Patent ID: 6971218

Claim:
Apparatus for applying a single strip of banding material having a cohesive material formed on at least portions of one side thereof to an assemblage of articles to hold said articles together in a bundle, comprising: means for delivering the strip of material to a location whereby the assemblage of articles can be contacted with that side of the strip having the cohesive material formed thereon; and, means for biasing ends of the strip of material together and conforming medial portions of the strip about the assemblage of articles to hold said articles together; said delivering means further comprising a single roll of banding material carried by the apparatus from which the strip of material is cut; means for feeding portions of the roll of banding material into position for severing of the strip of material from the roll of banding material prior to engagement of the strip of material with the assemblage of articles; wherein the biasing means comprise opposed rollers each having at least one notch formed therein, the notches being opposable on rotation of the rollers relative to each other, surfaces of the rollers in proximity to the notches contacting ends of the strip of material to cause said ends to adhere together.