold, and
the processor is configured to stop the twisting motor in a case where the tying completion condition is satisfied and the number of times the twisting motor rotated since the twisting motor started rotating reaches the predetermined rotation number threshold.

4. A tying machine comprising:
a twisting mechanism configured to twist a tying string, wherein the twisting mechanism includes a twisting motor; and
a processor that is configured to:
obtain torque acting on the twisting motor as a twisting torque value;
calculate a rate limiter value that moderately follows the twisting torque value in a range between a maximum increase value and a maximum decrease value based on the twisting torque value;
detect a rise of the twisting torque value; and
stop the twisting motor when a predetermined tying completion condition is satisfied,

wherein the tying completion condition includes when an elapsed time reaches a first predetermined time after the rise in the twisting torque value was detected, and
wherein the detection of the rise in the twisting torque value includes detection of change from a state in which the twisting torque value is equal to the rate limiter value to a state in which the twisting torque value is higher than the rate limiter value.

5. The tying machine according to claim 4 , wherein when a predetermined cancellation condition is satisfied after the rise in the twisting torque value has been detected, the processor is configured to cancel detection of the rise in the twisting torque value, and
the cancellation condition includes that the rate limiter value becomes equal to the twisting torque value again.

6. The tying machine according to claim 4 , wherein in a case where the rise in the twisting torque value is not detected and a fall in the twisting torque value is detected, the processor is configured to stop the twisting motor when an elapsed time since the fall in the twisting torque value was detected reaches a second predetermined time.

7. The tying machine according to claim 6 , wherein the detection of the fall in the twisting torque value includes detection of change from a state in which the twisting torque value is equal to the rate limiter value to a state in which the twisting torque value is lower than the rate limiter value.

8. The tying machine according to claim 4 , wherein in a case where the rise in the twisting torque value is not detected and a fall in the twisting torque value is detected, the processor is configured to stop the twisting motor when a number of times the twisting motor rotated since the fall in the twisting torque value was detected reaches a second predetermined number of times of rotations.

9. The tying machine according to claim 8 , wherein the detection of the fall in the twisting torque value includes detection of change from a state in which the twisting torque value is equal to the rate limiter value to a state in which the twisting torque value is lower than the rate limiter value.

10. A tying machine comprising:
a twisting mechanism configured to twist a tying string, wherein the twisting mechanism includes a twisting motor; and
a processor that is configured to:
obtain torque acting on the twisting motor as a twisting torque value,
detect a rise of the twisting torque value, and
stop the twisting motor when a predetermined tying completion condition is satisfied, and

wherein the tying completion condition includes when a number of times of rotation of the twisting motor reaches a first predetermined number of times of rotation after the rise in the twisting torque value was detected, and
wherein when a predetermined cancellation condition is satisfied after the rise in the twisting torque value has been detected, the processor is configured to cancel detection of the rise in the twisting torque value and continue twisting of the tying string without stopping the twisting motor.

11. The tying machine according to claim 10 , wherein the tying completion condition further includes that the twisting torque value reaches a predetermined torque threshold.

12. The tying machine according to claim 10 , wherein
the processor is configured not to stop the twisting motor even when the tying completion condition is satisfied, in a case where a number of times the twisting motor rotated since the twisting motor started rotating has not reached a predetermined rotation number threshold, and
the processor is configured to stop the twisting motor in a case where the tying completion condition is satisfied and the number of times the twisting motor rotated since the twisting motor started rotating reaches the predetermined rotation number threshold.

13. A tying machine comprising:
a twisting mechanism configured to twist a tying string, wherein the twisting mechanism includes a twisting motor; and
a processor that is configured to:
obtain torque acting on the twisting motor as a twisting torque value,
calculate a rate limiter value that moderately follows the twisting torque value in a range between a maximum increase value and a maximum decrease value based on the twisting torque value;
detect a rise of the twisting torque value, and
stop the twisting motor when a predetermined tying completion condition is satisfied,

wherein the tying completion condition includes when a number of times of rotation of the twisting motor reaches a first predetermined number of times of rotation after the rise in the twisting torque value was detected, and
wherein the detection of the rise in the twisting torque value includes detection of change from a state in which the twisting torque value is equal to the rate limiter value to a state in which the twisting torque value is higher than the rate limiter value.

14. The tying machine according to claim 13 , wherein when a predetermined cancellation condition is satisfied after the rise in the twisting torque value has been detected, the processor is configured to cancel detection of the rise in the twisting torque value, and
the cancellation condition includes that the rate limiter value becomes equal to the twisting torque value again.

15. The tying machine according to claim 13 , wherein in a case where the rise in the twisting torque value is n

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Yamamoto Hirokatsu
• Shima Kunihisa

Classifications

• B65B13/02

  Applying and securing binding material around articles or groups of articles, e.g. using strings, wires, strips, bands or tapes · CPC title

• B65B13/22 Primary

  Means for controlling tension of binding means · CPC title

• B65B13/285

  Hand tools · CPC title

• E04G21/123

  Wire twisting tools (bundling articles by twisting, e.g. wire B65B13/28; bundling rods, sticks, or like elongated objects with, e.g. wire B65B27/10; tying devices for hops, vines or trees with, e.g. wire A01G17/08) · CPC title

• B65B13/187

  Motor means · CPC title