Patent ID: 7086213

Claim:
A strapping installation for strapping objects ( 1 ) using a strap ( 6 ), the installation comprising: a strapping position with a bearing surface ( 2 ), means for positioning the objects to be strapped in the strapping position, and means for removing the strapped objects from the strapping position in a conveying direction (F) oriented essentially parallel to the bearing surface ( 2 ), a fastening region ( 3 ) located in the strapping position and equipped for supplying the strap ( 6 ) into a loop channel ( 4 ), securing a loop end ( 7 ), retracting the strap ( 6 ) from the loop channel ( 4 ), and fastening and severing a completed strapping, wherein the loop channel ( 4 ) extends from either side of the fastening region ( 3 ) in the shape of a groove in the bearing surface ( 2 ), and a loop guide ( 10 ), said loop guide being stationary during a strapping procedure, said loop guide rises from the bearing surface ( 2 ) inside of the loop channel ( 4 ) and on one side of the strapping position and arches across or towards the strapping position such that the loop guide does not obstruct positioning of the objects to be strapped ( 1 ) in the strapping position and such that a strap loop ( 6 . 2 ) slides on an outer surface of the loop guide ( 10 ), and wherein the strap loop ( 6 . 2 ) being supported and guided by beginning and end of the loop channel ( 4 ) and by the loop guide ( 10 ) is shorter the higher the strap loop rises on the loop guide ( 10 ).