Patent ID: 7637208

Claim:
An article strapping apparatus comprising a strap band guiding frame arranged to surround an article to be strapped, and a band channel on an article-facing side of the strap band guiding frame, the band channel comprises: a cover, which is openable and which is automatically closable, and the cover has profile strips of elastic material which are secured to the strap band guiding frame and each of the profiles strips comprising: a side wall, via which the profile strip is secured to the guiding frame and a front wall, which at least partially overlaps a side of the band channel facing the article, the front wall is provided with: wear and sliding elements at least at a band contact region of the front wall, the wear and sliding elements consisting of at least one metal helical spring element embedded in the elastic material, with a helical spring axis of the at least one metal helical spring element running essentially parallel to the band channel and coils projecting slightly from the elastic material of the front wall into the band channel and forming curved sliding surfaces running essentially transversely to a longitudinal axis of the band channel.