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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1994
Seiichi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Keijiro Murayama, Tokyo, JP;
Max Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A binding machine which uses a binding piece belt which is a series of binding pieces each of which is a flat plate of elastic material having a first opening substantially at the center into which an object to be bound therewith is inserted, a second opening which is communicated with the first opening and extended to the outer periphery of the flat plate, and a pair of locking wings provided on both sides of the second opening, and the binding machine which operates to put the binding piece located at the top of the binding piece belt on the puckered mouth of a bag and bind the puckered mouth of the bag such a manner that the binding piece is substantially conical and the first opening engaged with the puckered mouth of the bag is at the top, the binding machine comprises a binding-piece feeding passageway and a binding piece holder. The binding-piece feeding passageway arranges the binding piece in a position that the binding piece is substantially conical, that the convex side thereof is the same direction as the opening of the bag and that the first opening engaged with the puckered mouth of the bag is at the top. The binding piece holder for maintaining the position of the binding piece when the binding piece is put on the puckered mouth of the bag.