Automatic strapping machine

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC WIRE STRAPPING MACHINE FOR USE WITH A WIRE DISPENSING REEL COMPRSING LOOP-FORMING MEANS, MEANS FOR FEEDING THE WIRE FROM SAID DISPENSING REEL TO SAID LOOP-FORMING MEANS BY THREADING A FREE END OF THE WIRE FROM THE DISPENSING MEANS INTO GUIDEWAYS IN SAID LOOP-FORMING MEANS, STOP MEANS INCLUDING A GRIPPER ELEMENT ADAPTED TO ENGAGE AND GRIP SAID FREE END, SWITCH MEANS OPERATED BY MOVEMENT OF THE STOP MEANS ON ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FREE END TO CAUSE A CESSATION OF THE THREADING OF THE WIRE, SWITCH MEANS OPERABLE TO CAUSE THE STRIPPING OF THE FORMED LOOP FROM THE LOOP-FORMING MEANS, SWITCH MEANS OPERABLE BY MOVEMENT OF THE LOOPFORMING MEANS TO INITIATE MEANS TO APPLY TENSION OF THE WIRE TO DRAW TAUT ABOUT A PACKAGE, TWISTER MEANS AND SWITCH MEANS OPERABLE TO CAUSE THE TWISTER MEANS TO ENGAGE THE WIRE AND KNOT IT, AND MEANS TO SEVER THE WIRE FROM THE WIRE DISPENSING REEL AND RELEASE THE LOOP FROM THE GRIPPER ELEMENT.