METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TYING ONE OR MORE ARTICLES

摘要

A tying wire is puled out from a continuous stock. It is then bent to form a U-shaped fold of an appropriate length. The U-shaped loop of the tying wire is wound around an overlapped portion to be tied of an article or articles. A front end of the U-shaped fold is wound around the other end by a rotatable hook, thus finally twisting both ends. the tying wire is cut at a rear end an appropriate timing. The apparatus for tying is made up of a mechanism for forming a U-shaped loop of the tying wire, a mechanism for guiding the U-shaped loop to wind it around an external surface of a portion to be tied of the article or articles, a mechanism for twisting the closed end and the other end of the U-shaped loop, and a mechanism for cutting the tying wire at an appropriate timing to an appropriate length.