Patent ID: 8752483

Claim:
A machine ( 1 ) for tying at least one of plants, vines and raspberry branches, the machine ( 1 ) comprising: means ( 4 ) for lifting up the at least one of plants, vines and branches, means ( 5 ) for supplying tying-up wires ( 50 ), and binding means ( 7 , 8 ) for binding the tying-up wires, the binding means including two pivoting arms ( 7 , 8 ) mounted around approximately vertical pivoting axes (A), the arms being coupled to driving means ( 70 , 80 ) so as to be movable from a waiting position, in which at least their ends are spaced apart, to a working position, in which the ends are brought together and arranged to fit a tie ( 60 ) on the tying-up wires ( 50 ), wherein a first of the two arms ( 7 ) comprises a tying head ( 72 ) that is fixed to the first of the two arms, the tying head ( 72 ) supports a tie magazine ( 71 ) that is fixed to the first of the two arms and arranged in an extension of the tying head ( 72 ), and a second of the two arms ( 8 ) includes an insertion head ( 82 ) arranged to cooperate with the tying head ( 72 ), when the two arms ( 7 , 8 ) are in the working position, to place the tie ( 60 ) on the tying-up wires ( 50 ).