Abstract: A process, a storage line and a device for applying U-shaped bending staples (17) to an object (6) to be bound are disclosed. The staples are produced and stored as straight little rods (4). They are coded and if necessary bent into the U-shape by means of the stroke of the closing machine before being transferred to the closing station of the machine.

Abstract: A clipping machine, of the type used for closing bags and such objects as sacks and tubes by means of wire clips which are placed in a U-shape around the gathered end or neck of the objects to be closed and then are bent together around this end, is provided for use in the conveyor line of automatic packaging equipment and is characterized by having a movable die mounted on a swivel so that it can be moved between a first position at the forward end of a gate passageway through which the object is moved by a conveyor belt and where the clip is secured thereto by a punch and a second position away from the forward end of the gate passageway to permit the object to exit in the same direction as it entered. The punch and die are power driven and may be automatically controlled for desired sequence of operation response to the passage of an object through the guide.