Abstract: A tool for applying ties to bundles comprises a magazine chamber leading directly to the path of a reciprocable carriage adapted on forward movement to engage the leading tie in the magazine and drive it into a loop guide releasably disposed about a bundle. The tie tail is reversed about the bundle by the loop guide under the driving force of the carriage to pass through the head of the tie in a reverse direction to engage a gripper in the carriage. Reversal of the carriage tensions the tie about the bundle and repositions the carriage in a starting position in relation to the magazine. A shear device operating transversely of the carriage path and disposed at its forward end severs the tie tail adjacent the tie head, and opens the loop guide for removal of the bundle.

Abstract: A flexible plastics bundle tie comprising a strap extending from an apertured frame for passage of the strap looped back on itself, is provided at the frame with means for releasably engaging the frame of a similar tie to form a stack in which the straps are generally parallel. The means may comprise a tongue projecting from the frame on a side opposite to the strap engaging the aperture of the adjacent frame.