APPARATUS FOR APPLYING, TENSIONING AND SEALING A SYNTHETIC BAND AROUND A PACKAGE

摘要

Apparatus for applying, tensioning and sealing a synthetic band in a looped path around a package has a hold-down clamp upstream of the loop to keep the band under tension. Closing mechanism is provided where the band portions forming the loop overlap each other, in the form of a part that is horizontally reciprocable and in one position communicates with the guiding passage for the band about the loop, and in another position cooperates with a vertically reciprocable sealing block which carries a cutting element. After the hold-down clamp is released and the sealing block has returned to its starting position, the horizontally reciprocable part returns to the position in which the guiding passage is connected through; and during this movement, the cutting of the band is completed.