Patent ID: 6902367

Claim:
A binding machine with a tape, which binds a material to be bound by enlarging a loop formed at an end of a tape delivered from a tape roll to a predetermined size by the travel of the tape to arrange the material to be bound inside the enlarged loop and tightening the tape to contract the loop, comprising: a tape traveling mechanism that can cause the tape to travel in order to enlarge and contract the loop formed by the tape; a table on which the material to be bound can be mounted; a tape passage groove formed on the table; a guide frame provided above the tape passage groove for guiding the tape which travels; and nick formation means provided in the guide frame, and being for forming a nick for inducing fracture at a side edge of the tape having the loop enlarged to the predetermined size, wherein the guide frame forms the shape of a groove having a web and a pair of flanges, and the nick formation means is attached to either one of the flanges in the guide frame.