Bag sealing apparatus

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION IN A BAG SEALING DEVICE; A FRAME HAVING AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PASSAGE IN SAID FRAME TO RECEIVE THE NECK OF A BAG TO BE SEALED; A SWINGING TRIGGER PIVOTED ON SAID FRAME AND HAVING AT ITS SWINGING END A WALL TO RECEIVE A STRIP OF SEALING TAPE THEREON AND THE COLLAPSED NECK OF A BAG THEREAGAINST TO SWING SAID TRIGGER AND PRESS THE BAG NECK AGAINST THE TAPE; MEANS TO DIRECT SEALING TAPE ACROSS SAID TRIGGER; COOPERATING SEVERING MEANS ON SAID FRAME ADJACENT SAID PASSAGE AND SEVERING MEANS ON SAID TRIGGER TO POSITION BETWEEN THEM AND SEVER TAPE ON SAID BAG NECK, ONE OF SAID SEVERING MEANS BEING DIRECTED SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENTIAL TO THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID TRIGGER; AND POSITIONING MEANS MOVABLE IN POSITION ADJACENT SAID SEVERING MEANS ON SAID FRAME FOR PRESSING A SEVERED END OF THE TAPE INTO ADHERING CONTACT WITH SAID POSITIONING MEANS, SAID POSITIONING MEANS COMPRISING A SPRING FINGER ON SAID FRAME AND PROJECTING INTO THE PATH OF THE SEVERING MEANS ON SAID TRIGGER TO RECEIVE THE SEVERED END OF SAID TAPE AND MOVABLE TO CLEAR SAID SEVERING MEANS ON SAID FRAME.