ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,281, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Binding machine, binding system, method for controlling binding device, and computer readable storage medium storing program" was invented by Shigeki Shindou (Tokyo), Kenichi Arai (Tokyo) and Yosei Nodaguchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A binding machine for binding reinforcing bars with a wire, the binding machine including: a wire feeder that feeds a wire; and a binding unit configured to twist the wire. The wire feeder and the binding unit are controlled based on reinforcing bar identification information related to reinforcing bars to be bound with the wire."...