Packaging machine

Claim 1

A PACKAGING MACHINE HAVING A WORKTABLE, A WIREGUIDING FRAME OF LOOP FORMATION EXTENDING VERTICALLY ABOVE SAID WORKTABLE DIVIDING THE WORKTABLE INTO A FEEDIN SECTION AND A FEED-OUT SECTION, MEANS TO FEED WIRE THROUGH A GUIDE CHANNEL OF THE GUIDING FRAME, A CLAMP TO HOLD THE LEADING END OF THE WIRE AT THE END OF THE GUIDING CHANNEL OF THE FRAME, MEANS TO WITHDRAW THE WIRE FROM THE FRAME AND AROUND A PACKAGE ON THE WORKTABLE, MEANS TO TIE THE ENDS OF THE WIRE, SAID WORK TABLE HAVING A GUIDE ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE FEED-IN SECTION FOR GUIDING THE PACKAGES, A STOP MECHANISM DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID FRAME, SAID STOP MECHANISM HAVING AT LEAST ONE STOP MEANS WHICH PROJECTS SLIGHTLY INWARDS RELATIVE TO THE GUIDE SO AS TO BE IN THE PATH OF A PACKAGE, SWITCH MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT SAID STOP MEANS AND BEING ADAPTED TO BE ACTUATED BY AN INCOMING PACKAGE, SAID SWITCH MEANS, WHEN SO ACTUATED, BEING ADAPTED TO INITIATE OPERATION OF THE WIRE-FEED MEANS AND THE MEANS TO WITHDRAW THE WIRE FROM THE FRAME, LEDGE MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT SAID STOP MEANS AND BEING NORMALLY POSITIONED TO ONE SIDE OF THE STOP MEANS SO THAT A PACKAGE FIRST ENGAGES SAID STOP MEANS, MEANS TO RECIPROCATE SAID LEDGE MEANS, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID WITHDRAWING MEANS WHEN THE WIRE IS WITHDRAWN FROM SAID FRAME TO OPERATE THE LEDGE-RECIPROCATING MEANS TO PUSH THE PACKAGE LATERALLY ON SAID WORKTABLE AWAY FROM SAID STOP MEANS SO THAT THE PACKAGE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE FRAME ON THE FEED-OUT SECTION OF THE WORKTABLE.