Patent ID: 6912950

Claim:
A strapping machine for positioning a strap material around an associated load, tensioning the strap material and sealing the strap material to itself around the load, the strapping machine comprising: a frame; a strapping head mounted to the frame, the strapping head configured for feeding strap material and for retracting strap material, the strapping head configured to seal a first course of strap material onto an overlying second course of strap material; a strap chute mounted to the frame and configured for receiving the strap material from the strapping head and positioning the strap material around the load, the strap chute configured to release the strap therefrom as the strap material is pulled to the load, the strap chute having an inner wall and a transverse wall defining a strap track from which the strap material is released, the inner wall being mounted to a corner support and being moveable away from the transverse wall for releasing the strap, the chute including at least one torsion element operably connected to the inner wall to urge the inner wall from the transverse wall to a form a gap between the inner wall and the transverse wall, the at least one torsion element having at least two tabs extending therefrom, wherein the torsion element is rotated to bring the tabs into contact with the inner wall to move the inner wall away from the transverse wall.