A reinforcing bar binding machine is provided with a cutting die having a wire through hole which penetrates through the die along a direction in which a wire is fed out, a blade portion adapted to move along an open plane of an opening at one end of the wire through hole to cut a terminating end portion of the wire which has passed through the wire through hole and an engagement portion adapted to be brought into engagement with a portion of the wire which lies in the vicinity of the terminating end portion thereof when the blade portion is rotated so as to bend to hold the portion lying in the vicinity of the terminating end portion.

A method and a device twist single cables about a twisting axis. The single cables each run along a cable axis and have wires, which are twisted in a strand twisting direction to form a strand, and also each have a first cable end and a second cable end. The first cable ends are held separately by a single rotating unit in each case. The second cable ends are held by a twisting unit. The second cable ends are rotated jointly about the twisting axis counter to the strand twisting direction to produce a twisted cable bundle. During the joint rotation, the first cable ends are rotated separately about a cable axis of the respective single cable, in the same rotation direction as the joint rotation. The single cables are each relieved of torsion thereby.

A method and a device twist single cables about a twisting axis. The single cables each run along a cable axis and have wires, which are twisted in a strand twisting direction to form a strand, and also each have a first cable end and a second cable end. The first cable ends are held separately by a single rotating unit in each case. The second cable ends are held by a twisting unit. The second cable ends are rotated jointly about the twisting axis counter to the strand twisting direction to produce a twisted cable bundle. During the joint rotation, the first cable ends are rotated separately about a cable axis of the respective single cable, in the same rotation direction as the joint rotation. The single cables are each relieved of torsion thereby.

A twisted pair organizing tool is disclosed. The twisted pair organizing tool includes a body, a first and a second hole. The first and the second hole can be pressed so as to change the inner diameters thereof. When a first and a second cable are in a twisted state, the body is rotated in reverse to untwist and cause the first and a second cable to enter the first and the second hole, respectively. Once the first and the second cable have entered the first and the second hole by a predetermined length, a first end of the body is pressed such that the first and the second hole are tightly combined with the first and the second cable, and the first and the second cable are pulled out such that the first and the second cable are straightened.

A twisted pair organizing tool is disclosed. The twisted pair organizing tool includes a body, a first and a second hole. The first and the second hole can be pressed so as to change the inner diameters thereof. When a first and a second cable are in a twisted state, the body is rotated in reverse to untwist and cause the first and a second cable to enter the first and the second hole, respectively. Once the first and the second cable have entered the first and the second hole by a predetermined length, a first end of the body is pressed such that the first and the second hole are tightly combined with the first and the second cable, and the first and the second cable are pulled out such that the first and the second cable are straightened.