Patent ID: 7073432

Claim:
A binding device for binding logging waste or small timber material to a cylindrical bundle of brushwood, wherein the binding device comprises at least: binding means arranged to feed a continuous band around the material to be bound, to compress the material by tensioning the continuous band, and to form a locked strap around the material by means of the continuous band, and a transfer mechanism arranged to allow the movement of the binding means from an initial position towards the material as the continuous band is tensioned, to allow the movement of the binding means in the direction of a surface of the material when the material is simultaneously compressed by tensioning the continuous band, and during the compression to allow the binding means to be continuously oriented towards the material at various points of the surface of the material, and further to return the binding means to the initial position after the formation of the locked strap, wherein the binding means and simultaneously the transfer mechanism are arranged to be movable away from the initial position towards the material and in the direction of the surface of the material by the effect of a force exerted by the binding means on the continuous band when the continuous band is tensioned.