Patent ID: 6907808

Claim:
Apparatus for processing, constriction, simultaneous closure and severance of a strip of plastic-like material and for simultaneous closure of a casing, comprising: a tool having two tool parts, each part consisting of plurality of segments which move within themselves, wherein at least one of the tool parts consists of two sections that are separable from each other between closed and open positions and each of which contains some of the segments and where one of the said two tool parts is located above the other of said two tool parts in said closed position, and wherein in said open position, said other tool part is located above said one tool part and wherein said tool parts are vertically movable with respect to each other, and further comprising a polygonal housing for the sections, and wherein said plurality of segments rest against each other with at least one of their surfaces while a further surface is supported against sliding surfaces of said polygonal housing, and further comprising an actuating element that engages at least one of said plurality of segments and moves said at least one segment directly, and the other segments indirectly, into said closed position and said open position, and further comprising a further actuating element that engages another one of said plurality of segments of the tool and moves said another one of said plurality of segments and thus indirectly the other segments into the open position.