Patent ID: 6899505

Claim:
A binding machine with a tape, which binds a material to be bound arranged inside a loop formed by a tape by contracting the loop, comprising: a tape traveling mechanism that can cause the tape to travel in order to expand and contract the boo formed by the tape; a table on which the material to be bound can be mounted; a tape passage groove formed on the table; a guiding member in an arch shape provided above the tape passage groove, the guiding member regulating an expanded loop to a predetermined size from an outside of the expanded loop; a tape receiving member that can be displaced to a first position where at least a part thereof advances into the expanded loop to prevent the tape at a top of the loop from hanging and a second position where the part retreats outward from the expanded loop; and a driving mechanism that drives the tape receiving member in order to displace the tape receiving member to the first and second positions, wherein the tape receiving member comprises a swingable side plate supported so as to be swingable around an axis extending in a direction parallel to a direction of a travel of the tape at the top of the loop.