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Abstract

Disclosed is a machine for automatically banding particularly linear objects in groups with strap-type banding elements having interlockable male and female members at one and the other ends thereof respectively, which comprises a pistol-shaped machine body and an operation lever provided to a grip handle thereof and with which, when the operation lever is triggered, each banding element loaded on the machine body is fed forwardly in the machine body, applied about a group of objects to be banded and received on a front end portion of the machine body and then fastened with its male and female members interlocked to accomplish banding, the machine being characterized by comprising a pusher member driven through triggering of the operation lever to move in a guide path in the machine body from a rear end portion to a front end portion of the machine body while pushing a banding element, a stopper for fixing an end portion of the banding element at a front end portion in the guide groove during a banding operation, and a pusher lever pivotally supported at a front end portion of the pusher member and having a bending face along its front edge which is adapted to bring to be interlocked the male and the female members of the banding element after the movement of the element is stopped by the stopper.

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