摘要 |
<p>Apparatus for knotting the mouths of flexible packagings comprises two clamps (31, 32) for holding the ends of an elongate loop of string (2) in such a way that one end of the string crosses over the other end so as to form a crossed-over point (3), and a movable arm (12) for holding at an operating end thereof the looped end (6) of the string, which arm is movable so as to carry the loop around the packaging (49) around the crossed ends (3) of the string and back through the loop, and to tighten the string so as to knot the string around the flexible packaging. The flexible packagings (49) may be, for example, sausages.</p> |