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Abstract

Apparatus for wire wrapping or tying is disclosed, wherein an inner sleeve is telescopically positioned within an outer sleeve, each of which is provided with a handle for imparting relative rotational movement. The wire tie apparatus is adapted to receive wire which is wrapped an object to be tied. The wire passes through the outer sleeve then through the inner sleeve. Apparatus is provided to fricitionally lock the wire at some point along the length of the inner sleeve. Rotation of the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve in accordance with specially prepared ends of both the inner and outer sleeves causes the wire to twist and to become wrapped tightly around the object to be wrapped. Further relative rotation causes inelastic extension of the wire and subsequent breakage of the same somewhere along the length of the twisted portion thereof.

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First Claim