US Patent Issued to MAKITA on Sept. 8 for "Rebar tying tool" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,550, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Rebar tying tool" was invented by Yuta Asakura (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rebar tying tool may include: a screw shaft configured to rotate; a sleeve through which the screw shaft is inserted, and configured to move in a front-rear direction and rotate; a fin member attached to the sleeve and configured to permit and prohibit rotation of the sleeve; a push member attached to the sleeve and configured to rotate about the sleeve, wherein the push member does not rotate along with the rotation of the sleeve; an operated unit having a longitudinal dire...