Patent ID: 7073430

Claim:
An apparatus for one of strapping and bundling of one of pallets and articles, the apparatus having a strapping device from which a packaging band can be passed around one of the pallets and articles and having a closure device for subsequent tensioning and closing the packaging band; wherein the strapping device ( 1 ) is provided with a guide device ( 2 ) on which the closure device ( 3 ) is arranged, with the guide device ( 2 ) supporting at least some weight of the closure device ( 3 ), the guide device ( 2 ) has a guide element ( 5 , 16 ) mounted for pivoting about a horizontal axis ( 14 ), with the closure device ( 3 ) supported adjacent to an end of the guide element ( 5 , 16 ) to facilitate movement of the closure device ( 3 ) about the horizontal axis ( 14 ) and to facilitate linear movement of the closure device ( 3 ) toward and away from the horizontal axis ( 14 ).